RED SPARROW (2018) About the Cast
A natural talent with a striking presence and undeniable energy, Academy Award winner Jennifer Lawrence is one of Hollywood’s most gifted actresses.
ABOUT THE CAST
JENNIFER LAWRENCE (Dominika Egorova)
A natural talent with a striking presence and undeniable energy, Academy Award® winner Jennifer Lawrence is one of Hollywood’s most gifted actresses. Lawrence most recently starred opposite Javier Bardem in Darren Aronofsky’s Mother! and later this year, will reprise her role as Mystique in Dark Phoenix .
In 2016, Lawrence received her record-setting fourth Academy Award® nomination and third Golden Globe Award for her performance in David O. Russell’s Joy . This marked her third collaboration with the director, writer, and producer, having previously worked with him on American Hustle and Silver Linings Playbook , for which she won the Academy Award® for Best Actress. She earned her first Oscar, Golden Globe, and SAG Award nominations in 2011 for her acclaimed performance as a poverty-stricken teenager in the independent drama, Winter’s Bone .
Lawrence gained worldwide recognition for her portrayal of “Katniss Everdeen” in the global tentpole series, The Hunger Games , establishing her as the highest-grossing action heroine of all time. Her other film credits include Passengers opposite Chris Pratt, Suzanne Bier’s Serena , Mark Tonderai’s House at the End of The Street opposite Elisabeth Shue and Max Thieriot; Jodie Foster’s The Beaver opposite Mel Gibson and Anton Yelchin; Drake Doremus' Like Crazy opposite Anton Yelchin and Felicity Jones; Lori Petty's Poker House opposite Selma Blair and Bokeem Woodbine, for which she was awarded the prize of Outstanding Performance in the Narrative Competition at the 2008 Los Angeles Film Festival; and Guillermo Arriaga's directorial debut The Burning Plain , opposite Charlize Theron and Kim Basinger. The film premiered at the 2008 Venice Film Festival where Lawrence won the Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best Young Actor.
On television, Lawrence’s credits include three seasons of the TBS comedy series The Bill Engvall Show .
In 2012, she created the Jennifer Lawrence Foundation to support charitable organizations that fulfill children’s vital needs and drive arts awareness and participation. She is an advocate for gender equality, and recently joined the board of Represent.us, a bipartisan organization working nationwide to pass powerful anti-corruption laws aimed at stopping political bribery and fixing our broken elections.
JOEL EDGERTON (Nate Nash)
Joel Edgerton was born in Blacktown, New South Wales. He attended the Nepean Drama School in western Sydney before transitioning into stage and screen roles. Edgerton launched his film career in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones and Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith , portraying a young “Owen Lars,” stepbrother of “Anakin Skywalker” and uncle to “Luke Skywalker.”
Recently, Edgerton appeared in, Loving , directed by Jeff Nichols, for which he has earned a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actor. He co-stars alongside Ruth Negga, Michael Shannon, and Nick Kroll in the film, which tells the true story of an interracial married couple who were sentenced to prison in 1958 Virginia. Loving was released by Focus Features on November 4, 2016.
Currently, Edgerton is in production on Bright , alongside Will Smith and Noomi Rapace. The film is directed by David Ayer.
Edgerton also recently completed production on the thriller, It Comes At Night , directed by Trey Edward Shults. The film, in which he co-stars alongside Riley Keough, follows a father who will stop at nothing to protect his wife and son from a malevolent, mysterious presence terrorizing them right outside their doorstep. Additionally, Edgerton completed production on the Untitled Nash Edgerton Project , alongside Charlize Theron, Amanda Seyfried and Thandie Newton.
In January 2016, Edgerton starred in the Western Jane Got A Gun opposite Natalie Portman. Directed by Gavin O’Connor and released by The Weinstein Company, the film follows a woman who asks her ex-lover to help her save her outlaw husband from a gang out to kill him. In March 2016, Edgerton also appeared in the Jeff Nichols’ film Midnight Special opposite Michael Shannon and Kirsten Dunst. A contemporary science fiction chase film, Midnight Special is the latest in a series of A-list filmmakers that Edgerton has worked with. The film was distributed by Warner Brothers and eOne.
