She has won three Tony Awards and three Olivier Awards. She won the 2006 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her role as Mrs. Lintott in the play The History Boys, which she played in London and on Broadway. In the 2006 film, she repeated her role. For this work, she has also been awarded the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. The other two Tony Awards she has won are for Best Actress in a Play for her performances in Mrs. Warren's Profession (1995) and A Doll's House (2003). Frances de la Tour was born on January 11th, 1963, in New York City. She is an American actress who has appeared in many films and television shows over the course of her career. Her big break came at age 21 when she was cast as Nora Helmer in the 1995 movie version of Henrik Ibsen's play A Doll's House. The following year, she played Mrs. Warren's daughter in William Inge's comedy-drama Mrs. Warren's Profession. This led to more prominent roles in films such as The Ice Storm, Bullets Over Broadway, and The Hours. In 2001, de la Tour starred as Elizabeth I in Peter Webber's play about the queen's reign, which received positive reviews from critics. In 2006, de la Tour played Mrs. Lintott in the Broadway production of The History Boys.