Anna Friel

Q: Has Anna Friel won any awards?

Anna Friel has received several nominations, including a BAFTA TV Award. She won the International Emmy Award for Best Actress for her role in 'The Land of the Blind'.

Q: What was Anna Friel's first film?

Anna Friel's first film was 'The Land Girls', released in 1998. This film marked her transition from television to cinema and garnered attention for her performance.

Q: Which film is considered Anna Friel's most successful?

One of Anna Friel's most successful films is 'Pushing Daisies', which received critical acclaim and earned her a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Television Series.

Q: What is Anna Friel's personal life like?

Anna Friel has one daughter, Gracie, with ex-partner David Thewlis. She tends to keep her personal life private, focusing on her career and family.

Q: What is Anna Friel's estimated net worth?

Anna Friel's estimated net worth is around $6 million. Her earnings come from her extensive work in television, film, and stage productions.

Q: What milestones has Anna Friel achieved in her career?

Anna Friel has achieved significant milestones, including starring in acclaimed series like 'Pushing Daisies' and winning an International Emmy Award. Her work spans over three decades.

Q: What genres does Anna Friel typically work in?

Anna Friel typically works in drama and romantic genres, though she has also ventured into fantasy and crime thrillers. Her versatility allows her to take on a variety of roles.

Known for

Limitless (2011)

IMDb 7.4 / 10

2011 / Sci-Fi, Thriller / 105 min

A paranoia-fueled action thriller about an unsuccessful writer whose life is transformed by a top-secret "smart drug" that allows him to use 100% of...

Land of the Lost (1974)

1974 / Family

Rick Marshall and his children Will and Holly are on a weekend expedition rafting down a river when an enormous earthquake diverts them to...

Name

Anna Friel

Height

5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)

Born

12 July 1976, Rochdale, England

Spouses

David Thewlis (2001–2010)

