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William Francis Nighy (born 12 December 1949) is an English actor. Known for his work on screen and stage, he has received numerous awards, including two BAFTA Awards, a Golden Globe Award and nominations for an Academy Award and a Tony Award. Nighy started his career with the Everyman Theatre, Liverpool and made his London debut with the Royal National Theatre starting with The Illuminatus! in 1977. There he gained acclaim for his roles in David Hare's Pravda in 1985, Harold Pinter's Betrayal in 1991, Tom Stoppard's Arcadia in 1993, and Anton Chekov's The Seagull in 1994. He received a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor nomination for his performance in Blue/Orange in 2001. He made his Broadway debut in Hare's The Vertical Hour in 2006, and returned in the 2015 revival of Hare's Skylight earning a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play nomination. Early film roles include in the comedies Still Crazy (1998), and Blow Dry (1999) before his breakout role in Love Actually (2003) which earned him a BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor. He soon gained recognition portraying Davy Jones in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series (2006-2007), and Viktor in the Underworld film series (2003-2009). Other films include Shaun of the Dead (2004), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005), The Constant Gardener (2005), Notes on a Scandal (2006), Hot Fuzz (2007), Valkyrie (2008), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010), The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012), About Time (2013), Emma (2020), and Living (2022), the last of these earning him his first career Academy Award nomination. Nighy has gained acclaim for his roles in television earning a British Academy Television Award for Best Actor for his performance in BBC One series State of Play (2003), and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for the BBC film Gideon's Daughter (2007). He's also known for his roles in HBO's The Girl in the Café (2006) and PBS's Page Eight (2012).
«Intentaron encerrarnos. Pero una mujer Weyward tiene una naturaleza salvaje en su interior. Nadie nos va a controlar». 2019: Kate se marcha de Londres y lo abandona todo para mudarse a la cabaña Weyward, que ha heredado de su tía abuela. Con sus cascadas de hiedra y su jardín descuidado, la cabaña está a un mundo de distancia de la pareja abusiva que la atormentaba. Pero Kate empieza a sospechar que se esconde un secreto en los cimientos del lugar, oculto desde las cazas de brujas del siglo XVII 1619: Altha se enfrenta a un juicio por el asesinato de un granjero del pueblo. De pequeña, su madre le enseñó magia, una basada en un conocimiento profundo del mundo natural. Pero las mujeres peculiares siempre han sido consideradas peligrosas, y cuando se presentan pruebas de su brujería, sabe que necesitará todos sus poderes para mantener la libertad. 1942: En medio de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, Violet está atrapada en la gran finca de su familia. Atrapada por las convenciones sociales, desea dos cosas: la educación que su hermano recibe y a su madre, fallecida hace tiempo, que se dice que enloqueció antes de morir. El único rastro que Violet tiene de ella es el medallón con una W y la palabra «Weyward» grabada en el revestimiento de su habitación.
