Born November 10, 1955· Bradford, Yorkshire, England
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Emerging from a working-class Irish Catholic family in Bradford, she pursued acting after an early expulsion from a convent school and later graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art at twenty-three. A versatile performer, she earned three Olivier Awards for Best Actress-first for Sweet Bird of Youth (1995), then for Vincent in Brixton (2003) and Hecuba (2005)-and secured a Tony…
