Cele Hollywood

Fiennes subsequently trained for three years at London’s Guildhall School of Music and Drama, graduating in 1993. Fiennes then became a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company for two seasons. He made his television debut as Willy in The Vacillations of Poppy Carew.

Joseph Fiennes Hits the Shops with his Young Daughter Shakespeare in Love actor Joseph Fiennes, 41, looked relaxed as he was spotted this week, out and about shopping with his two-year-old daughter – and he appeared to be relishing the role of doting father! Looking relaxed in jeans and […] [link]

He then attended art school in Suffolk for a year, before joining the Young Vic Youth Theatre. He made his television debut as Willy in The Vacillations of Poppy Carew.

He is also 14th great-grandson of James IV of Scotland, 25th great-grandson of William the Conqueror, 27th great-grandson of Brian Boru, 28th great-grandson of Harold Godwinson, 28th great-grandson of Hugh Capet and 32nd great-grandson of Charlemagne. The youngest of six siblings, his elder siblings are actor Ralph Fiennes, filmmakers Sophie Fiennes and Martha Fiennes, composer Magnus Fiennes, and conservationist Jacob Fiennes, his twin brother. He then attended art school in Suffolk for a year, before joining the Young Vic Youth Theatre. in 2002 he starred in the independent film, Killing Me Softly. Goodbye Bafana was filmed by director Bille August in South Africa, and released in 2007. Fiennes married María Dolores Diéguez, a Swiss model of Spanish (Galician) heritage born in 1982, in a Roman Catholic religious ceremony in Tuscany in August 2009.

He is perhaps best known for his portrayals of William Shakespeare in Shakespeare in Love, Sir Robert Dudley in Elizabeth, Commisar Danilov in Enemy at the Gates, Martin Luther in Luther, and his portrayal of Mark Benford in the 2009 TV series FlashForward. The youngest of six siblings, his elder siblings are actor Ralph Fiennes, filmmakers Sophie Fiennes and Martha Fiennes, composer Magnus Fiennes, and conservationist Jacob Fiennes, his twin brother. Fiennes subsequently trained for three years at London’s Guildhall School of Music and Drama, graduating in 1993.

Fiennes was briefly educated in the Republic of Ireland and then at Swan School For Boys (now known as Leehurst Swan School, following a merger with another school), an independent school in Salisbury, before passing his 11+ exam and continuing to Bishop Wordsworth’s School, a voluntary-aided state day grammar school, in the Cathedral Close of the city. He made his television debut as Willy in The Vacillations of Poppy Carew. The same year he starred in the limited-release film Luther, playing Martin Luther, and he also appeared in The Merchant of Venice, in which he portrayed Bassanio. Goodbye Bafana was filmed by director Bille August in South Africa, and released in 2007. Fiennes portrayed James Gregory, author of the book Goodbye Bafana: Nelson Mandela, My Prisoner, My Friend.