Real Name : Anna Louise Friel
Birth : 12 July 1976, Rochdale, Lancashire, England, UK
Height : 5' 2"
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- A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999) [Hermia] <6>
- An Everlasting Piece (2000) [Bronagh] <3>
- Angel Makers (2010) [Lizzie]
- Bathory (2008) [Erzsébet Báthory] <1>
- Channel 4 at 25 (2007) (TV) (also archive footage) [Herself]
- Fields of Gold (2002) (TV) [Lucia Merritt] <1>
- Goal II: Living the Dream (2007) [Roz Harmison] <3>
- Goal! (2005) [Roz Harmison] <30>
- Irish Film and Television Awards (2003) (TV) [Herself - Presenter]
- Irish Jam (2006) [Maureen Duffy] <3>
- Journey Through 'Timeline' (2004) (V) [Herself] <16>
- Land of the Lost (2009) [Holly Cantrell] <2>
- Last Rumba in Rochdale (2003) (voice) [Bodney]
- London Boulevard (2010) [Briony] <4>
- Mad Cows (1999) [Maddy] <1>
- Me Without You (2001) [Marina] <8>
- Niagara Motel (2006) [Denise] <5>
- Perfect Strangers (2004) (TV) [Susie Wilding] <2>
- Rogue Trader (1999) [Lisa Leeson] <2>
- Rubbish (2007) [Isobel] <2>
- St. Ives (1998) [Flora Gilchrist] <4>
- Sunset Strip (2000) [Tammy Franklin] <2>
- The Big Fat Anniversary Quiz (2007) (TV) [Herself]
- The Dark Fields (2011)
- The Land Girls (1998) [Prue (Prudence)] <3>
- The Orange British Academy Film Awards (2002) (TV) [Herself]
- The Stringer (1998) [Helen] <2>
- The Tribe (1998) [Lizzie] <3>
- The War Bride (2001) [Lily] <1>
- This Is Not a Routine Expedition: Making of 'Land of the Lost' (2009) (V) [Herself]
- Timeline (2003) [Lady Claire] <6>
- Watermelon (2003) (TV) [Claire Ryan] <1>
- You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010)
- "Brookside" (1982) {(#1.1514)} [Beth Jordache] <9>
- "Brookside" (1982) {Re-think (#1.1215)} [Beth Jordache] <10>
- "Cadfael" (1994) {A Morbid Taste for Bones (#2.3)} [Sioned] <6>
- "Clive Anderson All Talk" (1996) {(#4.8)} [Herself]
- "Coronation Street" (1960) {(#1.3265)} [Belinda Johnson]
- "Coronation Street" (1960) {(#1.3269)} [Belinda Johnson]
- "Emmerdale Farm" (1972) [Poppy Bruce (1992)]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2008-09-30)} [Herself]
- "Film '72" (1972) {(1999-10-26)} [Herself]
- "Film '72" (1972) {(2005-09-26)} [Herself]
- "Friday Night with Jonathan Ross" (2001) {(#16.3)} [Herself] <4>
- "G.B.H." (1991) {It Couldn't Happen Here (#1.1)} [Susan Nelson] <48>
- "G.B.H." (1991) {Message Received (#1.5)} [Susan Nelson] <2>
- "G.B.H." (1991) {Message Sent (#1.4)} [Susan Nelson] <40>
- "G.B.H." (1991) {Message Understood (#1.6)} [Susan Nelson] <5>
- "G.B.H." (1991) {Only Here on a Message (#1.2)} [Susan Nelson] <16>
- "G.B.H." (1991) {Over and Out (#1.7)} [Susan Nelson] <7>
- "Live Lunch" (2001) {(2001-11-30)} [Herself - Interviewee] <5>
- "Medics" (1990) {(#3.3)} [Holly Jarrett]
- "Our Mutual Friend" (1998) {(#1.1)} [Bella Wilfer] <4>
- "Our Mutual Friend" (1998) {(#1.2)} [Bella Wilfer] <4>
- "Our Mutual Friend" (1998) {(#1.3)} [Bella Wilfer] <4>
- "Our Mutual Friend" (1998) {(#1.4)} [Bella Harmon] <4>
- "Pushing Daisies" (2007) {Bad Habits (#2.3)} [Charlotte 'Chuck' Charles] <2>
- "Pushing Daisies" (2007) {Bitches (#1.6)} [Charlotte 'Chuck' Charles] <2>
- "Pushing Daisies" (2007) {Bitter Sweets (#1.8)} [Charlotte 'Chuck' Charles] <2>
- "Pushing Daisies" (2007) {Bzzzzzzzzz! (#2.1)} [Charlotte 'Chuck' Charles] <2>
- "Pushing Daisies" (2007) {Circus, Circus (#2.2)} [Charlotte 'Chuck' Charles] <2>
- "Pushing Daisies" (2007) {Comfort Food (#2.8)} [Charlotte 'Chuck' Charles] <2>
- "Pushing Daisies" (2007) {Corpsicle (#1.9)} [Charlotte 'Chuck' Charles] <2>
- "Pushing Daisies" (2007) {Dim Sum Lose Some (#2.5)} [Charlotte 'Chuck' Charles] <2>
- "Pushing Daisies" (2007) {Dummy (#1.2)} [Charlotte 'Chuck' Charles] <2>
- "Pushing Daisies" (2007) {Frescorts (#2.4)} [Charlotte 'Chuck' Charles] <2>
