Anna Friel

Anna Friel

1976-07-12 Rochdale, Lancashire, England, UK 50 Credits

Biography

Anna Louise Friel (born 12 July 1976) is an English actress. She rose to fame in the UK as Beth Jordache on the Channel 4 soap Brookside. Description above from the Wikipedia article Anna Friel, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Locked In

Locked In

2023

as Nurse Nicky Mackenzie

5.3
Acting

A kindly nurse tries to unlock the secrets of a coma patient's injuries — and discovers the bitter rivalry, infidelity, betrayal and murder behind the...

Charming the Hearts of Men

Charming the Hearts of Men

2021

as Grace Gordon

5.7
Acting

A romantic drama set during the politically charged early 60s where a sophisticated woman returns to her Southern home town and discovers her options ...

Books of Blood

Books of Blood

2020

as Mary

6.3
Acting

A journey into uncharted and forbidden territory through three tales tangled in space and time.

Sulphur & White

Sulphur & White

2020

as Joanne Tait

4.2
Acting

David is a successful city trader in London who is relentlessly focused on work. Beneath the confident facade, he is trapped by memories of the past a...

Miranda: My Such Fun Celebration

Miranda: My Such Fun Celebration

2020

as Self

6.3
Acting

Miranda Hart and the cast of her sitcom come together to celebrate the show's tenth anniversary with a music-filled, star-studded spectacular from the...

The Sea

The Sea

2019

as Jenny

9.0
Acting

On a grey day, a woman sits alone on a beach and calmly watches the birds. As she sits, she is joined by various people who make up the tapestry of he...

The Cleanse

The Cleanse

2018

as Maggie

5.1
Acting

The story of a heartbroken man who attends a spiritual retreat, only to discover that the course releases more than everyday toxins and traumatic expe...

I Am Urban

I Am Urban

2018

as Greta

7.5
Acting

A hard living, disillusioned, ex social worker becomes the unlikely savior to an anarchic gang of joy-riding, drug taking, thieving, out of control, c...

Tomato Red

Tomato Red

2017

as Bev Merridew

6.6
Acting

When small town drifter Sammy Barlach (Jake Weary, “Animal Kingdom”) drives into town on the search for his next cold beer and opportunity, he gets mo...

I.T.

I.T.

2016

as Rose Regan

5.4
Acting

Mike Regan is a successful, self-made man who has it all: a gorgeous wife, a beautiful teenage daughter and a sleek, state-of-the-art “smart home”. Bu...

Good People

Good People

2014

as Sarah

5.5
Acting

Tom and Anna Wright, a young American couple, fall into severe debt while renovating Tom's family home in London. As the couple faces the loss of thei...

Margery Booth: The Spy in the Eagle's Nest

Margery Booth: The Spy in the Eagle's Nest

2014

as Margery Booth

Acting

Hitler was obsessed by this English opera singer who was working for MI6 and hiding escaped British airmen in her Berlin apartment. She sang to Britis...

The Psychopath Next Door

The Psychopath Next Door

2013

as Eve Wright

5.5
Acting

She drops in and starts disrupting this close, cozy little community. She wants to be queen bee But there's already one. so she sets out to destroy he...

Having You

Having You

2013

as Anna

5.2
Acting

Jack has finally managed to propose to his infertile girlfriend when his life is turned upside down by the arrival of an old one-night stand that intr...

The Look of Love

The Look of Love

2013

as Jean Raymond

5.6
Acting

Paul Raymond builds a porn, entertainment and real estate empire that makes him the wealthiest man in Britain, but drugs doom his beloved daughter, De...

Metamorphosis: Titian 2012

Metamorphosis: Titian 2012

2012

as Diana

7.0
Acting

A huntsman is punished for stumbling upon naked nymphs. A visual adaptation of Ovid's Metamorphis' telling of the ancient myth.

The Amazing Spider-Man T4 Premiere Special

2012

7.8
Acting

A TV special of the Amazing Spider-Man Premiere.

Treasure Guards

Treasure Guards

2011

as Victoria

4.8
Acting

On a dig in the remote Jordanian desert, maverick archaeologist Victoria Carter (Anna Friel) discovers an ancient scroll buried in the ruins of an old...

Limitless

Limitless

2011

as Melissa

7.2
Acting

The life of an unsuccessful writer is transformed by a top-secret 'smart drug' that allows him to use 100% of his brain and become a perfect version o...

London Boulevard

London Boulevard

2010

as Briony Mitchel

5.9
Acting

A parolee falls for a reclusive movie star while trying to evade a ruthless gangster.

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

2010

as Iris

5.9
Acting

Two married couples find only trouble and heartache as their complicated lives unfold. After 40 years of marriage, Alfie leaves his wife to pursue wha...

Land of the Lost

Land of the Lost

2009

as Holly

5.4
Acting

On his latest expedition, has-been scientist Dr. Rick Marshall is sucked into a space-time vortex alongside his crack-smart research assistant Holly a...

Theatreland

Theatreland

2009

as Herself

Acting

8 part series behind the scenes at the famous Theatre Royal, Haymarket, with a focus on a production Waiting for Godot featuring Ian McKellen, Patrick...

Bathory: Countess of Blood

Bathory: Countess of Blood

2008

as Erzsébet Báthory

5.6
Acting

Bathory is based on the legends surrounding the life and deeds of Countess Elizabeth Bathory known as the greatest murderess in the history of mankind...

