Eddie Redmayne's Biography
Eddie Redmayne Facts
Photo by Gordon Correll (Eddie Redmayne) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Spouse(s) / Partner(s)
He is married to Hannah Bagshawe.
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Children
He has a daughter Iris and a son Luke.
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Hobbies
He enjoys visiting art galleries and he also paints.
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Early Life
Eddie Redmayne was born on 6 January 1982 in London.His father worked in banking and her mother managed a relocation business for expats.
Eddie Redmayne studied at Eton and then read history of art at Cambridge.
He started acting in school and his stage productions included Oliver, Twelfth Night, A Passage to India, and Cabaret.
Stage Performances
In 2005, he starred in The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? and was nominated for an Olivier Award.In 2008, he appeared at the Royal Court Theatre in Now or Later.
In 2010, Redmayne won an Olivier and a Tony for his performance in Red.
In 2021, he was cast as Emcee in the London West End stage production of Cabaret.
Movies
His early movies included the independent films Savage Grace and The Yellow Handkerchief.In 2011, Eddie Redmayne landed the leading role opposite Michelle Williams in My Week With Marilyn and the following year played Marius in the film version of Les Miserables.
However, it was in 2014, with his portrayal of Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything that he really came to widespread public attention and he won an Oscar in 2015 for his performance.
The following year (2016) he was nominated for an Oscar for best actor for his portrayal of Lili Elbe in The Danish Girl. He later said that taking the role was a mistake.
Also, in 2016, he was cast as Newt Scamander in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.
In 2019 he was again cast alongside Felicity Jones in The Aeronauts. The two had worked together on The Theory of Everything.
In 2020, along with Mark Rylance, Frank Langella, Sacha Baron Cohen, and Michael Keaton, Eddie Redmayne starred in Aaron Sorkin's The Trial of the Chicago 7.
In 2022, he was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild award, a Golden Globe and for a Bafta for best supporting actor in a motion picture for his role in The Good Nurse.
Personal Life
Eddie Redmayne is married to the antiques dealer Hannah Bagshawe.In March 2018, they had their second child Luke. Previously they had a daughter Iris.
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