- "Pushing Daisies" (2007) {Girth (#1.5)} [Charlotte 'Chuck' Charles] <2>
- "Pushing Daisies" (2007) {Kerplunk (#2.13)} [Charlotte 'Chuck' Charles] <2>
- "Pushing Daisies" (2007) {Oh Oh Oh... It's Magic (#2.6)} [Charlotte 'Chuck' Charles] <2>
- "Pushing Daisies" (2007) {Pie-lette (#1.1)} [Charlotte 'Chuck' Charles] <2>
- "Pushing Daisies" (2007) {Pigeon (#1.4)} [Charlotte 'Chuck' Charles] <2>
- "Pushing Daisies" (2007) {Robbing Hood (#2.7)} [Charlotte 'Chuck' Charles] <2>
- "Pushing Daisies" (2007) {Smell of Success (#1.7)} [Charlotte 'Chuck' Charles] <2>
- "Pushing Daisies" (2007) {The Fun in Funeral (#1.3)} [Charlotte 'Chuck' Charles] <2>
- "Pushing Daisies" (2007) {The Legend of Merle McQuoddy (#2.9)} [Charlotte 'Chuck' Charles] <2>
- "Pushing Daisies" (2007) {The Norwegians (#2.10)} [Charlotte 'Chuck' Charles] <2>
- "Pushing Daisies" (2007) {Water & Power (#2.12)} [Charlotte 'Chuck' Charles] <2>
- "Pushing Daisies" (2007) {Window Dressed to Kill (#2.11)} [Charlotte 'Chuck' Charles] <2>
- "Shakespeare Shorts" (1996) {A Midsummer Night's Dream (#1.3)} [Herself - Presenter/Hermia]
- "Shooting Stars" (1993) {Xmas (#1.9)} [Herself]
- "Tales from the Crypt" (1989) {About Face (#7.10)} [Angelica/Leah] <3>
- "The Fear" (2001) [Storyteller]
- "The Graham Norton Show" (2007) {(#5.8)} [Herself] <2>
- "The Imaginatively Titled Punt & Dennis Show" (1994) {(#2.1)}
- "The Jury" (2004) {The Honeymoon Suite (#1.2)} [Megan Delaney] <4>
- "The Jury" (2004) {Three Boys and a Gun (#1.1)} [Megan Delaney] <4>
- "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" (2005) {(#5.172)} [Herself]
- "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" (2005) {(#5.22)} [Herself]
- "The Movie Loft" (2001) {(2009-10-30)} [Herself]
- "The Paul O'Grady Show" (2004) {(2009-10-27)} [Herself]
- "The Street" (2006) {(#3.2)} [Dee] <1>
- "The Street" (2006) {(#3.3)} [Dee] <9>
- "The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien" (2009) {(#1.6)} [Herself] <3>
- "The Word" (1990) {(#4.8)} [Herself]
- "Tinseltown TV" (2002) {(2003-11-01)} [Herself]
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- "The Independent Arts & Books" (UK), 17 July 2009, Iss. 7101, pg. 14 - 15, by: Gill Pringle, "Home is where the part is"
- "The Independent Magazine" (UK), 29 March 2008, pg. 14 - 18, by: James Rampton, "Keep It Friel"
- "T2 (Times supplement)" (UK), 16 May 2005, pg. 6-7, by: Marianne Macdonald, "From party girl to sensible mother-to-be"
- "ES Magazine" (UK), 2 March 2001, pg. 12-15, by: Jasper Rees, "It started with a kiss"
- "The Times Magazine" (UK), 10 February 2001, Vol. 7, Iss. 6, pg. 14-15+17-18, by: Martyn Palmer, "The merry wife of Windsor"
- "News of the World Sunday" (UK), 10 October 1999, pg. 8+9, by: Ivan Waterman, "I've found fame - now I need to find Love"
- "The Tatler" (UK), October 1999
- "Evening Standard Hot Tickets" (UK), 17 September 1999, pg. 4+5, by: Garth Pearce, "The Friel Thing"
- "Vogue" (USA), June 1999, Vol. 189, Iss. 6, pg. 238-240, by: Plum Skyes, "The Friel Thing"
- "Empire" (UK), October 1998, Iss. 112, pg. 74-77, by: Ian Nathan, "Northern Exposure"
- "Ms London" (UK), 7 September 1998, pg. 3, by: Roz D'Ombraine Hewitt, "My Kinda Town"
- "Flicks" (UK), September 1998, Vol. 11, pg. 32, by: Ivan Waterman, "Girl Talk"
- "News of the World Sunday" (UK), 23 August 1998, pg. 6+7, by: Mike Williams, "Friel 'N' Easy"
- "Evening Standard Hot Tickets" (UK), 13 August 1998, pg. 4+5, by: Neil Norman, "Anna Friel gets dirty"
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- "The Independent" (UK), 30 September 2009, Iss. 7166, pg. 3, by: Alice Jones, "A diamond in need of polishing [First Night: Breakfast At Tiffany's - Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London]"
- "The Independent: Independent Life" (UK), 1 June 2009, Iss. 7061, pg. 14 - 15, by: Rhoda Koenig, "Holly come lately?"
