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Anna Friel
Anna Louise Friel was born on the 12th July 1976 in Rochdale in Lancashire.
Her first appearance was in G.B.H. as Susan Nelson alongside Robert Lindsay, Michael Palin, Lindsay Duncan and Julie Walters, Emmerdale as Poppy Bruce, Medics as Holly Jarrett and Brookside as Beth Jordache.
Other roles include The Imaginatively Titled Punt & Dennis Show, Tales from the Crypt as Angelica and in Cadfael - The Complete Series 2 in the episode called A Morbid Taste for Bones as Sioned alongside Derek Jacobi and in the film called The Land Girls as Prue (Prudence) with Catherine McCormack and Rachel Weisz.
Other roles include Our Mutual Friend as Bella Wilfer with Paul McGann, The Stringer as Helen, The Tribe as Lizzie opposite Joely Richardson and Jeremy Northam and in St. Ives also known as All For Love as Flora Gilchrist alongside Miranda Richardson, Richard E Grant and Jean-Marc Barr.
Anna has appeared in William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream as Hermia with Michelle Pfeiffer, Calista Flockhart, Kevin Kline and Rupert Everett, Rogue Trader as Lisa Leeson opposite Ewan McGregor and Yves Beneyton, Mad Cows as Maddy alongside Joanna Lumley and Greg Wise and in Sunset Strip as Tammy Franklin.
Another role was in An Everlasting Piece as Bronagh with Billy Connolly, Des McAleer, Barry McEvoy and Brían F. O'Byrne.
She has also starred in The Fear as the Storyteller, The War Bride as Lily with Brenda Fricker and Molly Parker, Me Without You as Marina opposite Kyle MacLachlan and Michelle Williams, Fields of Gold as Lucia Merritt and in Watermelon as Claire Ryan alongside Jamie Draven, Des Cave and Brenda Fricker.
She has voiced the part of Bodney in Last Rumba in Rochdale and appeared in Timeline as Lady Claire with Paul Walker, Frances O'Connor and Gerard Butler,
Perfect Strangers as Susie Wilding opposite Rob Lowe and Khandi Alexander and in Irish Jam as Maureen alongside Eddie Griffin and Roger Ashton-Griffiths.
Other roles include Goal! and Goal 2 - Living the Dream as Roz Harmison with Kuno Becker, Frances Barber, Mike Jefferies and Alessandro Nivola and also in Land of the Lost as Holly opposite Will Ferrell and Danny R. McBride.
Anna has starred in Niagara Motel as Denise opposite Craig Ferguson and Kevin Pollak, Rubbish as Isobel, Angel Makers as Lizzie and in Bathory as Countess Erszébet Bathory alongside Karel Roden and Hans Matheson.
She is perhaps notably known however for playing the part of Charlotte "Chuck" Charles in Pushing Daisies - Season 1 and Pushing Daisies - Season 2 with Chi McBride and Lee Pace.
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Friel wants Wonder Woman role -
11 June 2009
-Actress Anna Friel has added her name to the list of actresses competing to portray Wonder Woman on the big screen.-
-A host of A-list ladies have been tipped to take over from 1970s TV's Wonder Woman Lynda Carter in Joss Whedon's big screen remake, including Megan
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Anna Friel - filmography
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Public Enemies
on DVD
(2012)
Starring: Anna Friel, Daniel Mays
Director: Dearbhla Walsh
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"Public Enemies" is a drama about a probation officer, Paula Radnor (played by Anna Friel), suspended from her job when an ex-murder kills again on her watch.