Rubbish

Rubbish

2007

as Isobel

7.0
Acting

A man dumps the garbage of his neighbours. Little does he know that this is going to affect his relationship to a woman.

Goal II: Living the Dream

Goal II: Living the Dream

2007

as Roz Harmison

6.0
Acting

Tempted away from Newcastle United to join Real Madrid, rising star Santiago Munez finds this latest change of fortune the greatest challenge yet - pe...

Niagara Motel

Niagara Motel

2006

as Denise

5.8
Acting

A porn producer, an alcoholic, a drug-addicted mother and others struggle to make ends meet.

Irish Jam

Irish Jam

2006

as Maureen Duffy

5.5
Acting

Upon discovering that their town is up for sale, crafty Irish villagers scheme to raise the money to prevent the buy-out. They hold a poetry contest w...

Goal!

Goal!

2005

as Roz Harmison

6.8
Acting

Like millions of kids around the world, Santiago harbors the dream of being a professional footballer... However, living in the Barrios section of Los...

Perfect Strangers

Perfect Strangers

2004

as Susie Wilding

5.5
Acting

When a man and a woman swap jobs and cities temporarily, they face many problems large and small, but their phone calls develop into romance.

Timeline

Timeline

2003

as Lady Claire

5.7
Acting

A group of archaeological students become trapped in the past when they go there to retrieve their professor. The group must survive in 14th century F...

Watermelon

Watermelon

2003

as Claire Ryan

4.3
Acting

A tangled web of deciet pitches three lovers together with the added proposition of a baby.

Fields of Gold

2002

as Lucia Merritt

Acting

A two-part conspiracy thriller starring Anna Friel. An eager young photographer and a bitter tabloid hack are sent to investigate mysterious deaths at...

Last Rumba in Rochdale

Last Rumba in Rochdale

2002

5.5
Acting

Bodney Brooks, a twelve year old master of computer controlled puppetry, decides to arrange a surprise birthday party for his Gran in an attempt to ge...

Me Without You

Me Without You

2001

as Marina

6.4
Acting

During a long, hot summer in seventies London, young neighbors Holly and Marina make a childhood pact to be friends forever. For Marina, troubled, fie...

The War Bride

The War Bride

2001

as Lily

5.9
Acting

During World War II, a Cockney woman marries a Canadian soldier and adjusts to life in Alberta.

An Everlasting Piece

An Everlasting Piece

2000

as Bronagh

5.9
Acting

Colin is a Catholic and George is a poetry-loving Protestant. In Belfast in the 1980s, they could have been enemies, but instead they became business ...

Sunset Strip

Sunset Strip

2000

as Tammy Franklin

4.9
Acting

A day in Hollywood, 1972, with young people looking for the 24 hours that will change their lives. Zach will open that night for a British rocker at W...

Mad Cows

Mad Cows

1999

as Maddy

3.6
Acting

When her TV star husband Alex decides to divorce her so that he can start a career in politics, newly single mother Maddy goes shoplifting and ends up...

Rogue Trader

Rogue Trader

1999

as Lisa Leeson

5.9
Acting

Rogue Trader tells the true story of Nick Leeson, an employee of Barings Bank who--after a successful trading run--ends up accumulating $1.4 billion i...

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

1999

as Hermia

6.4
Acting

The lovely Hermia is to wed Demetrius, but she truly cares for Lysander. Hermia's friend, Helena, is in love with Demetrius, while other romantic enta...

The Tribe

The Tribe

1998

as Lizzie

5.3
Acting

Property developer Jamie has to evict some weird, post-modern hippies from a building. But they slowly drag him into their dark underworld of bizarre ...

The Land Girls

The Land Girls

1998

as Prue (Prudence)

6.0
Acting

During World War II, the organisation "The Women's Land Army" recruited women to work on British farms while the men were off to war. Three such "land...

St. Ives

St. Ives

1998

as Flora Gilchrist

5.7
Acting

In 1813, Capitaine Jacques St. Ives, a Hussar in the Napoleonic wars, is captured and sent to a Scottish prison camp. He's a swashbuckler, so the pris...

The Stringer

The Stringer

1998

4.3
Acting

Vadik Chernyshov is an impoverished dreamer who spends his life drifting though Moscow with a video camera, hoping to shoot footage that will interest...

Three Kisses and a Funeral

Three Kisses and a Funeral

1995

as Self

Acting

An examination of the impact that lesbian characters have had on breaking television taboos. Actresses Anna Friel (Beth in BROOKSIDE) and Michelle Jos...

My Sister's Bones

N/A

as Sally Rafter

Acting

Kate Rafter is back to home after a horrific incident in war-torn Iraq and the death of her mother. While packing up her mother's belongings she comes...

Unforgivable

N/A

Acting

Centres around the Mitchell family, who are dealing with the devastating aftermath of an act of abuse, and the knowledge that it was perpetrated by a ...

Hear Me Roar

N/A

as Ashley Bayston

Acting

Elizabeth Bellinger became one of the few transgender people in Britain to get married in the 1980s. She kept this ceremony secret from almost everyon...

Beneath

N/A

as Sally Rafter

Acting

Following the unexpected death of her mother, war correspondent Kate Rafter returns from Iraq to the family home in Herne Bay. She finds herself face ...