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Andrea Louise Riseborough was born in Jesmond, and grew up in Whitley Bay, England. She is an English actress. She graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 2005. She appeared in the 2010 films Made in Dagenham and Mark Romanek's adaptation of Never Let Me Go. She starred in the US premiere of Alexi Kaye Campbell's award-winning The Pride at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in January 2010. She worked with The Devil's Whore author Peter Flannery on his screenplay based on the life of Angelica Fanshawe with Michael Fassbender. In 2009 she was nominated for a BAFTA TV Award for playing the title character in Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley. She won the Royal Television Society Award and The Broadcasting Press Guild for her role in The Devil's Whore.