In September 2015, Edgerton starred in Scott Cooper’s action crime-drama Black Mass alongside Johnny Depp, Benedict Cumberbatch and Dakota Johnson. Based on the 2001 book by Dick Lehr and Gerard O’Neill, the story unveils the true life events of infamous South Boston criminal Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator who became an FBI informant to take down a Mafia family invading his territory. Edgerton plays Bulger’s childhood friend and corrupt FBI agent “John Connolly.” The film had its world premiere at the 72nd Annual Venice Film Festival and was released by Warner Bros. Black Mass was also featured at Telluride Film Festival and the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival and earned Edgerton the Santa Barbara International Film Festival “Virtuoso” award, which celebrates breakthrough performances.
August 2015 marked Edgerton’s feature directorial debut with The Gift , starring Jason Bateman. Edgerton co-starred with Rebecca Hall in the story that explores the relationship of Bateman and Hall, a husband and wife seeking to reinvigorate their marriage in a new town, only to have their life disrupted by a “friend” from the past. Edgerton wrote the script and produced the film, and was nominated for a Directors Guild of America Award for First-Time Feature Film Direction. The Gift was distributed by STX Entertainment.
In December 2014, Edgerton starred in Ridley Scott’s epic retelling of the Biblical story Exodus: Gods and Kings . Edgerton paired with Christian Bale as they played on-screen brothers “Moses” and “Rhamses.” The film was produced by 20th Century Fox. Earlier in 2014, Edgerton appeared in the psychological thriller Felony, which he wrote, produced, and starred in. Edgerton portrays an officer who runs a young cyclist off the road after an evening of celebratory drinking and subsequently lies about the accident to his fellow officers. The Australian film premiered at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.
In 2013, Edgerton portrayed the character of “Tom Buchanan” in Baz Luhrmann’s remake of THE GREAT GATSBY, starring alongside Leonardo DiCaprio and Carey Mulligan. Warner Brothers released the film, based on the famous novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, on May 10th. It premiered that same year at the Festival de Cannes.
In December 2012, Edgerton had a pivotal role alongside Jessica Chastain and Chris Pratt in Kathryn Bigelow’s Zero Dark Thirty . The film chronicles the search and ultimate death of Osama Bin Laden by U.S. special troops in Pakistan and was nominated for Best Picture at the 85th Annual Academy Awards. Joel also appeared in The Odd Life of Timothy Green , opposite Jennifer Garner, the critically acclaimed, mixed-martial-arts drama Warrior , opposite Nick Nolte and Tom Hardy, and the prequel of John Carpenter’s The Thing , opposite Mary Elizabeth Winstead.
In 2010, Edgerton starred in the Australian film Animal Kingdom , a powerful crime drama that explores the intense battle between a criminal family and the police, and the ordinary lives caught in the middle. The film received the World Cinema Jury Prize at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival and was also awarded the Australian Film Institute/AFI Awards for “AFI Best Film” and “AFI Member’s Choice.” Edgerton was honored with an “AFI Award” for “Best Supporting Actor” on behalf of the film.
In 2008, Edgerton was seen in the film The Square , directed by his brother Nash Edgerton. That same year, Edgerton starred in Acolytes , an Australian film about teenagers who get revenge on a serial killer. In 2007, Edgerton was seen in the film Whisper with Josh Holloway. He also had a significant role in the 2006 American film Smokin’ Aces .
In 2005, Edgerton appeared in the British comedy Kinky Boots , in a lead role alongside Chiwetel Ejiofor, as the son of a deceased shoemaker who must find a niche market in the 21st century. That same year, Edgerton lent his voice to the title character of The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello , an Academy Award-nominated animated short film.
Off the screen Edgerton starred alongside Cate Blanchett as “Stanley” in the Sydney Theatre Company’s acclaimed 2009 production of A Streetcar Named Desire . Edgerton and Blanchett also performed the play to sold-out audiences at the Kennedy Center in November 2009, followed by a run at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in December 2009. He has appeared in multiple stage productions, most notably at The Sydney Theatre Company - Blackrock , Third World Blues and Love for Love - and Bell Shakespeare - Henry IV . On television, Edgerton is known for playing the role of “Will” on the series The Secret Life of Us for which he was nominated for an “AFI Award.”