Children

1, Gracie Friel

Parents

Brian Friel, Julie Friel

Estimated Net Worth

$6 million

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2026	TV The F Ward Failed medical interns get their last shot at Sydney’s underfunded Pines Hospital, where they battle to overcome personal shortcomings and...	Dr Gloria Wall	Not rated
2026	Movie My Sister's Bones Kate Rafter is back to home after a horrific incident in war-torn Iraq and the death of her mother. While...	Sally Rafter	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2025	Movie Unforgivable The Mitchell family deal with the devastating aftermath of an act of sexual abuse committed by a member of their...	Anna McKinney	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2023	Movie Locked In A kindly nurse tries to unlock the secrets of a coma patient's injuries — and discovers the bitter rivalry, infidelity,...	Nurse Nicky Mackenzie	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2022	TV Monarch The Romans, America’s first family of country music, are fiercely talented, but while their name is synonymous with honesty, the...	Nicolette 'Nicky' Roman	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2021	TV The Box Sharon Pici, a Kansas City Police Detective, is locked in a room that she cannot escape.	Detective Sharon Pici	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2021	TV The Age of Nature Documentary series that explores humanity’s relationship with the natural world and our growing understanding of how nature works. With new...	Narrator	Not rated
2021	Movie Charming the Hearts of Men A romantic drama set during the politically charged early 60s where a sophisticated woman returns to her Southern home town...	Grace Gordon	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2021	TV Great British Photography Challenge The search is on for an exciting new name in British photography. Six talented photographers from across the UK embark...	Self - Expert	Not rated
2020	Movie Books of Blood A journey into uncharted and forbidden territory through three tales tangled in space and time.	Mary	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2020	Movie Sulphur & White David is a successful city trader in London who is relentlessly focused on work. Beneath the confident facade, he is...	Joanne Tait	TMDB 4.2 / 10
2020	Movie Miranda: My Such Fun Celebration Miranda Hart and the cast of her sitcom come together to celebrate the show's tenth anniversary with a music-filled, star-studded...	Self	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2019	TV Deep Water Follow three women as they each make life-changing mistakes regarding their children and husbands, which lead to unpredictable criminal consequences....	Lisa Kallisto	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2019	Movie The Sea On a grey day, a woman sits alone on a beach and calmly watches the birds. As she sits, she...	Jenny	TMDB 9.0 / 10
2018	TV Butterfly From a young age, 11-year-old, Max, has identified as a girl and as puberty looms, she begins to present increasing...	Vicky Duffy	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2018	Movie The Cleanse The story of a heartbroken man who attends a spiritual retreat, only to discover that the course releases more than...	Maggie	TMDB 5.1 / 10
2018	Movie I Am Urban A hard living, disillusioned, ex social worker becomes the unlikely savior to an anarchic gang of joy-riding, drug taking, thieving,...	Greta	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2017	TV Broken Father Michael, a Catholic priest presiding over a Northern urban parish, who is modern, maverick, and reassuringly flawed, must be...	Christina Fitzsimmons	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2017	Movie Tomato Red When small town drifter Sammy Barlach drives into Venus Holler in search for his next cold beer and the bunch...	Bev Merridew	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2016	Movie I.T. Mike Regan is a successful, self-made man who has it all: a gorgeous wife, a beautiful teenage daughter and a...	Rose Regan	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2016	TV John Bishop: In Conversation with... A three series talk show. With the host in conversation with people whom he admires.	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2016	TV The Girlfriend Experience Explore the relationships between exclusive escorts and their clients, for whom they provide far more than just sex. Known as...	Erica Myles	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2016	TV Marcella Marcella is shocked to the core of her being when her husband Jason leaves her unexpectedly, confessing he no longer...	Marcella Backland	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2015	TV American Odyssey In this "Traffic"-like action drama, an international conspiracy explodes when three strangers' lives unexpectedly collide - a female soldier, a...	Odelle Ballard	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2015	TV The Saboteurs When the Nazis secure a heavy water plant to realize their plan to create an atomic bomb, the Norwegian Allies...	Julie Smith	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2014	Movie Good People Tom and Anna Wright, a young American couple, fall into severe debt while renovating Tom's family home in London. As...	Sarah	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2014	Movie Margery Booth: The Spy in the Eagle's Nest Hitler was obsessed by this English opera singer who was working for MI6 and hiding escaped British airmen in her...	Margery Booth	Not rated
