---
name: "Rebecca Hall"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rebecca-hall"
fi1m_id: "rebecca-hall"
imdb_id: "nm0356017"
tmdb_id: 15556
wikidata_id: "Q230534"
roles: ["Actor","Director"]
born: "3 May 1982"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 17
average_fi1m_score: 66
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 16
updated: "2026-10-07T15:04:18.609817+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Rebecca Hall

## Identity

Rebecca Hall

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/rebecca-hall
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** rebecca-hall
- **IMDb ID:** nm0356017
- **TMDB ID:** 15556
- **Wikidata ID:** Q230534
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Hall, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q230534, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0356017/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15556

Actor and director. Born 3 May 1982 in London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor, Director
- **Born:** 3 May 1982, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 1992–present
- **Also known as:** Rebecca Maria Hall
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 17: 16 acting, 1 directing
- **Frequently works with:** [Adam Wingard](https://film.one/person/adam-wingard.md), [Alexander Skarsgård](https://film.one/person/alexander-skarsgard.md), [Brian Tyree Henry](https://film.one/person/brian-tyree-henry.md), [Dan Stevens](https://film.one/person/dan-stevens.md), [Jon Jashni](https://film.one/person/jon-jashni.md), [Kaylee Hottle](https://film.one/person/kaylee-hottle.md), [Mary Parent](https://film.one/person/mary-parent.md), [Simon Barrett](https://film.one/person/simon-barrett.md)
- **BAFTA Television Awards:** 1 BAFTA (1 won · 1 nominated)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 66, as actor, over 16 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 78 (4), 2010s 61 (7), 2020s 65 (6)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 66 to 63 across 16 titles
- **Score spread:** 5 at 80+, 6 at 60–79, 5 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 6 of 14 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 10, Science Fiction 5, Action 4, Adventure 4, Crime 4, Mystery 3
- **Screen time:** 23 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $2,987m across 12 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Hall, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q230534, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0356017/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15556

## Coming up

- *The Man I Love* (2027-01-14), as Brenda

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Frost/Nixon*](https://film.one/film/frost-nixon.md) (81), [*Vicky Cristina Barcelona*](https://film.one/film/vicky-cristina-barcelona.md) (70), [*Christine*](https://film.one/film/christine.md) (68)
- **Netflix:** [*Passing*](https://film.one/film/passing.md) (80), [*Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story*](https://film.one/tv/monster-the-lizzie-borden-story.md) (47), [*Holmes & Watson*](https://film.one/film/holmes-and-watson.md) (24)
- **HBO Max:** [*Parade's End*](https://film.one/tv/parades-end.md) (80), [*The Town*](https://film.one/film/the-town.md) (77)
- **Disney+:** [*Iron Man 3*](https://film.one/film/iron-man-3.md) (72), [*The BFG*](https://film.one/film/the-bfg.md) (64)
- **Apple TV:** [*Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire*](https://film.one/film/godzilla-x-kong-the-new-empire.md) (57)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*Transcendence*](https://film.one/film/transcendence.md) (45)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Rebecca Hall

> Rebecca Hall is a fine, watchful actor whose precision suits women under pressure. We rate her highly, though her studio roles can leave that intelligence with little to do beyond looking concerned.

In *Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire* (2024), Rebecca Hall is given readouts to frown at. Her Ilene Andrews joins an expedition into Hollow Earth, but there is little for that watchful presence to do beyond helping the plot along. We were frustrated watching her because the film keeps asking for concern without giving her much to play. Hall can suggest someone taking the situation seriously; the script seems to think that is a sufficient part.

Christopher Nolan's *The Prestige* (2006) offers a better place to begin, though its central contest belongs to Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman. Hall plays Sarah in a thriller whose professional rivalry has a human cost, even when the explanations grow fussy. It was one of her breakthrough films, alongside *Starter for 10* (2006). We recommend the film warmly, without pretending that its success is chiefly hers.

*Vicky Cristina Barcelona* (2008) gives her another ensemble, as Vicky for Woody Allen; *Christine* (2016) puts her at the centre as news reporter Christine Chubbuck. The latter is a clearer example of her ability to make psychologically complicated characters credible. Her theatrical precision suits the intelligent, articulate women she is frequently asked to play. We value the care she brings to them, and want scripts that ask more of her than an attentive frown.

*Passing* (2021), her feature directing debut, adapted Nella Larsen's novel; the same year brought her first appearance as Ilene Andrews in *Godzilla vs. Kong*. That pairing makes it difficult to mistake the studio work for a simple change of direction. Hall has continued moving between independent dramas and larger productions, rather than settling permanently into either. We have no objection to the monsters, provided the humans get something worth saying.

