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Romola Garai - news / articles


  • Romola Garai longs for middle-age - 2 November 2012
    -Actress Romola Garai is looking forward to her fifties as she can finally escape the "exhausting pressure" of keeping beautiful.-The Atonement star, who turned 30 in August (12), is adamant her emotions have balanced out in recent years and now she can't wait for mid


  • Romola Garai not a fan of Dirty Dancing 'sequel' - 27 August 2012
    -The 2004 Dirty Dancing sequel left a bad taste in actress Romola Garai's mouth - because it was not the film she signed up to make in 2002.-The Atonement star admits Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights started out as a film about an American girl falling in love with a Cuba

Romola Garai - what members say


  • I Capture The Castle
  • I Capture The Castle review by from MARGATE
    Rated - 3.0 stars 13 December 2003
    ...The film follows 17-year-old Cassandra Mortmain (Romola Garai), and the fortunes of her eccentric family, struggling to survive in a decaying English castle. Her father (Bi...   Read customer review
  • Dirty Dancing 2 - Havana Nights
  • Dirty Dancing 2 - Havana Nights review by spiller from Aberystwyth
    Rated - 5.0 stars what took me so long? 4 November 2009
    ...tic Mexican actor) was the male lead in this and having always enjoyed watching Romola Garai, I thought I'd give it a try. I was hugely impressed. OK, so it's a little ch...   Read customer review
  • Inside I'm Dancing
  • Inside I'm Dancing review by A customer from Liverpool
    Rated - 4.0 stars Wow! 29 February 2008
    ...lly moved me with his kindness and affection. Lastly, and certainly not least, Romola Garai who played the fiesty Siobhan, a genuine, honest person who ends up working for...   Read customer review

