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Sally Hawkins

Sally Hawkins

12 films · 1,087 frames · top-billed in 5 · 20022025

Born 27 April 1976 · London, England, UK

Sally Cecilia Hawkins is an English actress of stage and screen. She began her career on stage and then moved into film, for which she has received several accolades, including a Golden Globe Award, as well as nominations for two Academy Awards and two British Academy Film Awards.

After graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, she started her career as a stage actress in productions such as Romeo and Juliet (playing Juliet), Much Ado About Nothing, and A Midsummer Night's Dream. Her first major role was in Mike Leigh's All or Nothing in 2002.

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 12 films · 1,087 frames · top-billed in 5 · 20022025

  • Silver Bear2008
  • 66th Golden Globe Awards

How their films are shot

Measured across 1,087 frames from the 12 films we hold. This is the look of the work Sally takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 12 films we hold, 49% of their frames are night, 51% low key — the look of the work Sally takes.

Time of day

Night49%
Day41%
Interior5%

Lighting

Low key51%
Natural38%
High key7%
Silhouette4%

Shot size

Medium44%
Wide25%
Closeup19%
Establishing7%

Camera angle

Eye level81%
Low angle9%
High angle6%

Mood

Neutral47%
Tense22%
Lonely14%
Ominous9%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

Often with

Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 1,087 frames from Sally Hawkins's 12 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.