Rebecca Hall

Rebecca Maria Hall (born 3 May 1982) is a British-American actress. In 2003, she won the Ian Charleson Award for her debut stage performance in a production of Mrs. Warren's Profession. She has appeared in the films The Prestige, Vicky Cristina Barcelona (for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe), The Town, Frost/Nixon, Iron Man 3, Transcendence, and The Gift.

In June 2010, Hall won the Supporting Actress BAFTA for her portrayal of Paula Garland in the 2009 Channel 4 production Red Riding: In the Year of Our Lord 1974. She was also nominated for the Leading Actress Television BAFTA in 2013 for her role as Sylvia Tietjens in BBC Two's Parade's End.

Early life

Hall was born in London, United Kingdom, to British stage director Peter Hall, who founded the Royal Shakespeare Company, and American opera singer Maria Ewing. Her mother is of Dutch, Scottish, Sioux, and African American origin. Her parents separated when she was still young, eventually divorcing in 1990. She has five other half-siblings, including Edward Hall, a theatre director, Lucy Hall, a set designer, Christopher Hall, a producer, Emma Hall, actress, and actress Jennifer Caron Hall, who is her father's daughter with his first wife, French actress Leslie Caron.

Rebecca Hall (musician)

Rebecca Ruth Hall (born February 22, 1965 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American folk singer/songwriter. She graduated from Boston Latin School before moving to New York City in 1988, earning a B.A., summa cum laude, in English literature from the City College of the City University of New York. She studied at the CUNY Graduate Center toward a PhD in English literature, but later withdrew. She began writing and performing her own songs in the late 1990s, later forming a duo with her husband, Ken Anderson, who produced her albums Rebecca Hall Sings! and Sunday Afternoon. The couple moved to southern Vermont in 2003.

Hall was awarded runner-up in the 2005 Minnesota Folk Festival New Folk Songwriting Contest. Her song “O Lord” was covered by David Olney, on his 2005 album, Migration. In 2007, Hall and Anderson changed their collective name to Hungrytown to coincide with the release of their first, eponymous, CD.

As Hungrytown, Rebecca Hall and Ken Anderson tour nationally, performing at libraries, coffeehouses and other venues. While touring, they live in the Blue Meanie, a customized Sprinter campervan that is fitted with solar panels on its roof.