Romola Garai - filmography


  • The Joy of Six on DVD (2012)
    Starring: Judi Dench,  Tom Hiddleston,  Luke Treadaway
    Director: Romola Garai
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Six short films including the directorial debut of Romola Garai (The Hour) as well as films starring Academy Award Winner, Dame Judi Dench (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel), Tom Hiddleston (The Avengers), Peter Mullan (War Horse) , Luke Treadaway (Attack the Block) and creator of the character ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 149 members
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  • The Crimson Petal and The White (2 discs) on DVD (2011)
    Starring: Romola Garai,  Chris O'Dowd
    Director: Marc Munden,  Marc Munden
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    All four episodes of the Victorian drama that follows the attempts of a young prostitute to improve her social standing and escape the poverty that threatens to destroy her. Having gained a reputation for not disappointing her clients, young, quick-witted prostitute Sugar (Romola Garai) yearns to ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 1,255 member
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  • One Day - Blu-ray (2011)
    Starring: Anne Hathaway,  Jim Sturgess,  Romola Garai
    Director: Lone Scherfig
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    After spending the night together on the night of their college graduation Dexter and Em are revisited each year on the same date to see where they are in their lives. They are sometimes together, sometimes not, on that day.
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 1,328 member
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  • One Day on DVD (2011)
    Starring: Anne Hathaway,  Jim Sturgess,  Romola Garai
    Director: Lone Scherfig
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    After spending the night together on the night of their college graduation Dexter and Em are revisited each year on the same date to see where they are in their lives. They are sometimes together, sometimes not, on that day.
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 4,410 members
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  • Junkhearts on DVD (2011)
    Starring: Eddie Marsan,  Tom Sturridge,  Romola Garai
    Director: Tinge Krishnan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Eddie Marsan (VERA DRAKE, THE DISAPPEARANCE OF ALICE CREED) and Romola Garai (THE HOUR, ATONEMENT) star in this gritty urban drama about life on the harsh streets of London. Frank is an ex-soldier plagued by disturbing memories of an unspeakable past whose life collides with a young homeless girl ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 878 members
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  • Glorious 39 on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Romola Garai,  Bill Nighy,  Julie Christie
    Director: Stephen Poliakoff
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    1939 is set between present-day London and the idyllic British countryside in the time before the beginning of the Second World War. At a time of uncertainty and high tension, the story revolves around the formidable Keyes family, who are keen to uphold and preserve their very traditional way of ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 10,169 members
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  • Emma (2 discs) on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Romola Garai,  Jonny Lee Miller,  Michael Gambon
    Director: Jim O'Hanlon
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Romola Garai stars as matchmaker Emma Woodhouse in this BBC adaptation of Jane Austen's classic comic novel. Despite the protestations of Mr. Knightly (Jonny Lee Miller) for her not to become involved, Emma's meddling has unforeseen effects when she persuades her young friend Harriet Smith (Louise ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 843 members
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  • The Other Man on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Antonio Banderas,  Abigail Canton,  Amanda Drew
    Director: Richard Eyre
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    After many years of marriage a man's wife dies. Shortly afterwards, a letter arrives for her from another man. Obsessed with finding out the truth, the husband writes back, impersonating his dead wife. Soon he discovers a love which he cannot understand.
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 982 members
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  • Angel on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Tom Georgeson,  Jacqueline Tong,  Sam Neill
    Director: Francois Ozon
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Francois Ozon directs this fantasy drama based on a novel by Elizabeth Taylor. Romola Garai stars as Angel Deverell, a spoiled and precocious young woman in Edwardian England who dreams of becoming a successful romantic novelist. When she finds the fame and fortune she has always dreamed of, she ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 47% from 1,951 member
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  • Amazing Grace on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Ioan Gruffudd,  Rufus Sewell,  Albert Finney
    Director: Michael Apted
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    "Amazing Grace" is based on the life of antislavery pioneer William Wilberforce (Gruffudd), who, as a Member of Parliament, navigated the world of 18th Century backroom politics to end the slave trade in the British Empire. Elected to the House of Commons at the age of 21, and on his way to a ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 28,016 members
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  • Atonement on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Saoirse Ronan,  Keira Knightley,  James McAvoy
    Director: Joe Wright
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Fledgling writer Briony Tallis, as a 13-year-old, irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's (Keira Knightley) lover (James McAvoy) of a crime he did not commit. Based on the British romance novel by Ian McEwan.
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 104,718 members
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  • As You Like It on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Takuya Shimada,  Brian Blessed,  Richard Clifford
    Director: Kenneth Branagh
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Japan, the 1880s. Duke Senior (Blessed) is ousted by brother Frederick (Blessed) and flees into the forest. SeniorÂ’s daughter Rosalind (Dallas Howard) and FrederickÂ’s daughter Celia (Garai) set off after him, where Rosalind meets the man she loves (Oyelowo) and befriends him in a male disguise.
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 2,243 members
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  • Renaissance on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Catherine McCormack,  Romola Garai,  Laura Blanc
    Director: Christian Volckman
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Sci-fi film noir filmed in a unique style in which real actors are transformed through motion-capture animation to create a black and white comic-strip style. Set in a near-future Paris, the film depicts the city as a menacing place dominated by the vast and all-seeing Avalon Corporation, which has ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 10,681 members
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  • The Incredible Journey Of Mary Bryant on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Jack Davenport,  Sam Neill,  Romola Garai
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    This mini series tells the epic story of 19-year-old Mary Bryant (Romola Garai) who was transported on the First Fleet to the new penal colony at Botany Bay, Australia. She escaped with her husband, her two small children and a handful of other male convicts on a tiny boat to Timor some 3500 miles ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 1,146 member
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  • Dirty Dancing 2 - Havana Nights on DVD (2004)
    Starring: John Slattery,  Sela Ward,  Romola Garai
    Director: Guy Ferland
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    A 're-imagining' of the 1987 hit film starring Patrick Swayze, this upbeat teen musical romance follows the blossoming relationship between nice, well-brought-up American girl Katey (Romola Garai) and wrong-side-of-the-tracks Xavier (Diego Luna). 18-year-old Katey moves to Havana, Cuba with her ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 9,504 members
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  • Vanity Fair on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Rhys Ifans,  James Purefoy,  Jim Broadbent
    Director: Mira Nair
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Adaptation of Thackeray's satirical masterpiece about the constant battle for wealth and social success amongst the aristocracy of the early nineteenth century. In a society growing rich on the wealth generated by an expanding empire, Becky Sharp (Reese Witherspoon) is the ambitious daughter of a ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 21,396 members
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  • Dirty Dancing 2 - Havana Nights - Blu-ray (2004)
    Starring: John Slattery,  Sela Ward,  Romola Garai
    Director: Guy Ferland
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
    A 're-imagining' of the 1987 hit film starring Patrick Swayze, this upbeat teen musical romance follows the blossoming relationship between nice, well-brought-up American girl Katey (Romola Garai) and wrong-side-of-the-tracks Xavier (Diego Luna). 18-year-old Katey moves to Havana, Cuba with her ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 29 members
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  • I Capture The Castle on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Bill Nighy,  Rose Byrne,  Romola Garai
    Director: Tim Fywell
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Based on the romantic novel by Dodie Smith (author of '101 Dalmatians'), this coming-of-age drama follows 17-year-old Cassandra (Romola Garai) and her eccentric family as they struggle to survive in a draughty and decrepit castle. Cassandra's father (played by Bill Nighy) is the author of a ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 5,543 members
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  • Daniel Deronda on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Hugh Dancy,  Romola Garai,  Hugh Bonneville
    Director: Tom Hooper
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The title character of this Masterpiece Theater presentation is the illegitimate son of a wealthy British aristocrat. With a secretive past and an unlimited supply of cash, he turns to gambling where he meets Gwendolyn, a beautiful woman in desperate need of money. From their meeting at a roulette ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 581 members
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  • Nicholas Nickleby on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Juliet Stevenson,  Charlie Hunnam,  Barry H
    Director: Douglas McGrath
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    A tale based on the classic novel, "The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby" by Charles Dickens. Set in 19th Century England, the story revolves around the resourceful Nicholas Nickleby and his beloved family, as their world changes dramatically when tragedy strikes. The Nicklebys have always ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 2,787 members
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Romola Garai facts

5 most recent films

The Joy of Six - 2.5 stars
The Hour - Series 2 - Complete - 4.0 stars
The Crimson Petal and The White - 3.5 stars
One Day - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
One Day - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Hour - Series 2 - Complete - 4.0 stars
The Hour - Series 1 - Complete - 4.0 stars
Emma - 4.0 stars
The Hour - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
The Crimson Petal and The White - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

NBCQ Annual - Year 3 - 3 stars
Dirty Dancing 2 - Havana Nights - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
Angel - 2.5 stars
The Joy of Six - 2.5 stars
Renaissance - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Michael Gambon - 4 times - show films
Anne Hathaway - 4 times - show films
Jim Broadbent - 4 times - show films
John Slattery - 3 times - show films
Stella Gonet - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Coky Giedroyc - 6 times - show films
Harry Bradbeer - 6 times - show films
Joe Wright - 3 times - show films
Guy Ferland - 3 times - show films
Jim O'Hanlon - 3 times - show films