2013	Movie The Psychopath Next Door She drops in and starts disrupting this close, cozy little community. She wants to be queen bee But there's already...	Eve Wright	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2013	Movie Having You Jack has finally managed to propose to his infertile girlfriend when his life is turned upside down by the arrival...	Anna	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2013	Movie The Look of Love Paul Raymond builds a porn, entertainment and real estate empire that makes him the wealthiest man in Britain, but drugs...	Jean Raymond	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2012	Movie Metamorphosis: Titian 2012 A huntsman is punished for stumbling upon naked nymphs. A visual adaptation of Ovid's Metamorphis' telling of the ancient myth.	Diana	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2012	Movie The Amazing Spider-Man T4 Premiere Special A TV special of the Amazing Spider-Man Premiere.	Unknown character	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2012	TV Playhouse Presents Playhouse Presents is a series of self-contained TV plays, made by British broadcaster Sky Arts. The series started airing on...	Jenny	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2012	TV Public Enemies Public Enemies explores the relationship between 28-year-old Eddie, recently released on life licence from prison after serving 10 years, and...	Paula Radnor	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2011	TV Without You Ellie's beloved husband is killed in a car accident. A woman was in the car with him and killed too....	Ellie Manning	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2011	TV Neverland Raised on the streets of turn-of-the century London, orphaned Peter and his pals survive by their fearless wits as cunning...	Captain Elizabeth Bonny	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2011	Movie Treasure Guards On a dig in the remote Jordanian desert, maverick archaeologist Victoria Carter (Anna Friel) discovers an ancient scroll buried in...	Victoria	TMDB 4.9 / 10
2011	TV The Jonathan Ross Show The Jonathan Ross Show is a British chat show presented by Jonathan Ross. It was first broadcast on ITV on...	Self - Guest	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2011	Movie Limitless The life of an unsuccessful writer is transformed by a top-secret 'smart drug' that allows him to use 100% of...	Melissa	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2010	TV Come Fly with Me Come Fly with Me is a comedy sketch series starring David Walliams and Matt Lucas. The series is a spoof...	Herself	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2010	Movie London Boulevard A parolee falls for a reclusive movie star while trying to evade a ruthless gangster.	Briony Mitchel	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2010	Movie You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger Two married couples find only trouble and heartache as their complicated lives unfold. After 40 years of marriage, Alfie leaves...	Iris	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2009	TV 7 Days on the Breadline	Unknown character	Not rated
2009	Movie Land of the Lost On his latest expedition, has-been scientist Dr. Rick Marshall is sucked into a space-time vortex alongside his crack-smart research assistant...	Holly	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2009	TV The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien is an American television talk show broadcast by NBC. The show is the fifth...	Self	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2009	Movie Theatreland 8 part series behind the scenes at the famous Theatre Royal, Haymarket, with a focus on a production Waiting for...	Self	Not rated
2008	Movie Bathory: Countess of Blood Bathory is based on the legends surrounding the life and deeds of Countess Elizabeth Bathory known as the greatest murderess...	Erzsébet Báthory	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2007	TV Pushing Daisies A pie-maker, with the power to bring dead people back to life, solves murder mysteries with his alive-again childhood sweetheart,...	Charlotte 'Chuck' Charles	TMDB 7.9 / 10
2007	Movie Rubbish A man dumps the garbage of his neighbours. Little does he know that this is going to affect his relationship...	Isobel	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2007	TV The Graham Norton Show Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on around the world that week. The...	Self	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2007	Movie Goal II: Living the Dream Tempted away from Newcastle United to join Real Madrid, rising star Santiago Munez finds this latest change of fortune the...	Roz Harmison	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2006	TV The Street Anthology drama following the lives and passions of neighbors on a northern English street.	Dee	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2006	Movie Niagara Motel A porn producer, an alcoholic, a drug-addicted mother and others struggle to make ends meet.	Denise	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2006	Movie Irish Jam Upon discovering that their town is up for sale, crafty Irish villagers scheme to raise the money to prevent the...	Maureen Duffy	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2005	Movie Goal! Like millions of kids around the world, Santiago harbors the dream of being a professional footballer... However, living in the...	Roz Harmison	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2004	Movie Perfect Strangers When a man and a woman swap jobs and cities temporarily, they face many problems large and small, but their...	Susie Wilding	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2004	TV The Jury Set in New York City, the series brings the viewer into the jury room to watch the deliberators try to...	Megan Delaney	TMDB 9.0 / 10
2003	Movie Timeline A group of archaeological students become trapped in the past when they go there to retrieve their professor. The group...	Lady Claire	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2003	Movie Watermelon A tangled web of deceit pitches three lovers together with the added proposition of a baby.	Claire Ryan	TMDB 4.4 / 10
