CROWN STAR Claire Foy is the face of today’s Harper’s Bazaar.
The Stockport star, 41, best known for her role as the late Queen Elizabeth II in the Netflix series The Crown, stunned several outfits in the latest photoshoot with the fashion magazine, including a floral pink mini skirt and a classy black sculptural dress.
Despite being crowned six awards for her portrayal of the Queen, Foy previously admitted she was not a fan of the royals and said she was glad to have been “released” from having to play Queen Liz, who does not communicate “on an open level”.
After playing the monarch for two series, mum-of-one Claire, who identifies as a “commoner”, passed on the torch to Olivia Colman and Imelda Staunton, who played the Queen in later seasons.
Now, the Golden Globe and Primetime Emmy winner is working on a film about the launch of The Sun in 1969, where she will play our first Women’s Editor Joyce Hopkirk.
Ink, directed by Danny Boyle and currently being filmed in London, tells the story of how The Sun shook “hot metal” Fleet Street to its foundations on its way to becoming the country’s top-selling newspaper.
Claire will join co-stars Jack O’Connell, 35, who plays editor Larry Lamb, and Guy Pearce, 58, playing owner Rupert Murdoch, in the upcoming drama.
Claire developed her love of acting and drama at Liverpool John Moores University.
The actress also trained for a year at the Oxford School of Drama and after graduating, she moved to London in 2007.
She landed her first TV role as Julia, George’s former fiancé in the pilot episode of BBC drama Being Human in 2008.
In 2008, Claire landed the lead role of Amy Dorrit in the BBC production of Little Dorrit and starred in the film Season Of The Witch alongside Hollywood star Nicolas Cage.
She also appeared on stage with James McAvoy at the Trafalgar Studios in London in Macbeth.
In the drama series Wolf Hall she played Anne Boleyn, starring alongside Damien Lewis as Henry VIII and Mark Rylance, who played Thomas Cromwell.
