Claire Foy looked stunning on the cover of Harper’s Bazaar UK’s December issue. She then spoke candidly about the pressures she feels as a mother, sharing her thoughts in an interview.
The actress, 37 years old, is expected to win the actress award at the Harper’s Bazaar Women of the year awards this year. She smiled on the cover in a stunning blue dress and was pictured smiling.
The edition featured her wearing a pink floral ruffled strapless gown with diamonds at the bust. The Crown star looked pensive posing on an armchair.
Wow! Claire Foy, 37, looked stunning on the December issue of Harper’s Bazaar. She then spoke about the pressures she feels as a mother.
Another photo shows her displaying a leggy appearance as she poses with her back against the wall in a yellow three-piece suit that included a bra, cropped jacket, and a miniskirt.
Speaking with the magazine, the star discussed motherhood to daughter Ivy, six, who she shares with ex-husband Stephen Campbell Moore.
She said: ‘There’s this pressure to be this cake-baking, fun, playing 24-hours a day mother, being some sort of vehicle for entertainment, love and food.
‘I’m just prepared to apologise for who I am: “I am so sorry – but you’re lumped with me. This is the hand you’ve been dealt, let’s try to make the best of it.”’
She said that she does not want to be’someone’s spouse’ anymore and that she will no longer play supporting roles if she can.
Gorgeous: The actress is poised to win the actress prize at the Harper’s Bazaar Women of the year awards this year. She smiled shyly on the cover, while wearing a stunning blue gown
The Unsane star said: ‘It’s to underestimate the fact that women have, for centuries, been wives and mothers, and still are. That’s denying our entire history of what it means to be a woman. I’m interested in what she’s doing, what she thinks, what she believes.
‘I don’t ever want to say I’m never playing a part that is supporting, or someone’s wife, because they exist, and if you can give them a voice, you should, instead of just making all these female characters that are basically just men but look like women – the superhero women who can fly, punch men in the face, that sort of stuff.’
Claire is set to star in a new series called A Very British Scandal, and plays Duchess of Argyll.
The show follows Margaret Campbell, Duchess of Argyll, who was famed for her charisma, beauty and style, and who dominated the front pages as a divorce featuring accusations of forgery, theft, violence, drug-taking, secret recording, bribery and an explicit polaroid picture all played out.
Demand: She shared the pressures she feels being a mother: ‘There’s this pressure to be this cake-baking, fun, playing 24-hours a day mother, being some sort of vehicle for entertainment, love and food’
Former couple: The star shares daughter Ivy, six, with ex husband Stephen Campbell Moore (pictured 2013)
Claire said of her role: ‘The story can’t do what was done to her the first time around. If the audience views her in the same manner as before, it defeats the purpose.
“This was a wealthy, privileged lady, pretty spoilt, according to her own admission, but pretty questionable as an individual. It was difficult to get people to talk about their emotions during that time so she created a mask.
Must read: Read the full interview in the December issue of Harper’s Bazaar UK, on sale from 05 Novembe
The brunette beauty expressed her opinion about what the Queen might feel since the death of her husband, Prince Philip.
Claire was the Queen in The Crown’s first and second series, which followed her ascension onto the throne.
She said: ‘I’ve always played Peter [Morgan]’s fictionalised version of who he thought was the Queen.
“I knew that I would need to have attachments to and beliefs about the character, but what right do I have to assume any kind of ownership or connection to her?” But they were married for so many years, and there is something so beautiful in their devotion to each other.
Read the full interview in the December issue of Harper’s Bazaar UK, on sale from 05 November and for more exclusive content, visit: https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/
New: Claire, who plays the Duchess of Archyll in A Very British Scandal is set to be the main character in a new series.