Mark Rylance and Claire Van Kampen.
David M. Bennett/Jed Cullen/Dave Bennett/Getty ImagesMark Rylance Someone who is mourning the loss of his wife, Claire Van KampenHe died of cancer at the age of 71 on Saturday, January 18, his 65th birthday.
Rylance and their daughter Juliet announced in a statement: “Clare Louise Van Kampen, Mrs. Rylance, passed away at 11:47 this morning (Saturday, January 18) in the historic town of Kassel, Germany. , her family surrounds her.
“Clare died of cancer on what would have been Mark Rylance’s 65th birthday. Her youngest daughter died in 2012 and she leaves behind her eldest daughter, Juliet Rylance, her two husbands, and the UK and US Countless beloved friends.
Clare, a British theater director and composer and the first female musical director of the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre, was described by her family as “one of the funniest and most inspiring women we have ever known”.
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“We thank her for filling our lives with her magic, music, laughter and love,” they added.
Rylance married Clare in December 1989 and became the stepfather of her children with her previous marriage Chris Van Kampen: Juliette, 45, and Natasha died suddenly of a brain haemorrhage on a flight from New York to London in 2012, aged 28.
“If a tragedy like this happens to you, it’s really uncharted territory. You realize it’s happened to a lot of people. It’s up to you how you get through it,” Rylance said. sunday times 2016.
After Natasha’s death, Rylance was nominated for an Emmy and won a BAFTA for his role as Henry VIII’s counselor, grieving father and widower Thomas Cromwell in the TV series Wolf Hall. In 2015, he also won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for the movie “Minecraft”. Steven Spielbergof bridge of spies.
Sir Mark Rylance poses with his wife Claire Van Kampen and daughter Juliet Rylance after being knighted by the Duke of Cambridge during an investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace in London, England, April 19, 2017.
John Stillwell – WPA Pool/Getty ImagesClaire was diagnosed with cancer before her death. According to reports, she was born in London in 1953 and eventually trained at the Royal College of Music, studying piano and music theory. bbc news. She then began a theater career, joining the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1986 and the Royal National Theater a year later, where she met Rylance. She later became Rylance’s artistic assistant at the Globe Theatre, where she worked for 20 years.
She has composed original scores for Broadway productions including true west, Boeing – The Boeing Company and Labetteand adaptations of Shakespeare’s plays twelfth night and Richard III.
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Rylance reportedly said of Clare in 2023: “Claire completely changed my life… She introduced me to the world of classical and contemporary music, and it was with the help of music that we fell in love. ” The Guardian.
“Claire came to me with two kids, and I raised them with her and Chris, but we never had kids of our own, so in a way, our project was our kids. They’re incredible. ,” he continued, adding that Claire was “the rock in my life.”