Edgerton currently splits his time between Australia and Los Angeles.
MATTHIAS SCHOENAERTS (Ivan Egorov)
Matthias Schoenaerts is a Flemish actor. He began his acting career on stage, as a child, playing opposite to his father, Julien Schoenaerts, in The Little Prince .
At 15, he made his screen debut in the Academy Award-nominated feature Daens , directed by Stijn Coninx.
After graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in Antwerp, he starred on stage and in award-winning shorts and features. His supporting role in Paul Verhoeven’s Black Book introduced him to a wider European audience. His lead performance in Michaël Roskam’s Academy Award-nominated Bullhead brought attention on him from the world film community, as he won accolades, including the FIPRESCI Award for Best Actor at the Palm Springs International Film Festival, the Best Actor Award at Austin Fantastic Fest, and the Acting Award at AFI Fest.
He then starred opposite Marion Cotillard in Rust and Bone , directed by Jacques Audiard, for which he won a César Award; reunited with director Michaël Roskam for The Drop , with Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, and James Gandolfini; and was part of the ensemble cast of Guillaume Canet’s film Blood Ties .
Matthias Schoenaerts was then seen in Suite Française , with Michelle Williams and Kristin Scott Thomas, directed by Saul Dibb; Far from the Madding Crowd , directed by Thomas Vinterberg, opposite Carey Mulligan, based on the Thomas Hardy novel; Luca Guadagnino’s A Bigger Splash with Tilda Swinton, Ralph Fiennes, and Dakota Johnson; Alice Winocour’s Maryland , opposite to Diane Kruger; and Tom Hooper’s The Danish Girl , with Eddie Redmayne and Alicia Vikander.
In 2017, Matthias Schoenaerts stared in the new Michaël R. Roskam movie Le Fidèle , with Adèle Exarchopoulos, and in Ritesh Batra’s Netflix movie Our Souls at Night , with Jane Fonda and Robert Redford.
In 2018, he will be seen in Red Sparrow , directed by Francis Lawrence, with Jennifer Lawrence and in Terrence Malick’s Radegund .
He will also be staring, as a lead, in Thomas Vinterberg new movie Kursk , with Colin Firth, in Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre’s first feature Mustang , and in Territoires by David Oelhoffen, with Reda Kateb.
CHARLOTTE RAMPLING (Matron)
Charlotte Rampling began her career in 1964. Some of her notable films include Georgy Girl , Luchino Visconti's The Damned , Liliana Cavani's The Night Porter , Farewell my Lovely , Woody Allen's Stardust Memories , Sidney Lumet's The Verdict , Alan Parker's Angel Heart , Michael Cacoyannis's The Cherry Orchard , Nagisa Oshima's Max My Love , Francois Ozon's Under the Sand and Swimming Pool , Lauren Cantet's Heading South , Iain Softley's Wings of a Dove and Dominik Moll's Lemming .
More recent work includes I, Anna , The Eye of the Storm , The Duchess , Never Let Me Go , Melancholia , Life During Wartime , 45 Years , The Sense of an Ending , and Euphoria . Rampling was nominated for an Oscar in 2016 for 45 Years .
JEREMY IRONS (General Korchnoi)
The British-born Jeremy Irons has an extraordinary legacy of film, television and theatre performances. He won the Academy Award® for Best Actor for his performance as Claus von Bulow in Reversal of Fortune . He is also a Golden Globe® Award, Primetime Emmy® Award, Tony Award®, and SAG Award® winner.
His film highlights include The French Lieutenant’s Woman , The Mission, and Dead Ringers , Damage , M. Butterfly and Lolita . He is the voice of the evil lion Scar in Disney’s classic The Lion King . He also showed his grasp of the action genre starring opposite Bruce Willis in Die Hard: With A Vengeance as well as playing Humbert Humbert in Adrian Lyne's Lolita .
