20 Actors You Never Knew Were In Star Wars

7. Sally Hawkins - The Phantom Menace

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Years before Sally Hawkins became a two-time Oscar nominee for her superb performances in Blue Jasmine and The Shape of Water, she made her movie debut as an extra in The Phantom Menace.

Hawkins, who was still in drama school at the time and managed to snag a part in the film thanks to a friend, played the role of a random, uncredited villager as part of the crowd in the film's climactic celebration scene.

Hawkins is admittedly imperceptible among the throngs of people, and perhaps as a result later admitted that she's never actually watched the movie. Apparently not a Star Wars fan, then...

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