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Kerry Fox - Biography, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Filmography
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Kerry Fox - biography, date of birth, place of birth, filmography, clips, Actress, Writer.
Born July 30, 1966, Wellington, New Zealand - New Zealand actress and screenwriter.
The first appearance of the actress was a cameo appearance in the television series Tales from the Crypt in 1989, followed immediately by a cameo appearance in the TV series Night of the Red Huntsman, where Kerry played a police officer.
In 1990, Kerry Fox made her film debut with a role in New Zealand director Jane Campion's drama Angel at My Table. This picture is the adaptation of the autobiography of the writer Janet Frame, where Kerry played the main role of the adult Janet, received positive reviews from critics and a number of prizes at film festivals, including the one in Venice. Kerry Fox won the Golden Ear at the Valladoville Film Festival. Kerry went on to appear in Danny Boyle's 1993 miniseries Mr. Ro's Virgins, followed by unsuccessful New Zealand films.
A year later, Kerry Fox came to real success, she starred in Danny Boyle's debut film "Shallow Grave" with Ewan McGregor and Christopher Eccleston. Shallow Grave is a black comedy about three friends: Alex Lowe (Ewan McGregor), David Stevenson (Christopher Eccleston) and Juliet Miller (Kerry Fox), who share an apartment in Edinburgh but need a fourth roommate and advertise in the newspaper. The mysterious Hugo joins them, but after a few days he dies of a drug overdose, leaving a suitcase full of money.
The next four years were not as successful for Kerry Fox - she appeared in the television film Country Romance, in the film Welcome to Sarajevo by Michael Winterbottom along with Woody Harrelson, in several Australian films. In 1998, Kerry played a supporting role in Po-Chin Leong's Wisdom of the Crocodiles, starring Jude Law and Elina Lowenson. The next successful project for Carrie was the drama "Intimate", for which she won the Silver Bear Award for Best Actress in 2001. Since 2000, Kerry Fox has starred mainly in independent films and television films.
In 2009, Kerry appeared as the mother of the protagonist in Jane Campion's Star Shining. In the same year she starred in the film "The Tempest" by Hans-Christian Schmid.
