Rebecca Maria Hall (born 3 May 1982 in London, England) is a British-American actress. She's a second generation artist, the daughter of acclaimed English director Peter Hall and noted American opera singer Maria Ewing. Though it's not obvious due to her English Rose looks, she's of partial African-American descent on her mother's side.note
Hall has been acting since she was ten years old, making her debut in the 1992 Live-Action Adaptation of The Camomile Lawn which was directed by her father. Her professional stage debut is also in her father's work, specifically the 2002 production of Mrs. Warren's Profession, which earned her enthusiastic reviews and the Ian Charleson Award.
She made her film debut in Starter for 10, though her true Star-Making Role was in Christopher Nolan's The Prestige. She made her directorial debut in 2021 with an adaptation of Passing.
She married American actor Morgan Spector in 2015, and they have one child.
She Appeared in:
Film
- Starter for 10
- The Prestige
- Vicky Cristina Barcelona
- Frost/Nixon
- The Town
- Everything Must Go
- The Awakening
- Iron Man 3
- Transcendence
- The Gift (2015)
- Christine (2016)
- The BFG
- Professor Marston and the Wonder Women
- Holmes & Watson
- A Rainy Day in New York
- Godzilla vs. Kong
- The Night House
- Resurrection (2022)
- Peter Pan & Wendy
Television
Theater
Tropes
- Aloof Dark-Haired Girl: Her characters have a tendency to either keep to themselves or be downright antagonistic.
- Brainy Brunette: She commonly plays intellectual characters.
- The Danza: In Starter for 10 (Rebecca Epstein) and Codes Of Conduct (Rebecca Rotmensen).
- Real-Life Relative: Both her first on-screen and theater roles were directed by her father. She has also appeared in a number of her father's works since then.
- Romance on the Set: She met her husband on the set of Machinal.
- Shakespearean Actors: She has appeared in As You Like It, The Winter's Tale, and Twelfth Night. It helps that her father was also the founder of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
- Star-Making Role: Although she's been acting since she's ten years old and both of her parents are respected veterans in the entertainment industry, Rebecca officially cemented her own legacy in films like The Prestige and Vicky Cristina Barcelona.
- Statuesque Stunner: She stands 5'10, so this automatically applies to every character she plays.