2002	Movie Fields of Gold A two-part conspiracy thriller starring Anna Friel. An eager young photographer and a bitter tabloid hack are sent to investigate...	Lucia Merritt	Not rated
2002	TV Fields of Gold A two-part conspiracy thriller about an eager young photographer and a bitter tabloid hacker who are sent to investigate mysterious...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2002	Movie Last Rumba in Rochdale Bodney Brooks, a twelve year old master of computer controlled puppetry, decides to arrange a surprise birthday party for his...	Unknown character	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2001	TV Friday Night with Jonathan Ross Jonathan Ross's take on current topics of conversation, guest interviews and live music from both a guest music group and...	Self	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2001	Movie Me Without You During a long, hot summer in seventies London, young neighbors Holly and Marina make a childhood pact to be friends...	Marina	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2001	Movie The War Bride During World War II, a Cockney woman marries a Canadian soldier and adjusts to life in Alberta.	Lily	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2000	Movie An Everlasting Piece Colin is a Catholic and George is a poetry-loving Protestant. In Belfast in the 1980s, they could have been enemies,...	Bronagh	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2000	Movie Sunset Strip A day in Hollywood, 1972, with young people looking for the 24 hours that will change their lives. Zach will...	Tammy Franklin	TMDB 4.9 / 10
2000	TV Lum the Invader Girl Lum the Invader Girl is a dub based on the classic 1981 anime “Urusei Yatsura” produced by the BBC in...	Lum the Invader (voice)	Not rated
1999	Movie Mad Cows When her TV star husband Alex decides to divorce her so that he can start a career in politics, newly...	Maddy	TMDB 4.4 / 10
1999	Movie Rogue Trader Rogue Trader tells the true story of Nick Leeson, an employee of Barings Bank who--after a successful trading run--ends up...	Lisa Leeson	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1999	Movie A Midsummer Night's Dream The lovely Hermia is to wed Demetrius, but she truly cares for Lysander. Hermia's friend, Helena, is in love with...	Hermia	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1998	Movie The Tribe Property developer Jamie has to evict some weird, post-modern hippies from a building. But they slowly drag him into their...	Lizzie	TMDB 5.0 / 10
1998	Movie The Land Girls During World War II, the organisation "The Women's Land Army" recruited women to work on British farms while the men...	Prue (Prudence)	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1998	TV Our Mutual Friend After his father's will stipulates he must marry Bella Wilfer to inherit his fortune, John Harmon fakes his death to...	Bella Harmon / Bella Wilfer	TMDB 7.8 / 10
1998	Movie St. Ives In 1813, Capitaine Jacques St. Ives, a Hussar in the Napoleonic wars, is captured and sent to a Scottish prison...	Flora Gilchrist	TMDB 5.6 / 10
1998	Movie The Stringer Vadik Chernyshov is an impoverished dreamer who spends his life drifting though Moscow with a video camera, hoping to shoot...	Unknown character	TMDB 4.7 / 10
1996	TV Clive Anderson All Talk	Self	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1995	Movie Three Kisses and a Funeral An examination of the impact that lesbian characters have had on breaking television taboos. Actresses Anna Friel (Beth in BROOKSIDE)...	Self	Not rated
1994	TV Cadfael Brother Cadfael is a twelfth-century Anglo-Welsh monk. A retired crusader disappointed in love, and now a herbalist in charge of...	Sioned	TMDB 7.6 / 10
1993	TV Shooting Stars Shooting Stars is a British television comedy panel game broadcast on BBC Two as a pilot in 1993, then as...	Self	TMDB 7.7 / 10
1991	TV G.B.H. GBH was a seven-part British television drama written by Alan Bleasdale shown in the summer of 1991 on Channel 4....	Susan Nelson	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1990	TV The Word The Word was a 1990s Channel 4 television programme in the United Kingdom. The show pushed forward the boundaries of...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1989	TV Tales from the Crypt Cadaverous scream legend the Crypt Keeper is your macabre host for these forays of fright and fun based on the...	Angelica / Leah	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1982	TV Brookside The ground-breaking soap set in a housing estate on the outskirts of Liverpool.	beth jordache	TMDB 6.2 / 10
TBA	Movie Hear Me Roar Elizabeth Bellinger became one of the few transgender people in Britain to get married in the 1980s. She kept this...	Ashley Bayston	Not rated
TBA	TV The Dream Lands It’s 2039 and temperatures are soaring, seas are rising, and the political climate is equally as menacing. Chance is living...	Jas	Not rated
TBA	Movie Beneath Following the unexpected death of her mother, war correspondent Kate Rafter returns from Iraq to the family home in Herne...	Sally Rafter	Not rated

My Sister's Bones

2026 / TMDB 6.4

Unforgivable

2025 / TMDB 7.8

Locked In

2023 / TMDB 5.3

Charming the Hearts of Men

2021 / TMDB 5.7

Books of Blood

2020 / TMDB 6.3

Sulphur & White

2020 / TMDB 4.2

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What are some of Anna Friel's notable roles?

Anna Friel is known for her roles in 'Brookside', 'Pushing Daisies', and 'The Look of Love'. She has also appeared in various films and television series, showcasing her range as an actress.

Has Anna Friel won any awards?

What was Anna Friel's first film?

Which film is considered Anna Friel's most successful?

What is Anna Friel's personal life like?

What is Anna Friel's estimated net worth?

What milestones has Anna Friel achieved in her career?

What genres does Anna Friel typically work in?