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
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.
We will spend more time in America, we're going to get a place in LA as hotels aren't great for the baby.
These women need to feel that we're all aware of what they may be going through, to give them the confidence to speak out.
Onstage, there's no hiding; you either can or can't act. There's no second take.
I've been onstage once for one performance with four days' rehearsal.
People became more interested in my love life than in me, and that has a certain effect. You start to feel very empty and worth nothing, you start to become a piece in a board game you never wanted to play.
But Americans find me bizarre and always ask me why I eat so many carbs. I tell them I don't get full otherwise.
There were reports of me using fat-sucking machines and all sorts of silliness. All I did was walk a lot and breast-feed. I've never been on a strict diet. I just don't overeat, and I don't eat if I'm not hungry.