• Name: Joseph Fiennes
  
• Birth Name: Joseph Alberic Fiennes
  
• Height: 6'
  
• Sex: M
  
• Nationality: British
  
• Birth Date: May 27, 1970
  
• Birth Place: Salisbury, Wiltshire, U.K.
  
• Profession: actor
  
• Education: Young Vic Youth Theatre, London, England
  
•   : Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, England (attended on scholarship)
  
• Relationship: Natalie Imbruglia (singer; dating as of December 1999), Catherine McCormack (actress; dated summer 1999), Sara Griffiths (actress; together 1992-1998)
  
• Father: Mark Fiennes (farmer, photographer)
  
• Mother: Jini Fiennes (aka Jennifer Lash; novelist, writer; died Christmas 1993 from breast cancer at age 54)
  
• Sister: Martha Fiennes (director; older), Sophie Victoria Fiennes (producer; older)
  
• Brother: Ralph Fiennes (actor; born December 22, 1962), Magnus Hubert Fiennes (musician; older), Jacob Mark Fiennes (gamekeeper; fraternal twin of Joseph), Michael Fiennes (archeologist)
  
• Uncle: Sir Ranulph Fiennes (explorer)
  
• Claim to fame: as Will Shakespeare in Shakespeare in Love (1998)
  

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• "I don't go for a particular look in a girl - I just wait for their spirit to connect with mine. There's a voice that speaks to me, that rings out from her soul to mine. I know that sounds really hippyish (er, yep) but it's true."

• Blockbuster Entertainment Awards: Favorite Male Newcomer, SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE (1999)
• Broadcast Film Critics Association: Breakthrough Performer, SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE and ELIZABETH (1999)
• Chicago Film Critics Association Awards: Most Promising Actor, SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE (1999)
• Elle Style Awards: Best Actor (1999)
• MTV Movie Awards: Best Kiss, SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE (1999) - shared with Gwyneth Paltrow
• Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by a Cast, SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE (1999)
• Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards: Most Promising Actor, SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE (1998)

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