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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