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
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.
I've never been to a live match but now having made this film I'm going to - I'm going to Real Madrid so it'll be done with a bang!
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.
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.
David is 13 years my senior and has much more experience.
For Closer, we've had five weeks. You go into every single word because it's very, very concentrated dialogue.
We will spend more time in America, we're going to get a place in LA as hotels aren't great for the baby.
For me personally, everything is on a kiss.
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.
I've been on sets where the turnaround is so fast and the budget so small that the actors have been asked to speed things up and save money by changing in the public toilets. There's no room for vanity at times like that. It's the best way: get on with it!
But Americans find me bizarre and always ask me why I eat so many carbs. I tell them I don't get full otherwise.