Clare Frances Elizabeth Higgins (born 10 November 1955) is an English
actress. Her film appearances include Hellraiser (1987), Hellbound:
Hellraiser II (1988), Small Faces (1996) and The Golden Compass
(2007).A six-time Olivier Award nominee for her work in the theatre,
Higgins received her first nomination in 1984 for her role as Stella
Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire. She has since won the Olivier
Award for Best Actress three times; for Sweet Bird of Youth in 1995,
Vincent in Brixton in 2003 and Hecuba in 2005. She made her Broadway
debut in 2003 in Vincent in Brixton, receiving a Tony Award nomination
for Best Actress in a Play. She returned to Broadway in the 2014
revival of A Delicate Balance.Higgins, the second of five children,
was born in Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, to Paula Cecilia (née
Murphy) and James Stephen Higgins. Her parents were from working class
Irish Catholic backgrounds, and worked as teachers. Higgins was
interested in acting since her childhood. After being expelled from a
convent school, she ran away from home at seventeen. At 19, she gave
birth to a boy but gave him up for adoption at her social worker's
insistence.
actress. Her film appearances include Hellraiser (1987), Hellbound:
Hellraiser II (1988), Small Faces (1996) and The Golden Compass
(2007).A six-time Olivier Award nominee for her work in the theatre,
Higgins received her first nomination in 1984 for her role as Stella
Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire. She has since won the Olivier
Award for Best Actress three times; for Sweet Bird of Youth in 1995,
Vincent in Brixton in 2003 and Hecuba in 2005. She made her Broadway
debut in 2003 in Vincent in Brixton, receiving a Tony Award nomination
for Best Actress in a Play. She returned to Broadway in the 2014
revival of A Delicate Balance.Higgins, the second of five children,
was born in Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, to Paula Cecilia (née
Murphy) and James Stephen Higgins. Her parents were from working class
Irish Catholic backgrounds, and worked as teachers. Higgins was
interested in acting since her childhood. After being expelled from a
convent school, she ran away from home at seventeen. At 19, she gave
birth to a boy but gave him up for adoption at her social worker's
insistence.
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