Anna Friel

London based Anna is currently shooting the most ambitious European War Time Costume Drama to date. A co-production between germany, Norway and the UK, HEAVY WATER WAR boasts some of Europe's finest acting talent, and Anna plays a Military Intelligence officer during WW2. Prior to that, this summer she shot Henrik Ruben Genz's feature GOOD PEOPLE with James Franco and Kate Hudson and Showtime pilot THE VATICAN for director Ridley Scott, in which she stars alongside Kyle Chandler and Matthew Goode.

Anna recently enjoyed terrific reviews for her performance in Michael Winterbottom's THE LOOK OF LOVE, in which she stars alongside Steve Coogan as the wife of infamous British billionaire, Paul Raymond. And stole the notices for the critically acclaimed Christopher Hampton adaptation of UNCLE VANYA in London's West End earlier in the year. Other recent work this year includes THE PAVEMENT PSYCHIATRIST with Idris Elba for Sky Arts and THE PSYCOPATH NEXT DOOR, also for Sky. Anna's first producing project has just been commissioned by SKY ATLANTIC.

In 2012, Anna graced the UK small screen as grief stricken widow "Ellie Manning' in the harrowing 3-part thriller WITHOUT YOU from Prime Suspect team Sally Head Productions and Downton Abbey producer, Nigel Marchant, and in the hard-hitting 2 hr probation service drama from BAFTA winning writer Tony Marchant and Emmy winning director, Dearbhla Walsh, PUBLIC ENEMIES, alongside her 'The Street' co-star Daniel Mays. This followed fantasy drama Sky Movies NEVERLAND as hard-nosed Pirate Queen Elizabeth Bonny alongside Rhys Ifans, Bob Hoskins and Keira Knightley.

Other recent big screen performances include Neil Berger's LIMITLESS (Relativity Media) with Bradley Cooper and Robert De Niro and Woody Allen's YOU WILL MEET A TALL DARK STRANGER alongside Naomi Watts, Anthony Hopkins, Josh Brolin and Antonio Banderas. Anna paired with Keira Knightley previously in 2010 with Oscar winner Bill Monaghan's LONDON BOULEVARD, in which she played Colin Farrell's crazy sister. This followed a critically acclaimed performance and a sell-out run as Holly Golightly in Samuel Adamson's new stage adaptation of BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in London's West End. In 2008, Anna received a Best Actress Golden Globe nomination for her work on ABC's critically acclaimed series PUSHING DAISIES.