Catherine McCormack

Biography: Catherine McCormack

After making a memorable impression on audiences as Mel Gibson's doomed love in Braveheart, British actress Catherine McCormack emerged as one of the most promising of Britain's new wave of young actors. Born January 1, 1972, in Hampshire, England, McCormack trained at the Oxford School of Drama. Following some stage and television work, she made her film debut in Anna Campion's Loaded (1994), playing a member of a group of friends who go away for a fairly disastrous weekend retreat. After a turn in the obscure Tashunga (a 1995 film that was released a year later under the title of North Star), McCormack got her break in the epic Braveheart (1995). Although her role was secondary, the huge success of the film won McCormack widespread attention, paving the way for her lead role in the 1997 World War II drama The Land Girls (which also starred fellow up-and-comers Rachel Weisz and Anna Friel). The following year, the actress gained further prominence through the lead role in Dangerous Beauty, in which she played a Venetian courtesan. The same year, she also had a prominent part in Dancing at Lughnasa, a screen adaptation of Brian Friel's acclaimed play, starring Meryl Streep. In 1999, McCormack headlined yet another film, with her turn in the British comedy This Year's Love, in which she co-starred with fellow rising stars Dougray Scott, Jennifer Ehle, and Ian Hart. Her onscreen career subsequently stalled by a series of weighty roles in such high profile but only moderately successfuls films as Shadow of the Vampire, The Tailor of Panama, and Spy Game, McCormack nevertheless managed to make an impression on stage in such efforts as the SoHo Theater production of Kiss Me Like You Mean It and the West End production of Sam Shepard's A Lie of the Mind. Later making her directorial debut with a West End production of Anna Weiss, McCormack was nominated for as Best Supporting Actress at the 2001 Oliver Awards for her memorable performance in a British National Theater production of Arthur Miller's All My Sons. In 2005 McCormack would go hunting for the fearsome baboonasaurus in the notorious flop A Sound of Thunder, with voice work in the visually extravagant 2006 sci fi action entry Renaissance marking the actress' first foray into the world of animation. ~ Rebecca Flint Marx, All Movie Guide less

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28 Weeks Later (2007)
Cast: Danny Boyle Robert Carlyle Harold Perrineau, Jr. Catherine McCormack Rose Byrne
Tags: Horror Sci-Fi Horror
Length: 99min
The devastating rage virus that annihilated the British Isles mysteriously resurfaces in Goya Award-winning director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo's sequel to the Danny Boyle-directed horror hit that terrified audiences worldwide by offering a breathless...
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Renaissance (2006)
Cast: Daniel Craig Ian Holm Catherine McCormack Romola Garai Jonathan Pryce
Tags: Science Fiction Tech Noir
Length: 105min
In the labyrinthine streets of 21st century Paris, where every move is monitored and ever action recorded, a mysterious kidnapping sets into motion a catastrophic series of events that could ultimately prove the downfall of civilization. The year is...
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A Sound of Thunder (2005)
Cast: Ben Kingsley Ray Bradbury Peter Hyams Edward Burns Catherine McCormack
Tags: Prehistoric Fantasy Sci-Fi Disaster Film Science Fiction
Length: 101min
A seemingly insignificant act may cause the fabric of history to unravel in this sci-fi adventure. Charles Hatton (Ben Kingsley) owns and operates a successful firm known as Time Safari. Thanks to time travel technology developed by Hatton's employee...
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Strings (2004)
Cast: Derek Jacobi Julian Glover Ian Hart Catherine McCormack Peter Aalbæk Jensen
Tags: Fantasy Adventure Fantasy Art Film
Length: 89min
Anders Ronnow Klarlund's fantasy-action film Strings tells the tale of Hal Tara, the son of a slain ruler who sets out to settle the score with those who dispatched his father. Interestingly, all of the characters in the film are marionettes,...
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Moon and the Stars (2007)
Cast: Alfred Molina John Irvin Jonathan Pryce Catherine McCormack Fabio Carpi
Tags: Period Film
Length: 90min
A movie set becomes a metaphor for the tragic rise of World War II in Europe in this historical drama. It's 1939, and as Benito Mussolini rules Italy and war sweeps through Europe, Italian film producer Davide Rieti (Alfred Molina) is attempting to...
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The Tailor of Panama (2001)
Cast: John Boorman Geoffrey Rush Pierce Brosnan Jamie Lee Curtis Catherine McCormack
Tags: Spy Film Comedy Drama Spy Comedy Political Satire Satire
Length: 109min
Set amidst the controversy of the handover of the Panama Canal from America to Panama in late 1999, this espionage thriller follows seductive British spy Andrew Osnard (Pierce Brosnan), who has found himself recently banished to Panama. When Osnard...
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Spy Game (2001)
Cast: Brad Pitt Robert Redford Tony Scott Charlotte Rampling Catherine McCormack
Tags: Spy Film Political Thriller Unglamorized Spy Film Thriller Paranoid Thriller
Length: 127min
Brad Pitt is reunited as a co-star with his A River Runs Through It (1992) director Robert Redford for this espionage hriller from Tony Scott. On the verge of retirement from the Central Intelligence Agency, veteran spy Nathan Muir (Redford) learns...
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Born Romantic (2000)
Cast: Ian Hart Jane Horrocks Catherine McCormack Olivia Williams Adrian Lester
Tags: Romantic Comedy Comedy Drama Ensemble Film Urban Comedy
Length: 97min
In modern-day London, three men and three women fall in and out of love and back again, to the Greek-chorus accompaniment of two cab drivers (Ian Hart and John Thomson), who engage in an ongoing conversation about sex. In one pairing, Eleanor (Olivia...
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The Weight of Water (2000)
Cast: Sean Penn Sarah Polley Kathryn Bigelow Catherine McCormack Josh Lucas
Tags: Marriage Drama Psychological Thriller Mystery
Length: 113min
A woman studying a crime of the past finds her own life becoming a morass of suspicion and deceit in this drama based on the novel by Anita Shreve. Jean Janes (Catherine McCormack) is a photographer working on a project that would document surviving...
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A Rumor of Angels (2000)
Cast: Vanessa Redgrave Ray Liotta Catherine McCormack Ron Livingston Peter O'Fallon
Tags: Drama Family Drama Childhood Drama
Length: 106min
Twelve-year-old James (Trevor Morgan) is haunted by the car crash that claimed his mother's life two years earlier. Estranged from his father (Ray Liotta) and nurturing a deep hatred of his stepmother (Catherine McCormack), James is none too pleased...
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