Other career highlights include the films Being Julia with Annette Bening; Appaloosa with Ed Harris and Viggo Mortensen; and Bertolucci’s Stealing Beauty with Liv Tyler. Irons received a Tony Award for his performance in Tom Stoppard’s play “The Real Thing” and more recently appeared on the London stage in the National Theatre’s “Never So Good” and in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s “The Gods Weep.”
Irons may be best known for his role as Charles Ryder in the cult TV series Brideshead Revisited . Other television credits include the award-winning television miniseries directed by Tom Hooper, Elizabeth I , in which Irons is joined by Helen Mirren. Irons also portrayed the iconic photographer Alfred Stieglitz in the award-winning biographical picture Georgia O’Keeffe .
Irons more recent film work includes the award-winning independent feature Margin Call with Kevin Spacey; The Words with Bradley Cooper; Beautiful Creatures , shot in Louisiana and directed by Richard LaGravenese and Night Train to Lisbon , directed by Bille August.
Over a span of three years, commencing in 2010, Jeremy Irons took on the role of Pope Alexander VI in the epic Showtime series The Borgias , a historical-fiction television drama created by Neil Jordan. The series, set around the turn of the 16th century, follows the Borgia family, an Italian dynasty of Spanish origin.
Trashed , the award-winning documentary on the environment for which Irons was the executive producer and featured actor, received a special screening at the Cannes Film Festival and continues to play in theaters and festivals globally.
Irons most recent films include High-Rise , Jeremy Thomas’ anticipated JG Ballard adaptation from director Ben Wheatley; The Man Who Knew Infinity, an Edward R. Pressman production, directed by Matthew Brown; Race , directed by Stephen Hopkins, based on the true story of Jesse Owens and the 1936 Olympics, in which Irons portrays Avery Brundage; The Correspondence , directed by Italian filmmaker Giuseppe Tornatore; and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice , in which Irons plays the role of Alfred Pennyworth, directed by Zack Snyder, Warner Bros.
During spring 2016, as part of the Bristol Old Vic's 250th anniversary, Jeremy Irons returned to his roots in theatre and appeared in the role of James Tyron in Eugene O'Neill's “Long Day's Journey Into Night.”
2016 also included the release of the game-based movie Assassin's Creed , directed by Justin Kurzel, in which Jeremy Irons starred alongside Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard.
In addition, Irons completed production on three films: Justice League , directed by Zack Snyder, An Actor Prepares , co-starring Jack Huston and Monumental , directed by Brett Simon.
MARY-LOUISE PARKER (Stephanie Boucher)
Mary-Louise Parker’s work on Showtime’s Weeds earned her the Golden Globe award, four Golden Globe nominations, the Satellite award, three Emmy nominations and six SAG nominations. For Mike Nichols’ Angels in America , she received the Emmy and Golden Globe Awards, and her work on The West Wing and in TV movie The Robber Bride were recognized with Emmy nominations, the latter winning her a Gemini Award. For the small screen she recently starred in the miniseries When We Rise, Mr. Mercedes , and Billions . Other television credits include Sugartime, Christmas in Conway, Saint Maybe, A Place for Annie, Vinegar Hill, Miracle Run, and many others.
She appeared in the action-comedies Red and Red 2 with Bruce Willis and John Malkovich, and R.I.P.D ., starring Jeff Bridges. Parker’s recent film work includes Chronically Metropolitan , and Alex Ross Perry’s Golden Exits . Other film work includes The Assassination of Jesse James, Saved!, Behaving Badly, Romance & Cigarettes, Fried Green Tomatoes, Grand Canyon, Reckless, Solitary Man, The Portrait of A Lady, Howl, Boys On The Side, The Client, Naked In New York, Bullets Over Broadway, Longtime Companion, Pipe Dream, Red Dragon, Romance and Cigarettes, Solitary Man, The Five Senses, The Maker, and many more.
