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Lisa Dillon is a Actor British born on 1979 at Coventry (United-kingdom)
Lisa Dillon (born Lisa Stawiarski in 1979) is a Critics' Circle Award-winning English actress.
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Birth name Lisa Stawiarski
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 1979 (46 years) at Coventry (United-kingdom)
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 1979 (46 years) at Coventry (United-kingdom)
Biography
Dillon attended Bournemouth School for Girls and left in 1997. She began a degree in English Literature and Drama at Royal Holloway but abandoned it when she won a place at RADA.Usually with
Filmography of Lisa Dillon (1 films)
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Hawking (2004)
, 1h30Directed by Philip Martin
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Brandon, Lisa Dillon, Phoebe Nicholls, Adam Godley, Peter Firth
Roles Jane Wilde
Rating73%
At Stephen's 21st birthday party he meets a new friend, Jane Wilde. There is a strong attraction between the two and Jane is intrigued by Stephen's talk of stars and the universe, but realises that there is something very wrong with Stephen when he suddenly finds that he is unable to stand up. A stay in hospital results in a horrifying diagnosis. Stephen is suffering from motor neurone disease and doctors don't expect him to survive for more than two years. Stephen returns to Cambridge where the new term has started without him. But he cannot hide from the reality of his condition through work because he can't find a subject for his PhD. While his colleagues throw themselves into academic and college life, Stephen's life seems to have been put on hold. He rejects the help of his supervisor Denis Sciama and sinks into a depression. It is only Stephen's occasional meetings with Jane and her faith in him that seem to keep him afloat. The prevailing theory in cosmology at the time is Steady State, which argues that the universe had no beginning – it has always existed, and always will – and Steady State is dominated by Professor Fred Hoyle, a plain-speaking Yorkshireman, and one of the first science TV pundits. Stephen gets an early glimpse of a paper by Hoyle that is to be presented at a Royal Society lecture.