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In 2002 she starred in ''[[The Pianist (2002 film)|The Pianist]]'' as Dorota, a beautiful, blond, non-Jewish cellist who adores the playing of the Polish-Jewish pianist and composer Władysław Szpilman (played by [[Adrien Brody]]). The film was directed by [[Roman Polanski]]. In 2003, she played [[Jane Seymour]] in a two-part television [[biographical film]] about King [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]]. She also played the [[Catherine Howard|title role]] in ''Katherine Howard'', directed by [[Robin Lefevre]] at the [[Chichester Festival Theatre]] in 1998.

In 2004, she joined the cast of the crime drama, ''[[Silent Witness]]''. As of 20212023, she is still in the show and has now played the role of Nikki Alexander for seventeennineteen years. 2004 also saw her play Lady Margaret in Part 2 of ''Gunpowder, Treason and Plot'', the mini-series about [[James I of England|James I]] (James VI in Scotland) and the [[Gunpowder Plot]]. In 2005, Fox appeared in the BBC miniseries [[The Virgin Queen (TV serial)|The Virgin Queen]], a four-part miniseries based upon the life of [[Queen Elizabeth I]], Fox played [[Amy Robsart|Amy Dudley]], the first wife of [[Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester|Robert Dudley]], played by [[Tom Hardy]], despite appearing in only one episode, her character remains a key character in the series. In 2008 she played Sister Jean in [[Baillie Walsh]]'s ''[[Flashbacks of a Fool]]'', which also featured [[Daniel Craig]]. She also starred in ''[[Things To Do Before You're 30]]'' with [[Billie Piper]], who would later marry her [[first cousin]] [[Laurence Fox]], although in 2016 they divorced.

She was cast as [[Lynne Frederick]] in the 2004 film ''[[The Life and Death of Peter Sellers]]'', which starred [[Geoffrey Rush]] in the lead role. A whole section of the film focusing on the Frederick/Sellers relationship was removed in the final edit, although she can be seen briefly in a background shot towards the end of the film. The deleted scenes with Fox can be found among the special features on the DVD release of the film.