Anna Friel

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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.

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Known For

Limitless

Melissa

Land of the Lost

Holly

Goal!

Roz Harmison

Timeline

Lady Claire

Tales from the Crypt

Angelica / Leah

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

Iris

London Boulevard

Briony Mitchel

Goal II: Living the Dream

Roz Harmison

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2026	My Sister's Bones MOVIE	Sally Rafter
2025	Unforgivable MOVIE	Anna McKinney
2023	Locked In MOVIE	Nurse Nicky Mackenzie
2022	Monarch TV	Nicolette 'Nicky' Roman
2021	The Box TV	Detective Sharon Pici
2021	The Age of Nature TV	Narrator
2021	Charming the Hearts of Men MOVIE	Grace Gordon
2021	Great British Photography Challenge TV	Self - Expert
2020	Books of Blood MOVIE	Mary
2020	Sulphur & White MOVIE	Joanne Tait
2020	Miranda: My Such Fun Celebration MOVIE	Self
2019	Deep Water TV	Lisa Kallisto
2019	The Sea MOVIE	Jenny
2018	Butterfly TV	Vicky Duffy
2018	The Cleanse MOVIE	Maggie
2018	I Am Urban MOVIE	Greta
2017	Broken TV	Christina Fitzsimmons
2017	Tomato Red MOVIE	Bev Merridew
2016	I.T. MOVIE	Rose Regan
2016	John Bishop: In Conversation with... TV	Self
2016	The Girlfriend Experience TV	Erica Myles
2016	Marcella TV	Marcella Backland
2015	American Odyssey TV	Odelle Ballard
2015	The Saboteurs TV	Julie Smith
2014	Good People MOVIE	Sarah
2014	Margery Booth: The Spy in the Eagle's Nest MOVIE	Margery Booth
2013	The Psychopath Next Door MOVIE	Eve Wright
2013	Having You MOVIE	Anna
2013	The Look of Love MOVIE	Jean Raymond
2012	Metamorphosis: Titian 2012 MOVIE	Diana
2012	The Amazing Spider-Man T4 Premiere Special MOVIE	Self
2012	Playhouse Presents TV	Jenny
2012	Public Enemies TV	Paula Radnor
2011	Without You TV	Ellie Manning
2011	Neverland TV	Captain Elizabeth Bonny
2011	Treasure Guards MOVIE	Victoria
2011	The Jonathan Ross Show TV	Self - Guest
2011	Limitless MOVIE	Melissa
2010	Come Fly with Me TV	Herself
2010	London Boulevard MOVIE	Briony Mitchel
2010	You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger MOVIE	Iris
2009	7 Days on the Breadline TV	Self
2009	Land of the Lost MOVIE	Holly
2009	The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien TV	Self
2009	Theatreland MOVIE	Self
2008	Bathory: Countess of Blood MOVIE	Erzsébet Báthory
2007	Pushing Daisies TV	Charlotte 'Chuck' Charles
2007	Rubbish MOVIE	Isobel
2007	The Graham Norton Show TV	Self
2007	Goal II: Living the Dream MOVIE	Roz Harmison
2006	The Street TV	Dee
2006	Niagara Motel MOVIE	Denise
2006	Irish Jam MOVIE	Maureen Duffy
2005	Goal! MOVIE	Roz Harmison
2004	Perfect Strangers MOVIE	Susie Wilding
2004	The Jury TV	Megan Delaney
2003	Timeline MOVIE	Lady Claire
2003	Watermelon MOVIE	Claire Ryan
2002	Fields of Gold MOVIE	Lucia Merritt
2002	Fields of Gold TV	Self
2002	Last Rumba in Rochdale MOVIE	Self
2001	Friday Night with Jonathan Ross TV	Self
2001	Me Without You MOVIE	Marina
2001	The War Bride MOVIE	Lily
2000	An Everlasting Piece MOVIE	Bronagh
2000	Sunset Strip MOVIE	Tammy Franklin
2000	Lum the Invader Girl TV	Lum the Invader (voice)
1999	Mad Cows MOVIE	Maddy
1999	Rogue Trader MOVIE	Lisa Leeson
1999	A Midsummer Night's Dream MOVIE	Hermia
1998	The Tribe MOVIE	Lizzie
1998	The Land Girls MOVIE	Prue (Prudence)
1998	Our Mutual Friend TV	Bella Harmon / Bella Wilfer
1998	St. Ives MOVIE	Flora Gilchrist
1998	The Stringer MOVIE	Self
1996	Clive Anderson All Talk TV	Self
1995	Three Kisses and a Funeral MOVIE	Self
1994	Cadfael TV	Sioned
1993	Shooting Stars TV	Self
1991	G.B.H. TV	Susan Nelson
1989	Tales from the Crypt TV	Angelica / Leah
1982	Brookside TV	beth jordache
	Hear Me Roar MOVIE	Ashley Bayston
	Beneath MOVIE	Sally Rafter
	The Dream Lands TV	Jas

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