Anna Friel
Anna Friel
Anna Louise Frielis an English actress. Born in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England, she has been acting since the age of 13, appearing in a number of British television programmes. She played Beth Jordache in the Channel 4 soap Brookside, and portrayed the first lesbian kiss in a British soap opera in January 1994. She made her West End theatre début in London in 2001 and has subsequently appeared in several productions, including in an adaptation of Breakfast at Tiffany's and...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth12 July 1976
CityRochdale, England
For Closer, we've had five weeks. You go into every single word because it's very, very concentrated dialogue.
David is 13 years my senior and has much more experience.
I play a character every day of my life, and I don't want to play a character as myself. They can judge me as an actress, not as a person. I'm not a spokeswoman for Anna.
The pictures came out and everyone was going: ?Oh my God, she only had her baby three days ago and look at her!'
Last month I spent six months in New York working with Barry Levinson but I didn't want to stay there, I could have but I wanted to come home.
Going back to the stage to do Lulu was really terrifying as it was such a hard part,
He has a week of games up in Scotland and we go every year,
I also like the fact that the character isn't a typical footballer's wife, she doesn't need the bling and being at the forefront of everything.
He got really attached to her, she sat on his knee and he sang along to her.