In Adam Wingard's *Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire*, editor Josh Schaeffer cuts away from the people as soon as he can, and we share his impatience. Hall's care cannot rescue scenes that exist to read out the plot. The writing gives her too little opportunity to be interesting, however attentively she approaches it. Start with *The Prestige*; for Hall in the lead, make *Christine* the next stop.

## Biography

Rebecca Hall is an English actress and filmmaker. Born Rebecca Maria Hall in London on 3 May 1982, she is the daughter of theatre director Sir Peter Hall and opera singer Maria Ewing. She made her first screen appearance at the age of ten in her father's 1992 television adaptation of *The Camomile Lawn*.

Hall's professional stage debut was in her father's 2002 production of *Mrs Warren's Profession*, which earned her the Ian Charleson Award. She gained wider recognition with her role in Christopher Nolan's *The Prestige* (2006) and as Vicky in Woody Allen's *Vicky Cristina Barcelona* (2008), for which she received a Golden Globe nomination. Subsequent film credits include *The Town* (2010), *Iron Man 3* (2013), *Godzilla vs. Kong* (2021) and its sequel *Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire* (2024), in which she reprises the role of Ilene Andrews. She made her directorial debut with *Passing* (2021). Hall won the British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in *Red Riding: 1974* (2009).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, nytimes.com, themoviedb.org, imdb.com, godzilla.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (17)

### Performed in (16) — the average rests on these

- *Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story* (2026), Fi1m 47, as Abby Borden — [page](https://film.one/tv/monster-the-lizzie-borden-story.md)
- *Onslaught* (2026), Fi1m 58, as Frau Hanna Kammler — [page](https://film.one/film/onslaught.md)
- *The Studio* (2025), Fi1m 84, as Dr. Sarah Cohen — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-studio.md)
- *Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire* (2024), Fi1m 57, as Ilene Andrews — [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-x-kong-the-new-empire.md)
- *Godzilla vs. Kong* (2021), Fi1m 62, as Ilene Andrews — [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-vs-kong.md)
- *Holmes & Watson* (2018), Fi1m 24, as Grace Hart — [page](https://film.one/film/holmes-and-watson.md)
- *Christine* (2016), Fi1m 68, as Christine Chubbuck — [page](https://film.one/film/christine.md)
- *The BFG* (2016), Fi1m 64, as Mary — [page](https://film.one/film/the-bfg.md)
- *Transcendence* (2014), Fi1m 45, as Evelyn Caster — [page](https://film.one/film/transcendence.md)
- *Iron Man 3* (2013), Fi1m 72, as Maya Hansen — [page](https://film.one/film/iron-man-3.md)
- *Parade's End* (2012), Fi1m 80, as Sylvia Tietjens — [page](https://film.one/tv/parades-end.md)
- *The Town* (2010), Fi1m 77, as Claire Keesey — [page](https://film.one/film/the-town.md)
- *Red Riding* (2009), Fi1m 80, as Paula Garland — [page](https://film.one/tv/red-riding.md)
- *Frost/Nixon* (2008), Fi1m 81, as Caroline Cushing — [page](https://film.one/film/frost-nixon.md)
- *Vicky Cristina Barcelona* (2008), Fi1m 70, as Vicky — [page](https://film.one/film/vicky-cristina-barcelona.md)
- *The Prestige* (2006), Fi1m 82, as Sarah — [page](https://film.one/film/the-prestige.md)

### Directed (1)

- *Passing* (2021), Fi1m 80, Director, Writer, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/passing.md)

