Jim Broadbent
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Biography
Roy Broadbent and Doreen Broadbent: The Quiet Theatre Makers Who Shaped Jim Broadbent’s Career
Jim Broadbent is widely recognised for films such as Iris, Moulin Rouge!, Topsy-Turvy, Bridget Jones’s Diary and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Yet the story behind the actor begins well away from London studios and Hollywood premieres. It starts in rural Lincolnshire, where his parents, Roy Broadbent and Doreen “Dee” Findlay, built an artistic community that gave their son…
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Anastasia Lewis: The Private Artist Behind Jim Broadbent’s Long Marriage
For decades, Anastasia Lewis has attracted public interest largely because of the man beside her. She is the wife of acclaimed British actor Jim Broadbent, the Oscar-winning star of Iris, Moulin Rouge!, Harry Potter, Bridget Jones’s Diary and Paddington. Yet the available record shows that Lewis had her own creative career long before her marriage became part of the public…
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