Romola Garai
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Filmography
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I Capture the Castle
(2003)Follows the fortunes of 17-year-old Cassandra Mortmain and her eccentric family as they struggle to survive in a decaying castle in 1930’s England.

Daniel Deronda
This sumptuous adaptation of George Eliot's last and most ambitious novel charts a love story set in Victorian high society.
The Crimson Petal and the White
This BBC series based on the bestseller reveals a gritty, dark, Victorian England. Sugar, a prostitute, uses her charms to woo William Rackham, whose wife is slowly going mad. As their lives intertwine, events occur that will change them forever.

Inside I'm Dancing
(2004)A man changes the life of a young man with cerebral palsy, encouraging him to experience life outside the confines of the system.

King Lear
(2008)Sir Ian McKellen gives a tour-de-force performance as Shakespeare's tragic monarch, in this special television adaptation of the Royal Shakespeare Company production of one of the playwright's most enduring and haunting works.

The Windermere Children
(2020)Child survivors of the Holocaust are brought to Windermere to recuperate with the help of volunteer therapists. Without their families, they must find kinship in each other.

Having You
(2013)After finally proposing to his long-term girlfriend Camilla (Romola Garai), Jack (Andrew Buchan) is suddenly confronted by Anna (Anna Friel), a one-night stand from a rock concert eight years ago. But the big shock comes when she introduces him to the product of their liaison - a son called Phoenix. A former wild man is tamed by the twin horrors of commitment and responsibility in this bittersweet British comedy from actor and first-time director Sam Hoare.

Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
(2004)American high-school student Katey (Romola Garai) moves with her wealthy parents (Sela Ward, John Slattery) to Cuba in 1958. She encounters Javier (Diego Luna), a poor local who works as a waiter, and soon a relationship blossoms between them. At a nightclub, Javier teaches Katey the nuances of Cuban dance, which becomes her passion. As the young lovers grow closer, Fidel Castro suddenly rises to

Legacy
(2013)It's 1974. The Cold War has plunged Britain into a state of emergency. Against this turbulent backdrop, Charles Thoroughgood, a trainee spy in Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, is asked to revive his former friendship with Viktor Koslov, a Russian diplomat he knew at university with a view to 'turning' him. But Viktor has his own agenda.

Churchill's Secret
(2016)It is the summer of 1953 and Nurse Appleyard (Romola Garai) is rushed to a secret location where she discovers her patient is Winston Churchill (Michael Gambon), the elderly Prime Minister. Churchill has suffered a stroke and may not last the weekend. As Churchill's wife (Lindsay Duncan) and family gather at his bedside, long-buried tensions rise to the surface.

Junkhearts
(2011)A multi-stranded psychological thriller set in inner city London, JUNKHEARTS follows the story of Frank (Eddie Marsan), a vulnerable ex soldier suffering from post traumatic stress disorder who finds himself manipulated by a young girl and her boyfriend as they attempt to use his home as a drugs den.

The Last Days on Mars
(2013)With their mission nearly complete, a team of astronauts are pulled in further by a horrifying secret beneath the red planet's surface.

Earwig
(2022)A mesmerizing fable of long-repressed secrets and awakening memories from the mysterious and oneiric world of Lucile Hadzihalilovic making her debut feature in the English language.

Atonement
(2007)Her childhood lies shattered lives. Years later, in war-torn London, a young woman seeks atonement for the damage done. Based on the novel by Ian McEwan.

One Life
(2023)London broker Nicholas "Nicky" Winton helps rescue hundreds of predominantly Jewish children from Czechoslovakia in a race against time before the Nazi occupation closes the borders. Fifty years later, he's still haunted by the fate of those he wasn't able to bring to safety.

The Other Man
(2008)A man discovers his wife's infidelity and sets out to track down his rival, driven to pursue the mystery surrounding his wife's adultery.

Last Call
(2020)The fictional story follows Dylan Thomas’ final tour in New York, 1953 and his last day at the White Horse tavern. Full of poetry, passion, betrayal, fantasies, memories, and an uncertain present blend into a surreal farewell to the world.

Vigil
Detectives Amy Silva and Kirsten Longacre investigate a series of fatalities across the British military while fighting for their own future.

Scoop
(2024)Inspired by real events, this fictional dramatization gives an insider account of how the women of Newsnight secured Prince Andrew's infamous interview.

Vanity Fair
(2004)Despite her poverty-stricken background, a young woman climbs the social ladder in 19th-century England.