Parker recently originated the role of ‘Georgie’ in Simon Stephens play Heisenberg . She made her Broadway debut originating the role of Rita in Prelude To A Kiss , (Tony® nomination, a Theatre World Award, The Clarence Derwent Award, Drama Desk nomination) She originated the role of ‘Li’l Bit’ in How I Learned To Drive , (Obie Award, Lucille Lortel Award and an Outer Critics Circle nomination) She originated the role of Catherine in Proof (Tony® Award, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Drama League, Lucille Lortel, Obie, New York Magazine and T. Schreiber awards) and starred on Broadway in Reckless , (Tony® nomination) and Bus Stop. Mary-Louise originated roles in Sarah Ruhl’s Dead Man’s Cell Phone , Sharr White’s, The Snow Geese, John Patrick Shanley’s, Four Dogs and A Bone , and Christopher Shinn’s adaptation of Hedda Gabler . She appeared in the U.S. premiere productions of The Art of Success and Communicating Doors. She has worked extensively off and off-off Broadway and in regional theater, and co-founded the Edge Theater with Peter Hedges and Joe Mantello, where she performed in The Age Of Pie and The Girl In Pink , among other productions.
Also a writer, Mary-Louise was an on-staff contributer at Esquire magazine for over a decade, and has written for The New York Times, O magazine, Bullett, Bust, The Riveter, In Style, Hemispheres , and others. Her first book, Dear Mr. You , was published to critical acclaim by Scribner, and was translated into five languages and included on the San Francisco Chronicle’s list of best books of the year. The audio book was nominated for best narration by the Audio Publishers Association.
Parker’s career has been honored at the Phildelphia and Sonoma Film Festivals, The Robert Brustein awards, Steppenwolf Theater, and New York Women in Film, where she received the Muse award. Her humanitarian efforts were recognized with the Courage award by Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations, the GLAAD award and OUT magazine Entertainer of the Year. The Hetrick Martin Institute and the NY LGBTQ Center both awarded her efforts on behalf of the LGBTQ community. Her personal and professional memorabilia are archived at the Howard Gottlieb Center at Boston University.
JOELY RICHARDSON (Nina Egorova)
Joely Richardson trained at RADA, then went on to work at the RSC, Old Vic, Almeida and West End Theatres. Her first film was Wetherby directed by David Hare (Best Newcomer Nomination, Evening Standard), followed by Peter Greenaway’s Drowning By Numbers , Sister By Sister and Ken Russell’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover .
US audiences first saw her in 101 Dalmatians . Some of her films include James Brooks’ I’ll Do Anything , Event Horizon , The Patriot , Maybe Baby and Endless Love . More recent work includes Anonymous , The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo , Thanks For Sharing , Maggie , Papa and Oliver Stone’s Snowden .
A few years ago, she went back to her theatre roots with Side Effects (Drama Desk Nomination for Best Actress), CSC’s Ivanov (Outer Critic Nomination for Best Actress) and The Belle of Amherst (Drama Desk Nomination for Best Solo Artist) all in New York. Also, the War of The Roses’ Shakespeare’s trilogy for Sir Trevor Nunn.
Some of her TV roles include Mrs Simpson in Wallis and Edward , The Last Queen in The Tudors and Julia in FX’s Golden Globe winning drama Nip/Tuck for which she was twice nominated Best Actress.
In 2016 Joely shot three films, The Hatton Garden Job , Time Of Their Lives and In Darkness . She also made the TV series for NBC, Emerald City playing the White Witch Glinda.
CIERÁN HINDS (Colonel Zyuganov)
Cieran can be seen starring in Ben Younger’s Bleed For This . He recently wrapped on Woman Walks Ahead , starring alongside Sam Rockwell and Jessica Chastain. He is currently working on a recurring role on the series The Terror for AMC. On the theater side, Ciaran recently finished a stint in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible on Broadway with Saoirse Ronan and Ben Whishaw and recently wrapped Hamlet at the Barbican Theatre opposite Benedict Cumberbatch.
Other roles include Mance Rayder in Game of Thrones and as Bud Hammond in Political Animals . Previous to this he appeared as DCI Langton in Linda La Plante’s Above Suspicion and as Julius Caesar in the BBC/HBO co-production of Rome .
