Father – Peter Morton

Mother – Pamela Freebury (Factory Worker)

Siblings – Beothe Marcus (Brother, born 1971) (Royal Marine), Penny (Sister, born 1972) (Works with children with learning disabilities). Apart from that, she has six half-siblings from her parents’ relationships.

Others – Daniel Morton (Cousin) (Actor)

Manager

Samantha Morton is signed with talent agencies –

• Conway Van Gelder Grant Ltd.
• Principato Young Entertainment

Build

Voluptuous

Height

5 ft 3 in or 160 cm

Weight

61.2 kg or 135 pounds

Boyfriend / Spouse

Samantha Morton dated –

• Charlie Creed Miles (1999-2000) – Samantha Morton and Charlie Creed Miles (actor and musician) worked together in a movie The Last Yellow (1999) and hence started dating in 1999 itself and got married even. They have a biological daughter together, named Esme (born – February 5, 2000). Their relationship ended within a year after they split in 2000.
• Harry Holm (2005-Present) – After her separation with Charlie, Samantha started dating filmmaker Harry Holm, son of Sir Ian Holm (English actor) after meeting him during the filming of the music video for the band “The Vitamins,” which Harry was directing. The couple is engaged since 2006 and has two children. The first one named, Edie (daughter) was born on January 4, 2008 and their second daughter was born in 2012.

Samantha Morton and Harry Holm during ‘Control’ Gala Screening.

Race / Ethnicity

White

Religion

She is religious.

She believes in Christian faith. (via Guardian)

Hair Color

Light Brown

Eye Color

Blue

Sexual Orientation

Straight

Distinctive Features

Her voluptuous body

Measurements

37-26-36 in or 94-66-91.5 cm

Samantha Morton at Nick Grimshaw’s 30th birthday at Shoreditch House.

Dress Size

10 (US)

Bra Size

34C

Shoe Size

Her shoe is speculated to be of size 8 (US).

Best Known For

Her acclaimed roles in movies like Under the Skin (1997), Sweet and Lowdown (1999), In America (2003) and television drama film Longford (2006).

First Film

Samantha Morton made her debut via TV film Emma (1996) for her role as Harriet Smith.

Next, she appeared in an Irish film This Is the Sea for her role as Hazel Stokes.

First TV Show

Initially, when Samantha was 13, she appeared for miniature roles in Soldier Soldier and Boon.

She then, appeared on television in ITV’s crime drama series Crackers in 1994 as murder victim Joanne Barnes in just 3 episodes for a guest appearance.

Though she appeared in smaller roles prior to appearing in Band of Gold. But, her role as Naomi Tracey Richardson in ITV’s another drama series Band of Gold from 1995 to 1996 could be considered as her first breakthrough on TV.

Personal Trainer

Samantha exercises under the supervision of Kathryn Freeland of Absolute Bootcamp London.

Though she is not strict to rigorous workouts. She follows fat burning cardio, strength and toning exercises, and does leg and back extensions 4-5 times in a week and follows organic diet.

Brand Endorsements

She has not endorsed any of the brands.

Samantha Morton Favorite Things

• Book – Divided Kingdom (By Rupert Thomson)
• Person, she admires – Michael Fassbender (German-Irish actor and producer)
• Word – Pili-pala (Welsh word, meaning butterfly)

Samantha Morton at the event of John Carter.

Samantha Morton Facts

1. Samantha knows little bit Welsh. She has tried to learn it in the past.
2. At the age of 3, she relocated with her father (after her parents’ separation) and lived with him until she was 8. After that, she spent 9 years in foster care and children’s homes.
3. She has eight siblings in total.
4. In an interview, she revealed that she faced sexual abuse while in foster care.
5. Samantha moved to London at the age of 16.
6. She applied at various drama schools after relocating to London but got no positive response.
7. When Morton was at children’s home in Nottingham (at the age age of 14), she was accused for threatening to kill a fellow girl and was sentenced to serve 18 weeks in an attendance center.
8. She has also stated that while in children’s home, she was not allowed to go to her parents home.
9. In the past, Samantha has turned down couple of roles in the movies like in Girl, Interrupted (1999) as Lisa, Hamlet (2000) for the role of Ophelia, Iris (2011) for the title role, etc.
10. She also remained homeless for a year (aged 13-14), and used to sleep in bus shelters and at friends’ houses.
11. She dropped out of the school at the age of 13 (in 1991) and attended Central Junior Television Workshop. Subsequently, she fetched some of the minor roles in various TV series.
12. If she weren’t an actress, then she would have been into social works or maybe politics.
13. Her directorial debut The Unloved (British television drama, 2009) was based on her experiences in foster care.
14. Samantha turned down the offer to play Ophelia in Hamlet to work in Woody Allen’s Sweet and Lowdown (1999).
15. She would want The Birdie Song to be played at her funeral.
16. She was addicted to drugs at the age of 14.
17. She once had a severe stroke in early 2007.
18. Samantha has appeared in music videos – U2’s Electrical Storm (2002), The Horrors’ Sheena is a Parasite (2006) and The Killers’ Shadowplay (2007).
19. Before working with Woody Allen in Sweet and Lowdown, she never saw any of Woody Allen’s movies.