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- "Playboy" (USA), June 2009, Vol. 56, Iss. 6, pg. 18, by: staff, "Tease Frame: Anna Friel"
- "Playboy" (USA), June 2009, Vol. 56, Iss. 6, pg. 124, by: Fred Duval, "Grapevine: I'm With Dopey"
- "Playboy" (USA), November 1999, Vol. 46, Iss. 11, pg. 193, by: Henry Lamb, "Grapevine"
- "Celebrity Sleuth" (USA), 1998, Vol. 11, Iss. 4, pg. 22-25, by: staff, "Brookside' Buss"
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- "SkyMag" (UK), September 2009
- "Esquire" (UK), April 2008
- "The Independent Magazine" (UK), 29 March 2008
- "FHM" (UK), January 2002
- "Company" (UK), December 2001
- "ES Magazine" (UK), 2 March 2001
- "Elle" (UK), March 2001
- "The Times Magazine" (UK), 10 February 2001, Vol. 7, Iss. 6
- "The Net" (UK), June 2000
- "L:A:M" (UK), 26 October 1999, Iss. 72
- "News of the World Sunday" (UK), 10 October 1999
- "The Tatler" (UK), October 1999
- "Heat" (UK), 30 September 1999
- "Evening Standard Hot Tickets" (UK), 17 September 1999
- "News of the World Sunday" (UK), 23 August 1998
- "Evening Standard Hot Tickets" (UK), 13 August 1998
- "Sky Magazine" (UK), March 1998
- "Sky Magazine" (UK), January 1997, Iss. 125
- "Sky Magazine" (UK), October 1995, Iss. 110
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- Made her stage debut in the US premiere of "Closer" by 'Patrick Marber' (qv) - Broadway, New York (Jan-Sep 1999).
- TV commercial for Virgin Atlantic (2001)
- TV commercial for 3 Video Mobile (UK)
- UK TV commercial for Pantene Pro-V Ice Shine (2006)
- Played the title role in Wedekind's "Lulu" - Almeida Theatre, London (1999).
- (2001) She acted in Frank Wedekind's play, "Lulu," at the Almeida Theatre in London, England with Alan Howard, James Hillier, Oliver Milburn, Tom Georgeson, Johanna Ter Steege, and Peter Sullivan in the cast. Jonathan Kent was director.
- (2 November 2009 - 9 January 2010) Theatre: "Breakfast at Tiffany's", Theatre Royal Haymarket, London, as Holly Golightly with Joseph Cross as William 'Fred' Parsons. Stage adaptation by Samuel Adamson, Designed by Anthony Ward, Directed by Sean Mathias
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- (December 2004) Announced she is expecting a child with partner 'David Thewlis' (qv).
- (June 2009) Currently starring as Holly Golightly on the British stage adaptation of Breakfast at Tiffany's.
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- "Some producer suddenly grabbed my doughnut out of my hand. Then he said, 'Anna, you really shouldn't be doing that'. He said, 'your tummy's not looking right on screen'. If it's just about that they should have hired a model. I mean, we're not talking about a big f
- king tummy here!"
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- Living with partner actor 'David Thewlis' (qv)
- Made her British stage debut in off-West End London production of "Lulu" by 'Frank Wedekind' (qv) in 2001.
- Made her American stage debut at New York City's Music Box in 1999 as Alice in 'Patrick Marber' (qv)'s "Closer".
- With boyfriend 'David Thewlis' (qv), became The Faces Of Mulberry for Spring 2002.
- Caused a major controversy with her Lesbian screen kiss with 'Nicola Stephenson (I)' (qv) on the set of _"Brookside" (1982)_ (qv) in 1994.
- Dated 'Darren Day (I)' (qv).
- (9 July 2005) Gave birth to a baby girl, named Gracie Ellen Mary. This is her first child with actor 'David Thewlis' (qv). Gracie was born at London's Portland Hospital and weighed 7lb 4oz.
- Is of Irish descent.
- Lobbied for the role of "Nymphadora Tonks" in _Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)_ (qv), after the sixth book, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, revealed that "Tonks" was romantically involved with "Remus Lupin", who is played by her real-life boyfriend, 'David Thewlis' (qv).
- Ranked #21 in Wizard magazine's Sexiest Women of TV list (March 2008).
- Was one of People Magazine's 100 Most Beautiful People in the world (2008).
- Has one daughter named Gracie Ellen Mary.
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