A young nurse, a visionary scientist and an innovative surgeon face opposition from the church, state, media and medical establishment, in their pursuit of the world’s first ‘test tube baby’, Louise Joy Brown.
11-15-2024
1h 55m
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Main Cast
Movie Details
Production Info
Director:
Ben Taylor
Writers:
Rachel Mason, Jack Thorne
Production:
Wildgaze Films, Pathé
Key Crew
Producer:
Amanda Posey
Producer:
Finola Dwyer
Executive Producer:
Cameron McCracken
Casting Director:
Lucy Bevan
Casting:
Olivia Grant
Locations and Languages
Country:
GB
Filming:
GB
Languages:
en
Main Cast
Bill Nighy
William Francis Nighy (born 12 December 1949) is an English actor. Known for his work on screen and stage, he has received numerous awards, including two BAFTA Awards, a Golden Globe Award and nominations for an Academy Award and a Tony Award.
Nighy started his career with the Everyman Theatre, Liverpool and made his London debut with the Royal National Theatre starting with The Illuminatus! in 1977. There he gained acclaim for his roles in David Hare's Pravda in 1985, Harold Pinter's Betrayal in 1991, Tom Stoppard's Arcadia in 1993, and Anton Chekov's The Seagull in 1994. He received a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor nomination for his performance in Blue/Orange in 2001. He made his Broadway debut in Hare's The Vertical Hour in 2006, and returned in the 2015 revival of Hare's Skylight earning a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play nomination.
Early film roles include in the comedies Still Crazy (1998), and Blow Dry (1999) before his breakout role in Love Actually (2003) which earned him a BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor. He soon gained recognition portraying Davy Jones in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series (2006-2007), and Viktor in the Underworld film series (2003-2009). Other films include Shaun of the Dead (2004), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005), The Constant Gardener (2005), Notes on a Scandal (2006), Hot Fuzz (2007), Valkyrie (2008), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010), The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012), About Time (2013), Emma (2020), and Living (2022), the last of these earning him his first career Academy Award nomination.
Nighy has gained acclaim for his roles in television earning a British Academy Television Award for Best Actor for his performance in BBC One series State of Play (2003), and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for the BBC film Gideon's Daughter (2007). He's also known for his roles in HBO's The Girl in the Café (2006) and PBS's Page Eight (2012).
James Geoffrey Ian Norton (born July 18, 1985) is an English film, television, and stage actor. He is known for roles in the television series Happy Valley, Grantchester, War & Peace and McMafia. He earned a nomination for the British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2015 for his performance as ex-convict Tommy Lee Royce in Happy Valley.
Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie (born 26 July 2000) is an actress from New Zealand. After a minor role in The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies, she rose to critical prominece with the lead role in Debra Granik's 2018 drama film Leave No Trace. After supporting roles in the 2019 films The King, Jojo Rabbit and True History of the Kelly Gang, as well as the 2021 thriller Old, Edgar Wright's psychological horror film Last Night in Soho established her as one of the industry's lead actresses.
Charlotte Murphy (born 30 November 1987) is an Irish actress best known for her role as Ann Gallagher in the BBC series Happy Valley (2014–2023).
She won the Irish Times Irish Theatre Award for her performance of Eliza Doolittle in Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw at the Abbey Theatre.
She was nominated for Best Actress in a Play at the 2019 WhatsOnStage Awards for her performance as Mairead in The Lieutenant of Inishmore by Martin McDonagh, directed by Michael Grandage.
Joanna Scanlan is a British actress and television writer, best known for her roles in various British comedy series, such as The Thick of It, Doctors and Nurses, Getting On, Catherine Dickens in period drama, The Invisible Woman and Little Britain. Wikipedia
Ella Bruccoleri is known for playing Sister Frances in Call the Midwife (2018 - 2022) and for her roles in Paddington in Peru (2024), Joy (2024), The Strangers: Chapter 1 (2024), Extraordinary (2023), Polite Society (2023), and The Last Kingdom (2015).
Miles Hugh Barrett Jupp is an English comedian and actor. He began his career as a stand-up comedian.
Although Jupp was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, he spent most of his childhood in London. He was educated at three independent schools: the Hall School in Hampstead, London; St George's School in Windsor, and then at Oakham School in Rutland. He went on to study Divinity at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland and now lives in Monmouthshire, Wales.
Ruth Madeley is a British actress known for her roles in Years and Years, The Rook and Doctor Who. She was born with spina bifida and has worked with the charity Whizz-Kidz for much of her life. She was nominated for a television BAFTA in 2016 for her work in Don't Take My Baby.
Jemima Rooper (born 24 October 1981) is a British actress. Having started as a child actress in television series, she has appeared in numerous film and theatre roles.
David Atkins (born 12 December 1955) is an Australian dancer, choreographer, music-theatre director and producer.
Atkins began his performance career aged 12 with a role in the musical Mame. As an adult performer, as well as performing in shows such as A Chorus Line and The Pirates of Penzance, he created and performed in his own works Dancin' Man and Dynamite.
Anastasia Hille (born 1965) is an English film, television and theatre actress, and ceramicist. Born in London, she was a student at London's Drama Centre and won second prize at the Ian Charleson Awards in 1994 (the first prize was awarded to Toby Stephens and the third prize to Jude Law). She has twice been nominated for the Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress, for The Master Builder at the Almeida Theatre in 2011, and for The Effect at the National's Cottesloe Theatre in 2013.
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Pip Torrens (born June 2, 1960) is an English actor. He studied English Literature at Trinity College, Cambridge. His television appearances include Consenting Adults, two episodes of Doctor Who ("Human Nature"/"The Family of Blood"), Green Wing,Silk, The Government Inspector (as John Scarlett), The Last Detective and DI Torrens for a few episodes in The Bill in 2001. He has also appeared in a 2008 series of UK television advertisements for First Direct, with Matthew King. In 2011, he appeared in both episodes of an Outnumbered two-part special. In 2012 he appeared in the first episode of series 8 of Hustle and presented new gameshow The Devil's Dinner Party. His film appearances include Tomorrow Never Dies as the captain of HMS Bedford, the 2001 film To End All Wars and voicework for Valiant.
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Nicholas James Sebastian Rowe (born 22 November 1966) is a Scottish actor.
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Ben Crowe is a very experienced actor, voice actor and voice acting coach with over twenty years in the business.
He has his own broadcast quality studio complete with Neumann TLM-103 Mic.
Ben has narrated several documentaries for TV including eight series of “Eddie Stobart- Trucks and Trailers” for Channel 5, “Fairground Attractions” and most recently “M1: The Road that made Britain great.” Ben has also voiced many TV Commercials and Video games including playing the Commander/Announcer in the upcoming “Battlefield V” and many other games such as Hitman, Titanfall, Evolve and numerous others. Recent ADR work includes Peaky Blinders, Howards End, Good Omens and many others.
After winning the Prestigious BBC Carleton Hobbs Award in 1998 he began his career on the BBC Radio Drama Company straight after graduating from Mountview and has appeared in over 500 Radio plays.
Ben also, regularly, gives Voiceover masterclasses at a number of the top London Drama Schools, including Central, Arts Ed, Italia Conti, Mountview and East 15.
Alongside his voice over career he continues to act in Film, TV and Radio. Recent work includes Tim Burton’s Dumbo
