Mrs Henderson Presents is a 2005 British biographical film written by American playwright Martin Sherman and directed by Stephen Frears. It stars Judi Dench, Bob. Directed by Stephen Frears. With Meryl Streep, Hugh Grant, Simon Helberg, Rebecca Ferguson. The story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress who dreamed of. Meryl Streep plays a delusional diva with a uniquely awful voice in this tragicomic biopic from director Stephen Frears. Hugh Grant Wikipedia. Hugh John Mungo Grant1 born 9 September 1. English actor and film producer. Grant has received a Golden Globe, a BAFTA, and an Honorary Csar for his work. His films have earned more than US2. Grant first received attention after earning the Volpi Cup for his performance in James Ivorys Maurice 1. Richard Curtis scripted Four Weddings and a Funeral 1. Grant used this breakthrough role as a frequent cinematic persona during the 1. Mickey Blue Eyes 1. Notting Hill 1. 99. One of the best known figures in 1. British popular culture, Grant was in a high profile relationship with Elizabeth Hurley, which was the focus of much attention in the British and international media. By the turn of the 2. Florence Foster Jenkins Full Movie In English' title='Florence Foster Jenkins Full Movie In English' />Grant had established himself as a leading man, skilled with a satirical comic talent. Grant has expanded his oeuvre with critically acclaimed turns as a cad in Bridget Joness Diary 2. About a Boy 2. 00. American Dreamz 2. Grant later played against type with multiple cameo roles in the epic sci fi drama film, Cloud Atlas 2. He is also known for appearing in period pieces such as The Remains of the Day 1. Sense and Sensibility 1. Florence Foster Jenkins 2. Within the film industry, Grant is cited as an anti star who approaches his roles like a character actor, and attempts to make his acting appear spontaneous. Hallmarks of his comic skills include a nonchalant touch of ironysarcasm and studied physical mannerisms, as well as his precisely timed dialogue delivery and facial expressions. The entertainment medias coverage of Grants life off the big screen has often overshadowed his work as an actor. Grant has been outspoken about his antipathy towards the profession of acting, and in his disdain towards the culture of celebrity and hostility towards the media. In a career spanning 3. Grant has repeatedly claimed that acting was not his true calling, but rather a career that developed by happenstance. Early lifeeditGrant was born at Charing Cross Hospital in Hammersmith, London, the second son of Fynvola Susan Mac. Lean b. Wickham, Hampshire, 1. October 1. 93. 3 d. Hounslow, London, July 2. Captain James Murray Grant b. Grants grandfather, Colonel James Murray Grant, DSO was decorated for bravery and leadership at Saint Valery en Caux during World War II. Genealogist Antony Adolph has described Grants family history as a colourful Anglo Scottish tapestry of warriors, empire builders and aristocracy. A few of his notable ancestors include William Drummond, 4th Viscount Strathallan, Dr. James Stewart,1. John Murray, 1st Marquess of Atholl, Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham, Sir Evan Nepean, and a sister of former Prime Minister Spencer Perceval. Grants father was trained at Sandhurst and served with the Seaforth Highlanders for eight years in Malaya, Germany and Scotland. He ran a carpet firm, pursued hobbies such as golf and painting watercolours, and raised his family in Chiswick, west London, where the Grants lived next to Arlington Park Mansions on Sutton Lane. In September 2. 00. Capt. Grants paintings was hosted by the John Martin Gallery in a charity exhibition, organised by his son, called James Grant 3. Years of Watercolours. His mother worked as a schoolteacher and taught Latin, French and music for more than 3. London. 2. 3 She died at the age of 6. Grants accent is an inheritance from his mother and, on Inside the Actors Studio in 2. Both his parents were children of military families,2. Grant has stated that his family was not always affluent while he was growing up. Grant spent his childhood summers shooting and hunting with his grandfather in Scotland. Grant has an older brother, James, living in Portugal. EducationeditGrant started his education at Hogarth Primary School in Chiswick but then moved to St Peters Primary School in Hammersmith, Grant was then educated at an independent prep school Wetherby School. From 1. 96. 9 to 1. Latymer Upper School in Hammersmith on a scholarship and played 1st XV rugby, cricket and football for the school. He also represented Latymer on the popular quiz show, Top of the Form, an academic competition between two teams of four secondary school students each. In 1. 97. 9, Grant won the Galsworthy scholarship to New College, Oxford, where he starred in his first film, Privileged, produced by the Oxford University Film Foundation. He read English and graduated with 2 1 honours. Actress Anna Chancellor, who met Grant while she was still at university, has recalled, I first met Hugh at a party at Oxford. There was something magical about him. He was a star even then, without having done anything. Grant joined the exclusive Piers Gaveston Society at Oxford, a group with a reputation for debauchery and decadence. Flea Market Flip Season 5 there. Grant received an offer from the Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London to pursue a Ph. D in the history of art, but decided not to take the offer because he failed to secure a grant. Viewing acting as nothing more than a creative outlet,3. Oxford University Dramatic Society and starred in a successful touring production of Twelfth Night. Young earnereditAfter making his debut as Hughie Grant in the Oxford financed Privileged 1. Grant dabbled in a variety of jobs, such as working as an assistant groundsman at Fulham Football Club,3. TV shows,3. 5 and working for Talkback Productions to write and produce radio commercials for products such as Mighty White bread and Red Stripe lager. To obtain his Equity card, he joined the Nottingham Playhouse, a regional theatre, and lived for a year at Park Terrace in The Park Estate. Bored with small acting parts, he created his own comedy revue called The Jockeys of Norfolk, a name taken from Shakespeares Richard III, with friends Chris Lang and Andy Taylor. The group toured Londons pub comedy circuit with stops at The George IV in Chiswick, Canal Cafe Theatre in Little Venice and The Kings Head in Islington. Starting on a low note, The Jockeys of Norfolk eventually proved a hit at the Edinburgh Festival after their sketch on the Nativity, told as an Ealing comedy, gained them a spot on the BBC2 TV show called Edinburgh Nights. During this time, Grant also appeared in theatre productions of plays such as An Inspector Calls at the Royal Exchange, Manchester, Lady Windermeres Fan, and Coriolanus. Grant at the Cannes film festival, 1. Grants first leading film role came in Merchant Ivorys Edwardian drama Maurice 1. E. M. Forsters novel. He and co star James Wilby shared the Volpi Cup for best actor at the Venice Film Festival for their portrayals of lovers Clive Durham and Maurice Hall, respectively. During the late 1. Grant balanced small roles on television with rare film work, which included a supporting role in The Dawning 1. Anthony Hopkins and Jean Simmons and a turn as Lord Byron in a Goya Award winning Spanish production called Remando al viento 1. He also portrayed some other real life figures during his early career such as Charles Heidsieck in Champagne Charlie and as Hugh Cholmondeley in BAFTA Award nominated White Mischief. In 1. 99. 0, he made a cameo appearance in the sportcrime drama The Big Man, opposite Liam Neeson, and in which Grant assumed a Scottish accent. The film explores the life of a Scottish miner Neeson who becomes unemployed during a union strike. In 1. 99. 1, he played Julie Andrews gay son in the ABC made for television film Our Sons. In 1. 99. 2, he appeared in Roman Polanskis film Bitter Moon, portraying a fastidious and proper British tourist who is married, but finds himself enticed by the sexual hedonism of a seductive French woman and her embittered, paraplegic American husband. The film was called an anti romantic opus of sexual obsession and cruelty by the Washington Post. His other work in period pieces such as Ken Russells horror film The Lair of the White Worm 1. Merchant Ivory drama The Remains of the Day 1.