Claim: Eddie Redmayne appeared in a film.

My Week with Marilyn is a 2011 British drama film directed by Simon Curtis and written by Adrian Hodges . It stars Michelle Williams , Kenneth Branagh , Eddie Redmayne , Dominic Cooper , Julia Ormond , Emma Watson and Judi Dench . Based on two books by Colin Clark , it depicts the making of the 1957 film The Prince and the Showgirl , which starred Marilyn Monroe -LRB- Williams -RRB- and Laurence Olivier -LRB- Branagh -RRB- . The film focuses on the week during the shooting of the 1957 film when Monroe was escorted around London by Colin -LRB- Redmayne -RRB- , after her husband Arthur Miller -LRB- Dougray Scott -RRB- had returned to the United States .   Principal photography began on 4 October 2010 , at Pinewood Studios . Filming took place at Saltwood Castle , White Waltham Airfield , and on locations in and around London . Curtis also used the same studio in which Monroe had shot The Prince and the Showgirl in 1956 . My Week with Marilyn had its world premiere at the New York Film Festival on 9 October 2011 , and was shown at the Mill Valley Film Festival two days later . The film was released on 23 November 2011 , in the United States , and on 25 November in the United Kingdom .   For her portrayal of Monroe , Williams was awarded the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Motion Picture -- Comedy or Musical , and earned Best Actress nominations from the Academy Awards and British Academy Film Awards .