Anna Friel Biography (1976-)

Full name, Anna Lulu Friel; born July 12, 1976, in Belfast, Northern Ireland;raised in Rochdale, Lancashire, England; daughter of teachers; companion ofDavid Thewlis (an actor). Addresses: Agent: Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.; Manager: Abi Harris, Artists Independent Network, 270 Lafayette St., Suite 402, New York, NY 10012.

Nationality
British
Gender
Female
Occupation
Actress
Birth Details
July 12, 1976
Belfast, United Kingdom

Famous Works

  • CREDITS
  • Film Appearances
  • Helen, The Stringer, British Screen/Pepper Pictures, 1997
  • Flora, St. Ives (also known as All for Love), Buena Vista Home Video, 1998
  • Prue, The Land Girls (also known as Trois Anglaises en campagne), Gramercy, 1998
  • Hermia, A Midsummer Night's Dream (also known as William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream and Sogno di una notte di mezza estate), Fox Searchlight, 1999
  • Tammy Franklin, Sunset Strip, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1999
  • Maddy, Mad Cows, Capitol Films, 1999
  • Shiner, 2000
  • Bronagh, An Everlasting Piece, DreamWorks, 2000
  • Lily, The War Bride (also known as Love and War), PorchLight Entertainment, 2001
  • Marina, Me without You, IDP Distribution/Samuel Goldwyn Company, 2002
  • Lady Claire, Timeline, Paramount, 2003
  • Television Appearances
  • Series
  • In Their Shoes, BBC (England), 1990
  • Poppy Bruce, Emmerdale Farm (also known as Emmerdale), YTV(England), 1992
  • Beth Jordache, Brookside, Channel 4 (England), c. 1993-1995
  • In Suspicious Circumstances, Granada (England), 1994
  • Storyteller, The Fear, BBC, 2001
  • Miniseries
  • Susan Nelson, G.B.H., Channel 4 (England), 1991
  • Bella Wilfer, Our Mutual Friend (also known as Our Mutual Friend--by Charles Dickens), PBS, 1999
  • Movies
  • Lisa Leeson, Rogue Trader, Cinemax, 1998
  • Lizzie, The Tribe, BBC (England), 1998
  • Lucia Merritt, Fields of Gold, BBC, 2002
  • Episodic
  • Holly Jarrett, Medics, ITV (England), 1993
  • Herself, "Xmas," Shooting Stars, BBC (England), 1995
  • The Imaginatively Titled Punt and Dennis Show, BBC, 1995
  • Angelica, "About Face," Tales from the Crypt, HBO, 1996
  • "Cadfael 2," Mystery!, PBS, 1997
  • Sioned, "A Morbid Taste for Bones," in "Cadfael 3," Mystery!, PBS,1998
  • Guest, Clive Anderson All Talk, BBC1, 1999
  • Film '72, BBC, 1999
  • Also appeared in episodes of Coronation Street, Granada; and Going Live, BBC.
  • Other
  • The Orange British Academy Film Awards (special), 2002
  • Claire Ryan, Watermelon, 2003
  • Stage Appearances
  • Look Europe, Almeida Theatre, London, 1997
  • Alice, Closer, Music Box Theatre, New York City, 1999
  • Lulu, Almeida Theatre, then Eisenhower Theatre, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC, both 2001

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

    Periodicals
    • Empire, October, 1998, pp. 74-77
    • Flicks, September, 1998, p. 32
    • Ms London, September 7, 1998, p. 3
    • Time, May 10, 1999, p. 82
    • Vanity Fair, May, 1998, p. 161
    • Vogue, June, 1999, pp. 238-40
    Electronic
    • Anna Friel Official Web Site, http://www.netshopuk.co.uk/annafriel, November 7, 2003

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