Ralph Fiennes’s 6 Siblings: Meet His Brothers and Sisters, Including ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Star Joseph

• Ralph Fiennes comes from a household of originative people
• His parents were lensman Mark Fiennes and writer/painter Jennifer Lash
• His member Joseph is an actor, portion sisters Sophie and Martha direct, and member Magnus is simply a composer
• Brothers Jacob Fiennes and Michael Emery enactment extracurricular of the amusement industry

Ralph Fiennes is a beloved English actor, known for his passionate portrayal of wizards, romanticist interests, spies, Nazis, and everything successful between. Everyone from Harry Potter fans, to superior play buffs appreciates the 60-year-old star, who was calved Dec. 22, 1962 successful the municipality of Ipswitch successful Suffolk, England.

While the Harry Potter villain is surely rather the talent, did you cognize Ralph comes from a full household of actors, artists, and originative people? His siblings Joseph Fiennes, Jacob Fiennes, Martha Fiennes, Magnus Fiennes, Sophie Fiennes, and Michael Emery each recovered ways to enactment with their imaginations arsenic grown-ups, adjacent if they’re not each successful the amusement business.

Ralph Fiennes is 1 of 7 sibings. He’s seen with sister Sophie and member Joseph astatine Heathrow here. (Shutterstock)

The Fiennes parents raised their large brood to admit the arts. Father Mark Fiennes (1933–2004) was a husbandman and lensman portion parent Jennifer “Jini” Lash (1938–1993) was a writer and painter. The kids ended up embracing a full big of originative roles, from actors to filmmakers, composers, and adjacent an archeologist!

Want to larn much astir the Fiennes family? Find retired everything and past some, close here.

Joseph Fiennes

Ralph Fiennes hung retired with member Joseph during opening nighttime of the London Film Festival connected Oct. 19, 2005. Ralph was successful afloat formalwear portion his member was successful jeans and a tee shirt. (Shutterstock)

Joseph Alberic Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, calved May 27, 1970, is an histrion conscionable similar older member Ralph. And conscionable similar his brother, the 52-year-old endowment has go beloved for his melodramatic performances.

He dove into play pieces successful the precocious 90s, starring arsenic William Shakespeare successful Shakespeare successful Love (1998). Historically-inspired roles successful Elizabeth (1998), Enemy astatine the Gates (2001), and Luther (2003) followed.

Joseph turned to TV successful the 2010s, wherever helium would truly find his footing. After a tally connected the 2nd play of American Horror Story (2012–2013), helium was formed arsenic Commander Fred Waterford successful The Handmaid’s Tale (2017–2021.) For the role, helium earned a Primetime Emmy information successful 2018.

Jacob Fiennes

Jacob Fiennes, besides calved May 27, 1970, is Joseph’s duplicate brother, making him 52-years-old arsenic well. He is 1 of the fewer Fiennes who doesn’t enactment successful entertainment, and instead, inspired by his father’s emotion of nature, became a wildlife conservationist. He is presently the conservation manager for the 25,000-acre Holkham Estate successful Norfolk, England, which is location to uncommon birds, butterflies, and autochthonal plants.

While helium doesn’t enactment successful the aforesaid satellite arsenic galore of his siblings, Jacob said helium ne'er felt similar the achromatic sheep of the family. Talking astir their younker successful a illustration for The Guardian, helium said, “My mother’s astonishing accomplishment was to promote six precise antithetic individuals to explicit themselves successful immoderate mode they felt suited them.”

Martha Fiennes

Martha Fiennes appears successful London successful this Nov. 30, 2007 photo. She is simply a filmmaker. (Shutterstock)

Martha Maria Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, 58, is an English movie director, writer, and producer, calved connected February 5, 1964. After archetypal cutting her teeth successful euphony videos and commercials, she made her directorial movie debut with the 1999 movie Onegin, an adaptation of Alexander Pushkin’s 1833 caller Eugene Onegin, starring member Ralph. The movie was a existent household affair. Brother Magnus wrote the euphony and sister Sophie appeared successful a insignificant role.

Martha opened up astir moving with her member successful a 2000 interrogation with IndieWire. She praised Ralph, calling him “brilliant to enactment with.” “He’s highly intelligent and besides precise consenting to effort antithetic things successful antithetic takes and bash variations and marque discoveries, due to the fact that it’s continually evolving,” she continued. “It’s a wholly live thing, close done to the precise end. It’s fascinating.”

Martha went connected to accidental however their narration was “based connected a batch of communal respect and professionalism.” “We ne'er truly ever fto our egos get successful the way, due to the fact that astatine the extremity of the day, each that truly matters is the film,” she explained.

Magnus Fiennes

Magnus Fiennes attended sister Martha Fiennes creation accumulation successful London connected Oct. 5, 2018. He is simply a composer and euphony producers. (Shutterstock)

Magnus Hubert Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, 57, is an English composer, grounds producer, and songwriter, calved November 21, 1965. During his career, helium has worked with artists similar Shakira, the Spice Girls, Seal, Pulp, and Tom Jones. He’s besides composed for movie and TV, crafting the opening for deed BBC dramas similar Hustle, Murphy’s Law, and Death successful Paradise.

Sophie Fiennes

Sophie Fiennes, 55, is an English movie manager and producer, calved February 12, 1967. Her archetypal originative occupation was managing the UK-based creation institution The Michael Clark Company from 1992 to 1994. Dance would beryllium the ground for overmuch of her enactment going forward.

In 1998, she began making films with Welsh manager Peter Greenaway. Their projects included movie and TV’s Drowning by Numbers, The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover, and Prospero’s Books.

In 2006, she worked successful collaboration with philosopher and psychoanalyst Slavoj Žižek connected the documentary The Pervert’s Guide to Cinema. The feature, written and presented by the academic, unpacked his investigation of classical films similar the Wizard of Oz, Alice In Wonderland, Rear Window, The Exorcist, and more. They followed it up with 2012’s The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology.

Her 2007 documentary Show and Tell was about dance institution Les Ballets C. de la B.’s show VSPRS. The portion includes footage of the show and intimate interviews with the dancers and choreographers.

Michael Emery

Michael Emery, 70, isn’t a Fiennes by blood, but helium is household nonetheless, Born December 31, 1952, helium was adopted by the Fiennes’ parent aft she saw an advertisement successful a Suffolk insubstantial asking idiosyncratic to foster a troubled 11-year-old boy.

He thrived with his family, yet becoming an archeologist. Liam often funds his brother’s expeditions, which included the unearthing of the archetypal Bronze Age burial tract successful Cheshire, England successful 2003, according to the BBC.

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