Extensive film credits include Peter Greenaway’s The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Love , Veronica Guerin and The Phantom of the Opera both for Joel Schumacher, Miami Vice for Michael Mann and Munich for Steven Spielberg. Amazing Grace for Michael Apted, Nativity for Catherine Hardwicke, Hallam Foe , A Tiger’s Tail , Excalibur for John Boorman, Margot at the Wedding for Noah Baumbach, There Will Be Blood for Paul Thomas Anderson, Stop Loss for Kimberly Pearce, In Bruges for Martin McDonagh, The Tale of Desperaux , Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day , Cash , Race To Witch Mountain , Conor McPherson’s The Eclipse for which he won Best Actor at the Tribeca Film Festival, Life During Wartime , The Debt , Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows , John Carter of Mars , Salvation , The Rite , Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy , Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance , The Woman in Black , Closed Circuit , The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby , The Sea , Frozen , Last Days in the Desert , Agent 47 and Driftless Area .
SASHA FROLOVA (Anya)
A New York City native, Sasha Frolova is an actress and a photographer and has intertwined the two to establish a presence both on the big screen and in print. Her work has most recently debuted in print for King Kong Magazine alongside iconic photographers like David Lachapelle and this year an editorial for Marc Jacobs. Her previous photography collections, Busts, 2016 and Nana, 2015, both premiered with accompanying essays and had a powerful impact on their audience, getting picked up by magazines like Paper Magazine, Refinery29 and even The Huffington Post. She also works in fashion in front of the camera, and can be seen most recently in Autumn De Wilde’s latest short film series The Postman Dreams for Prada opposite Elijah Wood.
In 2016 Sasha made huge strides in her acting career by booking the series regular role of young Cathy in the Amazon pilot The Interestings , directed by Mike Newell and adapted from the award-nominated novel of the same title. She then went on to star as a lead in Dark Rabbit’s feature Blood Surf , produced by James Franco and 20th Century Fox’s The Empty Man opposite James Badge Dale. She most recently appeared in Netflix’s The OA and guested on CBS’s Blue Bloods .
Sasha will next be seen in 20th Century Fox’s Red Sparrow opposite Jennifer Lawrence and directed by Francis Lawrence. In Television, Sasha joins the cast of Snowpiercer for TNT in the series regular role of Pixi Aariak, opposite Jennifer Connelly and Daveed Diggs which shoots later this year.
SAKINA JEFFREY (Trish Forsyth)
Sakina Jaffrey currently stars on the NBC series Timeless as 'Agent Denise Christopher.' Sakina memorably starred as White House Chief of Staff 'Linda Vasquez' in the Netflix original series House of Cards , directed and produced by David Fincher. She also currently recurs on the Golden Globe winning Mr. Robot for USA, playing 'Antara Nayar,' as well as on Hulu’s The Mindy Project as 'Mindy Lahiri’s' mother, ‘Sonu.' Previous recurring roles include 'Sheriff Leena Reyes' on Fox’s Sleepy Hollow, 'Dr. Hickman' on NBC’s Third Watch and 'Mrs. Chandra Suresh' on NBC’s Heroes . Guest star appearances include: Blindspot , Madam Secretary , Girls , Sex and the City, Law and Order and Law and Order: SVU .
In film, Sakina can be seen in Noah Baumbach’s film, The Meyerowitz Stories , opposite Dustin Hoffman and Ben Stiller. Audiences may remember Sakina as ‘Nilma,' Kate Hudson’s bat-wielding neighbor, in Garry Marshall’s Raising Helen . Among her dozens of films, she has had the privilege of working with Jonathan Demme, James Ivory, Sidney Lumet and Frank Oz.
A native New Yorker, Sakina danced as a child with the Joffrey ballet at City Center and made her acting debut at 17 in Wallace Shawn’s Marie and Bruce at the Public Theatre. She went on to play lead roles in Romeo and Juliet at Williamstown Theatre Festival and Alice In Wonderland at the Kennedy Center. She has continued to work in New York theatre, appearing last year in the groundbreaking Off Broadway hit Small Mouth Sounds , written by Bess Wohl and directed by Rachel Chavkin. Sakina graduated with High Honors from Vassar College with a degree in Chinese language and literature. She is the daughter of internationally renowned cookbook author/actress Madhur Jaffrey and the late Bollywood and British film star Saeed Jaffrey.
