Juliet Anne Virginia Stevenson, CBE (born 30 October 1956) is an English actor of stage and screen. She is known for her role in the film Truly, Madly, Deeply (1991), for which she was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. Her other film appearances include Emma (1996), Bend it Like Beckham (2002), Mona Lisa Smile (2003), Being Julia (2004), and Infamous (2006).
Stevenson has starred in numerous Royal Shakespeare Company and National Theatre productions, with Olivier Award nominations for Measure for Measure (1984), Les Liaisons Dangereuses (1986), and Yerma (1987). She won the 1992 Olivier Award for Best Actress for Death and the Maiden (1991–92) and received another Olivier nomination for Duet for One (2009). She earned three BAFTA TV Award nominations for A Doll's House (1992), The Politician's Wife (1995), and Accused (2010). Other stage roles include The Heretic (2011) and Happy Days (2014).
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