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Branagh in MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING

January 2012... Congratulations to Kenneth Branagh for being nominated for
Best Supporting Actor in the film MY WEEK WITH MARILYN

About Kenneth Branagh (1960 - )



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Kenneth Branagh was born on December 10, 1960 in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Kenneth Branagh moved to Reading, England at age 9. At age 23, Kenneth became the youngest actor in the Royal Shakespear Company to ever play the lead in Shakespeare's HENRY V.

Kenneth Branagh formed his own, the Renaissance Theatre Company, which now counts Prince Charles as one of its royal patrons.

Branagh was the youngest actor to recieve the Golden Quill (Gieguld Award), 2000.

In 1983 Kenneth Branagh was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Most Promising Newcomer for his performance in Another Country.

Branagh was nominated for a 2004 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Actor of 2003 for his performance in Edmond at the Royal National Theatre: OLIVER.

Kenneth Branagh was awarded the 1988 London Critics Circle Theatre Award (Drama Theatre Award) for Special Award.

At age 29, Kenneth Branagh directed and starred in the film HENRY V (1989) brought him Best Actor and Best Director Oscar nominations.

In 1993 Kenneth Branagh brought Shakespeare to mainstream audiences again with his hit adaptation of MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING.

Kenneth Branagh at 30, he published his autobiography At 34 Branagh directed and starred as Victor Frankenstein in the big-budget adaptation of Mary Shelley's FRANKENSTEIN (1994).

Kenneth Branagh's other notable credits include...

MY WEEK WITH MARILYN (2011)
PIRATE RADIO (2009)
VALKYRIE (2008)
SLEUTH (2007)
FIVE CHILDERN AND IT (2004)
THE ROAD TO EL DORADO (2000)
HAMLET (1996)
OTHELLO (1995)
FRANKENSTEIN (1994)
DEAD AGAIN (1991)