Martha Fiennes

Martha Maria Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes^[a] (/ˈfaɪnz/; born 1964) is an English film director, writer and producer. Fiennes is best known for her film Onegin (1999),^[1][2] which starred her elder brother, Ralph,^[3][4] and her subsequent film Chromophobia (2005).

Martha Fiennes
Born	Martha Maria Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes 1964 (age 60–61) Suffolk, England
Occupation(s)	Film director, writer, producer
Years active	1999–present
Partner	George Tiffin (1991–2011)
Children	3, including Hero Fiennes Tiffin
Parents	Mark Fiennes (father) Jennifer Lash (mother)
Relatives	Ralph Fiennes (brother) Magnus Fiennes (brother) Sophie Fiennes (sister) Joseph Fiennes (brother) Sir Ranulph Fiennes (third cousin, once removed)

Career

Fiennes made her directorial debut with the film Onegin – an adaptation of Alexander Pushkin's verse novel Eugene Onegin, which starred her brother Ralph in the title role.^[5][6][7] The film received much praise, and she won the Best Director Award at the Tokyo Film Festival and the Best Newcomer at the London Film Critics' Circle. Fiennes wrote her second feature film in 2005, Chromophobia,^[8] an original multi-stranded drama, which comprised an all star cast and which closed the Cannes Film Festival of 2005.^[9][10]

Personal life

Fiennes was born in Suffolk, England to photographer Mark Fiennes (1933–2004) and novelist Jennifer Lash (1938–1993). Her siblings are actors Ralph Fiennes and Joseph Fiennes, documentary film maker Sophie Fiennes, composer Magnus Fiennes, and Jacob Fiennes, a conservationist.^[1]

She has three children with George Tiffin: Titan Nathaniel Fiennes Tiffin (b. 26 August 1995), Hero Beauregard Faulkner Fiennes Tiffin (b. 6 November 1997) and Mercy Jini Willow Fiennes Tiffin (b. 15 October 2001).^{[better source needed]}

Her son Hero, at the age of nine, played a young version of his uncle Ralph's character, Lord Voldemort, in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.^[11] Her daughter Mercy was featured in the 2008 film, The Duchess as the Duchess of Devonshire's daughter, Georgiana (Little G).^[12]

Awards and nominations

Year	Association	Category	Work	Result	Notes
1999	London Film Critics' Circle	British Newcomer of the Year	Onegin	Won
1999	Tokyo International Film Festival	Best Director	Onegin	Won
1999	British Academy of Film and Television Arts	Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film	Onegin	Nominated	[13]

Notes

1. This British person has the barrelled surname Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, but is known by the surname Fiennes.