Romola Sadie Garai (pronounced /ˈrɒmələ ˈseɪdi ˈɡæri/; born 6 August 1982) is an award-winning Hong Kong born English actress.
Garai was born in Hong Kong, the daughter of Janet, a journalist, and Adrian Garai, a high-ranked bank manager. Her first name is the female version of Romulus, one of the founders of Rome. Garai's father is of Jewish Hungarian descent; her great-grandfather was Bert Garai, the founder of the Keystone Press.
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Romola Sadie Garai (pronounced /ˈrɒmələ ˈseɪdi ˈɡæri/; born 6 August 1982) is an award-winning Hong Kong born English actress.
Garai was born in Hong Kong, the daughter of Janet, a journalist, and Adrian Garai, a high-ranked bank manager. Her first name is the female version of Romulus, one of the founders of Rome. Garai's father is of Jewish Hungarian descent; her great-grandfather was Bert Garai, the founder of the Keystone Press.
Garai relocated to Singapore at five before her family returned to Wiltshire in the United Kingdom when she was eight. She attended an independent boarding school, Stonar School in Wiltshire, and later moved at sixteen to London to attend the City of London School for Girls where she ended up finishing off her A-levels. She was fond of drama and appeared in school plays, and also with the National Youth Theatre up until the age of 18, where she was spotted by an agent who whisked her away to play the younger version of Judi Dench's character in a...
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