## Complete filmography (62)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Man I Love* (2027), as Brenda
- *Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story* (2026), series, as Abby Borden — Fi1m 47, [page](https://film.one/tv/monster-the-lizzie-borden-story.md)
- *Maison Margiela | ANONYMITY* (2026), as Actor
- *Onslaught* (2026), as Frau Hanna Kammler — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/onslaught.md)
- *The End of It* (2026), as Claire · Executive Producer
- *The Beauty* (2026), series, as Jordan Bennett — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-beauty.md)
- *Ella McCay* (2025), as Claire McCay
- *Peter Hujar's Day* (2025), as Linda Rosenkrantz · Executive Producer
- *The Studio* (2025), series, as Dr. Sarah Cohen — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-studio.md)
- *The Listeners* (2024), series, as Claire
- *The Listener* (2024), as Laura (voice)
- *Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire* (2024), as Ilene Andrews — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-x-kong-the-new-empire.md)
- *Resurrection* (2022), as Margaret · Executive Producer
- *Passing* (2021), Director, Producer, Writer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/passing.md)
- *The Night House* (2021), as Beth · Executive Producer
- *With/In Volume 1* (2021), as (segment "Mother")
- *Godzilla vs. Kong* (2021), as Ilene Andrews — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-vs-kong.md)
- *Tales from the Loop* (2020), series, as Loretta
- *A Rainy Day in New York* (2019), as Connie
- *Teen Spirit* (2019), as Jules
- *Holmes & Watson* (2018), as Grace Hart — Fi1m 24, [page](https://film.one/film/holmes-and-watson.md)
- *Permission* (2018), as Anna · Producer
- *Professor Marston and the Wonder Women* (2017), as Elizabeth Marston
- *The Dinner* (2017), as Katelyn Lohman
- *Christine* (2016), as Christine Chubbuck — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/christine.md)
- *High Maintenance* (2016), series, as Rebecca Hall
- *The BFG* (2016), as Mary — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/the-bfg.md)
- *Tumbledown* (2016), as Hannah Miles
- *Horace and Pete* (2016), series, as Rachel
- *The Gift* (2015), as Robyn Callem
- *Ruminate* (2014), as Gemma
- *Transcendence* (2014), as Evelyn Caster — Fi1m 45, [page](https://film.one/film/transcendence.md)
- *A Promise* (2013), as Lotte Hoffmeister
- *Closed Circuit* (2013), as Claudia Simmons-Howe
- *Iron Man 3* (2013), as Maya Hansen — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/iron-man-3.md)
- *Parade's End* (2012), series, as Sylvia Tietjens — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/parades-end.md)
- *Lay the Favorite* (2012), as Beth Raymer
- *The Awakening* (2011), as Florence Cathcart
- *Everything Must Go* (2011), as Samantha
- *Bonobos: Back to the Wild* (2011), as Claudine (voice)
- *A Bag of Hammers* (2011), as Melanie 'Mel' Manilow
- *The Town* (2010), as Claire Keesey — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/the-town.md)
- *Please Give* (2010), as Rebecca
- *Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974* (2009), as Paula Garland
- *Dorian Gray* (2009), as Emily Wotton
- *Red Riding* (2009), series, as Paula Garland — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/red-riding.md)
- *Einstein and Eddington* (2008), as Winnie Eddington
- *Frost/Nixon* (2008), as Caroline Cushing — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/frost-nixon.md)
- *Official Selection* (2008), as Emily Dickinson
- *Vicky Cristina Barcelona* (2008), as Vicky — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/vicky-cristina-barcelona.md)
- *Joe's Palace* (2007), as Tina
- *Rubberheart* (2007), as Maggie
- *The Prestige* (2006), as Sarah — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-prestige.md)
- *Wide Sargasso Sea* (2006), as Antoinette Cosway
- *Starter for 10* (2006), as Rebecca Epstein
- *The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends* (2006), as Lucie
- *The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and Mr. Jeremy Fisher* (1994), as Lucie (voice)
- *Don't Leave Me This Way* (1993), as Lizzie Neil
- *The Camomile Lawn* (1992), series, as Sophy
- *Four Days Like Sunday*, as Sylvia · Director, Writer, Co-Producer
- *A Head Full of Ghosts*, as Rachel
- *Untitled The Secret of Secrets Series*, series, as Katherine Solomon

