Oscar Nominee: Samantha Morton

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Age: 26

Starsign: Taurus

Loved-up with: Sam keeps schtum about her private life, although she has a young daughter with ex-partner Charlie Creed-Miles

Career high: Amazing the critics with her first proper role as child prostitute Tracy in Band of Gold.

Career low: Samantha's a canny operator and chooses great parts. But no-one much saw the diabolical The Last Yellow, thankfully.

Nominated for playing? Sarah in In America

Chances of winning? A total wildcard. Samatha doesn't play the Hollywood machine and isn't bothered about winning or not.

Says: "I have a love/hate relationship with what I do. I think 'Where's the relevance of this? I'm not a doctor, I'm not an aid worker.' But then I think you only have one life and I am a vessel for stories to be told."

Not to be confused with: Samantha Mumba, Samantha Janus or Greenock Morton FC

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