Upon her return, she has to supervise Eddie Mottram (Daniel Mays), who has been released after serving ten years for the murder of his ..read more »
 
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Without You
on DVD
(2011)
Starring: Anna Friel, Marc Warren, Marc Warren
Director: Tim Fywell
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Anna Friel stars as schoolteacher Ellie Manning, happily married to accountant Greg, with whom she is eager to start a new family. However, Ellies plans for a romantic dinner at home with her husband one evening are shattered when the police arrive to inform her Greg has been killed in an horrific ..read more »
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from 330 members
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Neverland - The Complete Series - Blu-ray
(2011)
Starring: Rhys Ifans, Anna Friel, Charles Dance
Director: Nick Willing
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Neverland reveals the never-before-told story of how Peter Pan became the Boy Who Never Grew Up. It's an enthralling fantasy adventure for all of the family, starring Rhys Ifans, Anna Friel, Charles Dance, Bob Hoskins, with Charlie Rowe as Peter and Keira Knightley as the voice of Tinker Bell.
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from 6 members
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Limitless - Blu-ray
(2011)
Starring: Robert De Niro, Bradley Cooper, Abbie Cornish
Director: Neil Burger
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A copywriter discovers a top-secret drug, MDT-48, that enhances intellect and other abilities. As his usage begins to change his life, he begins to consider the drug's shadowy origins; meanwhile, a group of killers trail his every move.
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Neverland - The Complete Series
(2011)
Starring: Rhys Ifans, Anna Friel, Charles Dance
Director: Nick Willing
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Neverland reveals the never-before-told story of how Peter Pan became the Boy Who Never Grew Up. It's an enthralling fantasy adventure for all of the family, starring Rhys Ifans, Anna Friel, Charles Dance, Bob Hoskins, with Charlie Rowe as Peter and Keira Knightley as the voice of Tinker Bell.
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Limitless
on DVD
(2011)
Starring: Robert De Niro, Bradley Cooper, Abbie Cornish
Director: Neil Burger
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A paranoia-fuelled action thriller about an unsuccessful writer whose life is transformed by a top-secret "smart drug" that allows him to use 100% of his brain and become a perfect version of himself. His enhanced abilities soon attract shadowy forces that threaten his new life in this darkly comic ..read more »
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The Street - Series 3 - Complete
(2 discs)
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Timothy Spall, Anna Friel, Bob Hoskins
Director: David Blair
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From acclaimed writer Jimmy McGovern (Cracker, Hillsborough, Priest) The Street follows the lives and passions of neighbours in a North of England street.
This BAFTA, RTS and International Emmy award winning drama sees Timothy Spall reprise his role and will be joined by an all new cast featuring ..read more »
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from 179 members
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Land of the Lost
(2009)
Starring: Will Ferrell, Anna Friel, Danny R. McBride
Director: James L. Henderson, Brad Silberling
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On his latest expedition, Dr. Rick Marshall is sucked into a space-time vortex alongside his research assistant and a redneck survivalist. In this alternate universe, the trio make friends with a primate named Chaka, their only ally in a world full of dinosaurs and other fantastic creatures.
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from 742 members
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Bathory - The Countess of Blood
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Anna Friel, Karel Roden, Hans Matheson
Director: Juraj Jakubisko
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Anna Friel (Brookside, Pushing Daisies) delivers a sensational performance as Elisabeth Bathory, the Vampire Countess, in the chilling true story of one of history's most notorious tyrants.
History remembers Countess Bathory as the most sadistic murderess who ever lived, a monstrous killer of more ..read more »
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Goal!
(2005)
Starring: Kuno Becker, Anna Friel, Alessandro Nivola
Director: Danny Cannon
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When Santiago Munez (Kuno Becker) crossed the Mexican border into America at the age of 10, he had two things in his possession: his soccer ball and a tattered picture of the World Cup. Convincing his father that he could be an international football star wasn't easy. But when amiable Brit Glen Foy ..read more »
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from 21,716 members
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Irish Jam
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Eddie Griffin, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Anna Friel
Director: John Eyres
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A South Central, LA con-artist (Eddie Griffin) finds that his rhyming skills can pay off in the least likely of venues after winning a poetry contest staged by a financially strapped Irish town.
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from 135 members
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Niagara Motel
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Anna Friel, Craig Ferguson, Kevin Pollak
Director: Gary Yates
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Eight people, each struggling with a personal crisis, all cross paths at the honeymoon town of Niagara Falls. Although the town is a romantic destination for newlyweds and a symbol of beginnings, promise and potential, this is just not the case here...