## Gallery

- ![Rebecca Hall](https://film.one/media/person/11800/gallery-14f80810a158.jpg) Rebecca Hall — UKinUSA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/Rebecca_Hall_%282024%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Jordan Drake, Ben Wishaw, Rebecca Hall, and Ira Sachs at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival for the premiere of "Peter Hujar's Day"](https://film.one/media/person/11800/gallery-bd6578739f83.jpg) Jordan Drake, Ben Wishaw, Rebecca Hall, and Ira Sachs at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival for the premiere of "Peter Hujar's Day" — Everwest, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/2025_01_27_Sundance_Film_Festival-10_Full.jpg/1280px-2025_01_27_Sundance_Film_Festival-10_Full.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Rebecca Hall at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival for the premiere of "Peter Hujar's Day"](https://film.one/media/person/11800/gallery-4a5f464a6c07.jpg) Rebecca Hall at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival for the premiere of "Peter Hujar's Day" — Everwest, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/2025_01_27_Sundance_Film_Festival-2_Full.jpg/1280px-2025_01_27_Sundance_Film_Festival-2_Full.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Rebecca Hall at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival for the premiere of "Peter Hujar's Day"](https://film.one/media/person/11800/gallery-d1b7952859c9.jpg) Rebecca Hall at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival for the premiere of "Peter Hujar's Day" — Everwest, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/2025_01_27_Sundance_Film_Festival-3_Full.jpg/1280px-2025_01_27_Sundance_Film_Festival-3_Full.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Rebecca Hall](https://film.one/media/person/11800/gallery-2e5f7a65f291.jpg) Rebecca Hall — Image via TMDB
- ![Rebecca Hall](https://film.one/media/person/11800/gallery-a7db986130ef.jpg) Rebecca Hall — Image via TMDB
- ![Rebecca Hall](https://film.one/media/person/11800/gallery-b409921ee7b1.jpg) Rebecca Hall — Image via TMDB
- ![Rebecca Hall at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival for the premiere of "Peter Hujar's Day"](https://film.one/media/person/11800/gallery-143f17ad2b02.jpg) Rebecca Hall at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival for the premiere of "Peter Hujar's Day" — Everwest, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/2025_01_27_Sundance_Film_Festival-5_Full.jpg/1280px-2025_01_27_Sundance_Film_Festival-5_Full.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ira Sachs, Ben Wishaw, Rebecca Hall, and Linda Rosenkrantz at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival for the premiere of "Peter Hujar's Day"](https://film.one/media/person/11800/gallery-9654e72cb7c6.jpg) Ira Sachs, Ben Wishaw, Rebecca Hall, and Linda Rosenkrantz at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival for the premiere of "Peter Hujar's Day" — Everwest, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/2025_01_27_Sundance_Film_Festival-8_Full.jpg/1280px-2025_01_27_Sundance_Film_Festival-8_Full.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Rebecca Hall](https://film.one/media/person/11800/gallery-0a014754431d.jpg) Rebecca Hall — Image via TMDB
- ![Rebecca Hall](https://film.one/media/person/11800/gallery-f4ed47a26545.jpg) Rebecca Hall — Image via TMDB
- ![Rebecca Hall](https://film.one/media/person/11800/gallery-a8c7582f7c88.jpg) Rebecca Hall — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### BAFTA Film Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2009: BAFTA Rising Star Award (nominated)

### BAFTA Television Awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- 2013: Best Actress (nominated), for *Parade's End*
- 2010: Best Supporting Actress (won), for *Red Riding: 1974*

### SAG Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2009: Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture (nominated), for *Frost/Nixon*

### Other awards — 6 won, 13 nominated

- Black Reel Award for Best Screenplay, Adapted or Original 2022: Black Reel Award for Best Screenplay, Adapted or Original (won), for *Passing*
- London Critics’ Circle Film Awards 2022: London Critics’ Circle Film Awards (won), for *Passing*
- USC Scripter Award 2021: USC Scripter Award (nominated), for *Passing*
- Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress 2017: Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress (nominated), for *Christine*
- London Film Critics Circle Award for British Actress of the Year 2017: London Film Critics Circle Award for British Actress of the Year (nominated), for *Christine*
- Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress 2016: Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress (nominated), for *Christine*
- Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress 2016: Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress (nominated), for *Christine*
- Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress 2016: Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress (nominated), for *Christine*
- Satellite Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film 2014: Satellite Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film (nominated), for *Parade's End*
- Critics' Choice Awards 2013: Best Movie/Miniseries Actress (nominated), for *Parade's End*
- British Independent Film Awards 2011: Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film (nominated), for *The Awakening*
- Independent Spirit Awards 2011: Independent Spirit Robert Altman Award (won), for *Please Give*
- Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Ensemble Cast 2010: Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Ensemble Cast (nominated), for *Please Give*
- San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2010: San Diego Film Critics Society Awards (won), for *Red Riding: 1974*
- Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Ensemble Cast 2008: Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Ensemble Cast (won), for *Synecdoche, New York*
- London Film Critics' Circle 2008: London Film Critics' Circle (nominated), for *Vicky Cristina Barcelona*
- Empire Award for Best Newcomer 2007: Empire Award for Best Newcomer (nominated), for *Starter for 10*
- London Film Critics' Circle 2006: London Film Critics' Circle (nominated), for *The Prestige*
- Ian Charleson Awards 2002: Ian Charleson Awards (won), for *Mrs. Warren's Profession*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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