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Anna Friel

Date of birth: 1976-07-12

Place of birth: Rochdale, Lancashire, England, UK

Known for: Acting

Also known as: Anna Louise Friel, Άννα Φριλ, 安娜佛芮, آنا فریل, آنا فری‌یِل

Anna Friel

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.

Movie Credits

A Midsummer Night's Dream
3.2

A Midsummer Night's Dream

1999-05-20

The lovely Hermia is to wed Demetrius, but she truly cares for Lysander. Hermia's friend, Helena, is

Rogue Trader
3

Rogue Trader

1999-06-25

Rogue Trader tells the true story of Nick Leeson, an employee of Barings Bank who--after a successfu

Me Without You
3.2

Me Without You

2001-11-01

During a long, hot summer in seventies London, young neighbors Holly and Marina make a childhood pac

Three Kisses and a Funeral
0

Three Kisses and a Funeral

1995-09-02

An examination of the impact that lesbian characters have had on breaking television taboos. Actress

Goal!
3.4

Goal!

2005-09-29

Like millions of kids around the world, Santiago harbors the dream of being a professional footballe

Timeline
2.9

Timeline

2003-11-26

A group of archaeological students become trapped in the past when they go there to retrieve their p

Goal II: Living the Dream
3

Goal II: Living the Dream

2007-02-09

Tempted away from Newcastle United to join Real Madrid, rising star Santiago Munez finds this latest

Irish Jam
2.8

Irish Jam

2006-01-01

Upon discovering that their town is up for sale, crafty Irish villagers scheme to raise the money to

An Everlasting Piece
3

An Everlasting Piece

2000-12-22

Colin is a Catholic and George is a poetry-loving Protestant. In Belfast in the 1980s, they could ha

The War Bride
2.8

The War Bride

2001-03-21

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

Bathory: Countess of Blood
2.8

Bathory: Countess of Blood

2008-07-10

Bathory is based on the legends surrounding the life and deeds of Countess Elizabeth Bathory known a

Niagara Motel
2.7

Niagara Motel

2006-03-23

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

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
3

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

2010-09-22

Two married couples find only trouble and heartache as their complicated lives unfold. After 40 year

Mad Cows
1.7

Mad Cows

1999-10-29

When her TV star husband Alex decides to divorce her so that he can start a career in politics, newl

Watermelon
1.9

Watermelon

2003-04-16

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

The Land Girls
2.9

The Land Girls

1998-06-12

During World War II, the organisation "The Women's Land Army" recruited women to work on British far

Land of the Lost
2.7

Land of the Lost

2009-06-05

On his latest expedition, has-been scientist Dr. Rick Marshall is sucked into a space-time vortex al

London Boulevard
2.9

London Boulevard

2010-11-10

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

St. Ives
2.7

St. Ives

1998-01-01

In 1813, Capitaine Jacques St. Ives, a Hussar in the Napoleonic wars, is captured and sent to a Scot

Limitless
3.6

Limitless

2011-03-17

The life of an unsuccessful writer is transformed by a top-secret 'smart drug' that allows him to us

The Tribe
2.5

The Tribe

1998-06-21

Property developer Jamie has to evict some weird, post-modern hippies from a building. But they slow

Treasure Guards
2.4

Treasure Guards

2011-09-30

On a dig in the remote Jordanian desert, maverick archaeologist Victoria Carter (Anna Friel) discove

Sunset Strip
2.4

Sunset Strip

2000-08-18

A day in Hollywood, 1972, with young people looking for the 24 hours that will change their lives. Z

Perfect Strangers
2.8

Perfect Strangers

2004-10-17

When a man and a woman swap jobs and cities temporarily, they face many problems large and small, bu

The Look of Love
2.8

The Look of Love

2013-04-26

Paul Raymond builds a porn, entertainment and real estate empire that makes him the wealthiest man i

Theatreland
0

Theatreland

2009-01-01

8 part series behind the scenes at the famous Theatre Royal, Haymarket, with a focus on a production

The Stringer
2

The Stringer

1998-01-01

Vadik Chernyshov is an impoverished dreamer who spends his life drifting though Moscow with a video

Metamorphosis: Titian 2012
3.5

Metamorphosis: Titian 2012

2012-07-01

A huntsman is punished for stumbling upon naked nymphs. A visual adaptation of Ovid's Metamorphis' t

Good People
2.8

Good People

2014-08-12

Tom and Anna Wright, a young American couple, fall into severe debt while renovating Tom's family ho

Having You
2.5

Having You

2013-06-04

Jack has finally managed to propose to his infertile girlfriend when his life is turned upside down

My Sister's Bones
0

My Sister's Bones

Kate Rafter is back to home after a horrific incident in war-torn Iraq and the death of her mother.

The Cleanse
2.5

The Cleanse

2018-05-04

The story of a heartbroken man who attends a spiritual retreat, only to discover that the course rel

The Psychopath Next Door
2.8

The Psychopath Next Door

2013-10-01

She drops in and starts disrupting this close, cozy little community. She wants to be queen bee But

Rubbish
3.5

Rubbish

2007-06-24

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

Locked In
2.6

Locked In

2023-11-01

A kindly nurse tries to unlock the secrets of a coma patient's injuries — and discovers the bitter r

Margery Booth: The Spy in the Eagle's Nest
0

Margery Booth: The Spy in the Eagle's Nest

2014-06-10

Hitler was obsessed by this English opera singer who was working for MI6 and hiding escaped British

Fields of Gold
0

Fields of Gold

2002-06-08

A two-part conspiracy thriller starring Anna Friel. An eager young photographer and a bitter tabloid

I.T.
2.7

I.T.

2016-09-09

Mike Regan is a successful, self-made man who has it all: a gorgeous wife, a beautiful teenage daugh

I Am Urban
3.8

I Am Urban

2018-04-02

A hard living, disillusioned, ex social worker becomes the unlikely savior to an anarchic gang of jo

Tomato Red
3.2

Tomato Red

2017-02-24

When small town drifter Sammy Barlach drives into Venus Holler in search for his next cold beer and

Last Rumba in Rochdale
2.8

Last Rumba in Rochdale

2002-01-01

Bodney Brooks, a twelve year old master of computer controlled puppetry, decides to arrange a surpri

The Sea
4.5

The Sea

2019-03-10

On a grey day, a woman sits alone on a beach and calmly watches the birds. As she sits, she is joine

The Amazing Spider-Man T4 Premiere Special
3.9

The Amazing Spider-Man T4 Premiere Special

2012-06-30

A TV special of the Amazing Spider-Man Premiere.

Miranda: My Such Fun Celebration
3.1

Miranda: My Such Fun Celebration

2020-01-01

Miranda Hart and the cast of her sitcom come together to celebrate the show's tenth anniversary with

Sulphur & White
2.1

Sulphur & White

2020-02-28

David is a successful city trader in London who is relentlessly focused on work. Beneath the confide

Books of Blood
3.2

Books of Blood

2020-10-07

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

Charming the Hearts of Men
2.8

Charming the Hearts of Men

2021-08-13

A romantic drama set during the politically charged early 60s where a sophisticated woman returns to

Unforgivable
3.7

Unforgivable

2025-07-24

The Mitchell family deal with the devastating aftermath of an act of sexual abuse committed by a mem

Hear Me Roar
0

Hear Me Roar

Elizabeth Bellinger became one of the few transgender people in Britain to get married in the 1980s.

Beneath
0

Beneath

Following the unexpected death of her mother, war correspondent Kate Rafter returns from Iraq to the