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Watermelon
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Jamie Draven, Des Cave, Brenda Fricker
Director: Kieron J. Walsh
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After being dumped by her boyfriend soon after she moved to London, Claire begins a relationship with a man who helped her get a job. However, she discovers she's pregnant.
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from 1,523 member
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Timeline
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Paul Walker, Frances O'Connor, Michael Sheen
Director: Richard Donner
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The archaeological excavation at La Roque Castle in Castelgard, France, appears to be like any other dig. At least it does until archaeology student Kate (Frances O'Connor) and assistant professor Andre Marek (Gerard Butler) discover a note from their boss Professor Edward Johnston (Billy Connolly) ..read more »
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from 13,612 members
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Me Without You
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Anna Friel, Kyle MacLachlan, Michelle Williams
Director: Sandra Goldbacher
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ME WITHOUT YOU, directed by Sandra Goldbacher (THE GOVERNESS), follows two girls who promise to be best friends forever. Marina (Anna Friel) is troubled, extroverted, and the product of a broken home, while Holly (Michelle Williams) is a quiet girl who escapes from her overprotective family into a ..read more »
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The War Bride
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Anna Friel, Brenda Fricker, Molly Parker
Director: Lyndon Chubbuck
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During the London Blitz, two childhood friends fall for Canadian soldiers. Lily (Anna Friel, THE LAND GIRLS) marries her man and becomes pregnant, like so many young women at the time, just as the father is posted abroad. She emigrates with her young baby to Canada as a 'war bride' to stay with her ..read more »
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An Everlasting Piece
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Brian F. O'Byrne, Anna Friel, Billy Connolly
Director: Barry Levinson
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In the tradition of Waking Ned, An Everlasting Piece is a wicked and witty original comedy from director Barry Levinson. Set against the turbulent backdrop of Belfast in the 1980s, the Catholic Colm (Barry McEvoy) and Protestant George (Brian F. OByrne) convince a criminally insane wig salesman ..read more »
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All For Love
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Miranda Richardson, Anna Friel, Tim Dutton
Director: Harry Hook
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Starring Miranda Richardson (Blackadder), Anna Friel (Our Mutual Friend), Richard E Grant (Bright Young Things), Tim Dutton (The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries). Based on the novel by Robert Louis Stephenson, St. Ives. Filmed on location in Ireland and Germany. Originally broadcast on BBC One in 1999 ..read more »
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Rogue Trader
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Anna Friel, Yves Beneyton
Director: James Dearden
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The story of Nick Leeson, an Englishman who worked for Baring's merchant bank in Singapore, whose overnight trading losses sent shock-waves around the financial world.
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Mad Cows
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Joanna Lumley, Anna Friel, Greg Wise
Director: Sarah Sugarman
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In MAD COWS, Anna Friel stars as Maddy, a feisty single mother from Australia with few friends in the world, apart from the fabulous Gillian (Joanna Lumley). While searching for her baby's father, the irresponsible Alex (Greg Wise), Maddy is nabbed for unwittingly stealing a bag of frozen peas from ..read more »
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The Tribe
(1998)
Starring: Joely Richardson, Jeremy Northam, Anna Friel
Director: Stephen Poliakoff
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Property developer Jamie has to evict some weird, post-modern hippies from a building. But they slowly drag him into their dark underworld of bizarre rituals and dangerous liaisons.
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from 32 members
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The Land Girls
(1998)
Starring: Anna Friel, Catherine McCormack, Rachel Weisz
Director: David Leland
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It's 1941. World War II continues to rage across Europe. The young men of England have been called to the front to fight. So, back at home, a new regiment is formed, and an army of England's young women are dispatched across the countryside to pick up the slack. Collectively known as "The Land ..read more »
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...I enjoyed this, if somewhat predictable, film. Anna Friel appears to thrive in this type of role. I think they glam'ed up the Land Girls part played during the war, the f...
