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Anna Friel Biography

 
Anna Friel is a popular English actress born in Rochdale, Greater Manchester. 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 it's 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. In November 2006 she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Bolton for contributions to the performing arts. 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.
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