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Rochdale, Lancashire, England, UK
Anna Louise Friel (born 12 July 1976) is an English actress. She rose to fame in the UK as Beth Jordache on the Channel 4 soap Brookside (1993–1995), later coming to wider prominence through her role as Charlotte "Chuck" Charles on Pushing Daisies (2007–2009), for which she received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series.
Known for
- My Sister's Bones — Sally Rafter2026
- The F Ward — Dr Gloria Wall2026
- Unforgivable — Anna McKinney2025
- Locked In — Nurse Nicky Mackenzie2023
- Monarch — Nicolette 'Nicky' Roman2022
- Charming the Hearts of Men — Grace Gordon2021
- The Box — Detective Sharon Pici2021
- The Age of Nature — Narrator2021
- Great British Photography Challenge — Self - Expert2021
- Miranda: My Such Fun Celebration — Self2020
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Key facts
- Born
- Anna Louise Friel , ( 1976-07-12 ) 12 July 1976 (age 49) , Rochdale , England
- Occupation
- Actress
- Years active
- 1990–present
- Partners
- Darren Day (1994-1997) David Thewlis (2001–2010) Rhys Ifans (2011–2014)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Anna
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Rochdale
- Occupation
- film actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Official website
- www.annafriel.org
- Image
- Anna Friel TCA 2015.jpg
- Number of children
- 1
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- Anna Friel
- date of birth
- 1976-07-12
- unmarried partner
- Rhys Ifans
- start of work period
- 1986-00-00
- social media followers
- 50692
- birth name
- Anna Louise Frier
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Encyclopedic overview
Anna Louise Friel (born 12 July 1976) is an English actress. She first achieved fame as Beth Jordache in the British soap opera Brookside (1993–1995), later coming to wider prominence through her role as Charlotte "Chuck" Charles on Pushing Daisies (2007–2009), for which she received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series. In 2017, she won the International Emmy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of the title character in the detective drama series Marcella (2016–2021). Her other accolades include a Drama Desk Award, an honorary degree, and a BAFTA nomination.
Friel made her feature film debut in 1998 with a leading role in The Land Girls. Subsequent credits include A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999), Me Without You (2001), Timeline (2003), Goal! (2005), Bathory (2008), Land of the Lost (2009), Limitless (2011), Books of Blood (2020), and Charming the Hearts of Men (2021). Her stage credits include Closer (Broadway, 1999), Breakfast at Tiffany's (West End, 2009), and Uncle Vanya (West End, 2012).
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