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Josie Rourke

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Josie Rourke at an event for Mary Queen of Scots (2018)
Margot Robbie, Saoirse Ronan, Joe Alwyn, and 'Mary Queen of Scots' director Josie Rourke reveal their favorite female performers and female-driven movies and television series.
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'Mary Queen of Scots' Cast Reveal Their Favorite Female Characters on TV & Film
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Josie is the Artistic Director of the Donmar Warehouse. Her productions have transferred to Broadway, the West-End and won Olivier Awards. Her shows have been translated into live cinema broadcasts, including Coriolanus with Tom Hiddleston, Les Liaisons Dangereuses with Janet McTeer and Dominic West, and Saint Joan with Gemma Arterton. Her U.K. Election Night Broadcast of the play, The Vote, which she co-created with writer James Graham and directed, in real time, starred Dame Judi Dench. The Vote was nominated for a BAFTA for "Best Live Event". She was previously Artistic Director of The Bush Theatre, where she produced the first and early plays of (amongst other writers) James Graham, Lucy Kirkwood, Nick Payne, Steve Waters, Penelope Skinner, Jack Thorne and Anthony Weigh. Her other work as a director includes Shakespeare productions for The Royal Shakespeare Company and in the West-End and work in Chicago and New York on Broadway, at The Public Theater and at the Park Avenue Armory with Matt Charman's play, The Machine. She succeeded Sam Mendes and Michael Grandage as Artistic Director of the Donmar Warehouse and she is the first woman director to run a major London theatre.
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Margot Robbie, Josie Rourke, and Joe Alwyn in Mary Queen of Scots (2018)
Guy Pearce, Tim Bevan, Ismael Cruz, Debra Hayward, Adrian Lester, David Tennant, Martin Compston, Saoirse Ronan, Gemma Chan, Margot Robbie, Eileen O'Higgins, Jack Lowden, James McArdle, Josie Rourke, Joe Alwyn, and Izuka Hoyle at an event for Mary Queen of Scots (2018)
Saoirse Ronan, Margot Robbie, and Josie Rourke at an event for Mary Queen of Scots (2018)
Saoirse Ronan, Margot Robbie, and Josie Rourke at an event for Mary Queen of Scots (2018)

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Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie in Mary Queen of Scots (2018)
Mary Queen of Scots
6.3
  • Director
  • 2018
Mark Gatiss, Nina Sosanya, and Catherine Tate in The Vote (2015)
The Vote
7.0
TV Movie
  • Director
  • 2015
Janet McTeer, Elaine Cassidy, and Dominic West in National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses (2016)
National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
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  • Director
  • 2016
Gemma Arterton in National Theatre Live: Saint Joan (2017)
National Theatre Live: Saint Joan
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  • Director
  • 2017

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  • The Nan Movie (2022)
    The Nan Movie
    • (uncredited)
  • Asa Butterfield in Rhythm of Life (2021)
    Rhythm of Life
  • Alan Bennett's Talking Heads (2020)
    Alan Bennett's Talking Heads
  • Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie in Mary Queen of Scots (2018)
    Mary Queen of Scots
  • Gemma Arterton in National Theatre Live: Saint Joan (2017)
    National Theatre Live: Saint Joan
  • Janet McTeer, Elaine Cassidy, and Dominic West in National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses (2016)
    National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
  • Mark Gatiss, Nina Sosanya, and Catherine Tate in The Vote (2015)
    The Vote
  • Tom Hiddleston in Coriolanus (2014)
    Coriolanus

Additional Crew

  • Gemma Arterton in National Theatre Live: Saint Joan (2017)
    National Theatre Live: Saint Joan
  • Janet McTeer, Elaine Cassidy, and Dominic West in National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses (2016)
    National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
  • Mark Gatiss, Nina Sosanya, and Catherine Tate in The Vote (2015)
    The Vote
  • Tom Hiddleston in Coriolanus (2014)
    Coriolanus
  • Catherine Tate and David Tennant in Much Ado About Nothing (2011)
    Much Ado About Nothing
  • Playhouse: Live

Writer

  • Mark Gatiss, Nina Sosanya, and Catherine Tate in The Vote (2015)
    The Vote

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'Mary Queen of Scots' Stars Talk Horse Divas and Prosthetics
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'Mary Queen of Scots' Stars Talk Horse Divas and Prosthetics
'Mary Queen of Scots' Cast Reveal Their Favorite Female Characters on TV & Film
Interview 1:30
'Mary Queen of Scots' Cast Reveal Their Favorite Female Characters on TV & Film

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