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Anna Friel

(1976) Actor United Kingdom

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Anna Friel is an actor from the United Kingdom.

Quick Facts About Anna Friel

Born: July 12, 1976
Nationality: United Kingdom
Profession: Actor

About Anna Friel

Anna Louise Friel 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.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Theatre World Award Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play International Emmy Award for Best Actress

Quotes by Anna Friel

I want more children but for the next three years I want to act.

Children

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When I'm working, it's those actors (you know who you are) who sit around moaning that their trailer isn't big enough, or…

Actors

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Eating at home is important for us, because we eat out so much when we're away. When I'm at home I cook…

Cooks

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I was so completely anxious before I had a child, but now my biggest worry is something happening to her, so anything…

Anxious

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When you're given something new, it's always exciting 'cause you're the first one to do it. You're not having to live up…

Causes

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I look at being an actress as being like a mummy: You're bandaged up and preserved as soon as you start making…

Actresses

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You can see when an actor gets bored: Their eyes go dead. I promised myself I'd never let that happen. If it…

Actors

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I play a character every day of my life, and I don't want to play a character as myself. They can judge…

Actress

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Any scene that involves stripping off is hell. You just know it's going to take a day or more to get it…

Audience

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I was just disciplined. I knew I had to get back into shape after six weeks for the film Goal II, but…

Calming

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These women need to feel that we're all aware of what they may be going through, to give them the confidence to…

Confidence

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It's really important to draw the line on what we do as actors.

Actors

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I've never been onstage in my life.

Life

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David is 13 years my senior and has much more experience.

David

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We will spend more time in America, we're going to get a place in LA as hotels aren't great for the baby.

America

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Eternity to a child offers goodness, and eternal life to a man is essentially corrupting because it involves a certain amount of…

Amount

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But Americans find me bizarre and always ask me why I eat so many carbs. I tell them I don't get full…

Ask me

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It's so important to raise awareness of this problem that continues to affect 1 in 4 women at some point in their…

Awareness

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My whole family is quite petite, so I have good genes on my side. But I find it quite tiresome that we…

Family

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Well it's hard to bracket it like that because everyone always thinks you either go to America and you come back, fail…

Always

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I've got the best lead man, I really love my lead man.

Funny

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I've always chosen incredibly different roles and things that are quite offbeat. That way you're not limited.

Chosen

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For Closer, we've had five weeks. You go into every single word because it's very, very concentrated dialogue.

Because

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I've been on sets where the turnaround is so fast and the budget so small that the actors have been asked to…

Actors

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There were reports of me using fat-sucking machines and all sorts of silliness. All I did was walk a lot and breast-feed.…

Breasts

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