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Anna Friel
Actress
Female
Born
Jul 12, 1976
Age
36
Hometown
England
Other Names
Friel, Anna Louise
Anna Louise Friel is an English actress. She rose to fame in the UK as Beth Jordache on the Channel 4 soap Brookside.
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Anna Friel
Age 36
parents
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Des FrielFather -
Julie FrielMother
siblings
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Michael FrielBrother
children
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Gracie Ellen Mary ThewlisDaughter, Age 7
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Anna Friel Criticized Over Master Cleanse DietCalgary Sun - Apr 17, 2013
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Rex Reed: Breakfast At Tiffany's: A Dog's DinnerHuffington Post - Mar 29, 2013
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Marg Helgenberger Is Heading Back To Cbs!Huffington Post - Mar 01, 2013
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Anna Friel Lights Up A Cold Winter Night In A Colourful Coat While Leaving The TheatreDaily Mail (UK) - Jan 22, 2013
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CHILDHOOD
1976
Birth
Born on July 12, 1976.
TEENAGE
1992
15 Years Old
In 1992, she was added to the cast on the Channel 4 soap opera Brookside, where she gained greater exposure in the role of Beth Jordache.
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1995
18 Years Old
In 1995, Friel won the National Television Award for Most Popular Actress for her work on Brookside.
1996
19 Years Old
In 1996, Friel courted further controversy when she appeared in the television film The Tribe by Stephen Poliakoff, which included nudity and a much discussed ménage à trois sex scene between characters played by Friel, Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Jeremy Northam.
TWENTIES
In 2001, she made her West End stage début in London in a fringe production of Lulu, which also transferred to Broadway.
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2006
29 Years Old
In November 2006, she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Bolton for contributions to the performing arts.
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THIRTIES
2009
32 Years Old
In September 2009, Friel starred in a West End adaptation of Breakfast at Tiffany's at the Theatre Royal Haymarket.
In April 2010, she was cast in the psychological thriller film The Dark Fields (now entitled Limitless and released in March 2011).
In January 2011, Friel appeared in an episode of the BBC series Come Fly with Me as a fictionalised version of herself.
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2012
35 Years Old
In March 2012, Friel began filming for The King of Soho, a biographical movie about "porn baron" Paul Raymond, in which she plays Raymond's wife Jean alongside Steve Coogan as Raymond.
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