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Anna Friel (born
12 July 1976 in Rochdale, Greater Manchester) is a
popular English actress.
Acting career: Friel's acting career took off
when she played the role of Beth Jordache on the British
Channel 4 soap opera, Brookside from 1993-1995; she
created a piece of British television history with
British TV's first pre-watershed lesbian kiss. In 1995,
Friel won the National Television Award for Most popular
actress for her work on Brookside.
In 1998, Friel courted further controversy when she
appeared in the television film The Tribe by Stephen
Poliakoff, which became most memorable for its nudity
and a much discussed menage-a-trois sex scene between
characters played by Friel, Jonathan Rhys Meyers and
Jeremy Northam.
In 1998, Friel appeared in the original broadway run of
Closer by Patrick Marber at the Music Box Theatre to
much acclaim, winning Drama Desk and Theatre World
awards for her turn as Alice and in 2001, Friel made her
West End stage debut in a fringe production of Lulu.
Her film credits include Rogue Trader opposite Ewan
McGregor, David Leland's The Land Girls, which also
starred Rachel Weisz and Catherine McCormack, All For
Love with Richard E. Grant, A Midsummer Night's Dream
with Michelle Pfeiffer, Timeline, Me Without You
opposite Michelle Williams and Goal! and Goal! 2,
currently she is filming the follow-up and final
installment of the Goal series with Goal! 3.
Friel's television work includes the short lived The
Jury for the Fox Network and ITV1's Watermelon which was
based on the novel by Marian Keyes. She will shortly be
seen in Pushing Daisies, a new TV series from the
creator of Dead Like Me and Wonderfalls, for the 2007
season on the American network ABC.
In November 2006 she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate
by the University of Bolton for contributions to the
performing arts.
She has recently been seen as the face of Pantene Pro-V
Ice shine in the UK, appearing in both television
commercials and print advertising, Friel has also
previously appeared in commercials for 3 Mobile and
Virgin Atlantic.
According to press reports, she narrowly missed out on
the role of Jenny Everdeane in Gangs Of New York to
Cameron Diaz. Upcoming roles include Elizabeth Bathory
in Bathory and in Angel Makers opposite Helen Mirren.
Personal life: Once engaged to Darren Day, and
having been a girlfriend of Robbie Williams, she is
currently living with her actor boyfriend David Thewlis.
Their daughter, Gracie, was born on 9 July 2005, in
London. They currently divide their time between Los
Angeles and Windsor, Berkshire.
Friel studied for her GCSEs at Crompton House School, in
Shaw and Crompton, Greater Manchester.
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