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Samantha Morton, actor

Samantha Morton shares the eight tracks, book and luxury item she would want to take with her if castaway to a desert island. With Lauren Laverne.

Samantha Morton is an actor and director. She has appeared in films directed by Woody Allen and Steven Spielberg, and is also known for her work on independent productions, often with serious themes such as prostitution and bereavement. She has been nominated for two Academy Awards and won many accolades including a BAFTA and a Golden Globe.

Born in Nottingham in 1977, she had a difficult childhood. She was first taken into care as a baby, then spent the next decade between foster parents and her father鈥檚 home before being taken into care permanently at the age of 11. She was sexually abused in one of the homes, and left school at the age of 13.

She discovered acting when a teacher recommended she apply to the Central Junior Television Workshop which lead to her appearing in TV series including Soldier Soldier, Cracker, and Band of Gold. She went onto appear in the films, Emma and Jane Eyre and received her first Academy Award nomination for her role as a mute laundress in Woody Allen鈥檚 1999 film Sweet and Lowdown. Her second was for her portrayal of a grieving mother in the 2003 film In America.

Other roles have ranged from Mary, Queen of Scots, in Elizabeth: The Golden Age to a war widow in The Messenger and the wife of a serial killer in Rillington Place. She made her directorial debut with The Unloved in 2009, a film based on her own experience of the care system. It won the BAFTA Award for Best Single Drama.

Sam lives in Sussex with her husband, Harry Holm. They have two children together, Edie and Teddy. Sam also has a daughter, Esme, from her relationship with Charlie Creed-Miles.

DISC ONE: Burden of Shame by UB40
DISC TWO: Flower by The Charlatans
DISC THREE: The Town I Loved So Well (Live) by Luke Kelly And The Dubliners
DISC FOUR: Must Be the Place (Na茂ve Melody) by Talking Heads
DISC FIVE: Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space by Spiritualized
DISC SIX: Blume (French version) by Einst眉rzende Neubauten
DISC SEVEN: Dream Baby Dream by Suicide
DISC EIGHT: I Remember by Molly Drake

BOOK CHOICE: Light on Yoga: The Bible of Modern Yoga by B. K. S. Iyengar
LUXURY ITEM: A photograph of Samantha's children
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space by Spiritualized

Presenter: Lauren Laverne
Producer: Cathy Drysdale

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  • UB40

    Burden Of Shame

    • The UB40 File.
    • Virgin Records Ltd.
    • 3.

  • The Charlatans

    Flower

    • Some Friendly.
    • Beggars Banquet Records Ltd.
    • 9.

  • Luke Kelly and The Dubliners

    The Town I Loved So Well (Live)

    • The Best Of Luke Kelly.
    • Celtic Airs.
    • 8.

  • Talking Heads

    This Must Be the Place (Na茂ve Melody)

    • Speaking In Tongues.
    • Warner Music UK Limited.
    • 9.

  • Spiritualized

    Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space (A Cappella)

    • Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
    • 1.

  • Einst眉rzende Neubauten

    Blume (French version)

    • Malediction.
    • Mute.
    • 1.

  • Suicide

    Dream Baby Dream

    • Good Vibrations: A Record Shop, A Label, A Film Soundtrack (Original Recording R.
    • Ace Records.
    • 15.

  • Molly Drake

    I Remember

    • The Tide's Magnificence: Songs And Poems Of Molly Drake.
    • Fledgling.
    • 8.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 4 Oct 2020 11:00
    麻豆社 Radio 4
  • Fri 9 Oct 2020 09:00
    麻豆社 Radio 4

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