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It's A Matter of Life and Death for 'Pushing Daisies'

BuddyTV - Found Nov. 19, 2008
It's no pun if you're a Pushing Daisies fan, drawn to the show the moment it first aired last year, the moment Ned (Lee Pace) and Chuck (Anna Friel)

Posted on November 19, 2008, 9:30 am

The Best Stuff on TV

Daily Beast - Found Nov. 12, 2008
If nothing else, tune in for the stars: Lee Pace, Kristin Chenoweth, and Anna Friel are super-talented-and cute as buttons!

Posted on November 12, 2008, 4:50 am

Women We Endorse: Anna Friel, Miss Accessible

Esquire - Found Nov. 2, 2008
The Brits aren't exactly known for their openness, so maybe Anna Friel's relatability stems from the fact that she buries her accent to play the

Posted on November 2, 2008, 9:48 am

Anna Friel Wants To Raise Her Family In America

Starpulse News Blog - Found Oct. 21, 2008
British actress Anna Friel is planning a second child with long-term boyfriend David Thewlis , and she wants it to be born and raised in ...

Posted on October 21, 2008, 7:27 am

The celeb credit crunch workout

OK! Magazine - Found 1 hour ago
... abandoned the treadmill and jumped on the healthy credit crunch workout, with stars such as Anna Friel and Gwen Stefani regularly pounding the...
The new credit crunch friendly workout - Daily Express
How to stay fit during the credit crunch - Daily Express
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Daily Express

Posted on November 21, 2008, 5:46 am

Worried 'Daisies' fans send buds to ABC

UPI - Found Nov. 19, 2008
Rumors have been swirling the show, which stars Lee Pace, Anna Friel, Swoozie Kurtz, Ann Greene and Kristin Chenoweth, is to be canceled in...
Pushing Daisies sweetly scented - Canada.com
Networks slow to decide fate of several series (Yesterday) - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Belcher Column: Tonight's A Yardstick For 'Pushing Daisies' - Tampa Tribune
Deathwatch For Pushing Daisies - About
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The Money Times

Posted on November 19, 2008, 10:06 am

Couch Potato: Wilting away

TradingMarkets - Found Nov. 19, 2008
Charles (Anna Friel). They've since sparked up one of TV's best romances, and even though their characters cannot physically touch, Friel and...

Posted on November 19, 2008, 1:30 pm

Actors in offbeat 'Pushing Daisies' must keep their distance

Fort Mills Times - Found Nov. 18, 2008
... of the Lost,' Friel will be able to bump into her leading man. PUSHING DAISIES 8 p.m. EST Wednesdays ABC BURBANK, Calif. - Anna Friel avoids...
Actors in offbeat 'Pushing Daisies' must keep their distance - Sun Herald
Actors in offbeat 'Pushing Daisies' must keep their distance - Belleville News Democrat
Actors in offbeat 'Pushing Daisies' must keep their distance - TradingMarkets
Actors in offbeat 'Pushing Daisies' must keep their distance - Fresno Bee
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Fresno Bee

Posted on November 18, 2008, 3:05 am

Actors in offbeat 'Pushing Daisies' must keep their distance

Modesto Bee - Found Nov. 18, 2008
BURBANK, Calif. - Anna Friel avoids bumping into her 'Pushing Daisies' co-star Lee Pace at all costs, at least when they are at work.

Posted on November 18, 2008, 8:04 am

IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN LOVELY TO HAVE A PARTNER AND MORE CHILDREN.. I'VE ...

Sunday People - Found Nov. 17, 2008
... first came to attention as Sheila Grant in Channel 4's Brookside, the soap that also launched the careers of Anna Friel and Amanda Burton.

Posted on November 17, 2008, 2:31 am

Anna Friel Biography

Anna Friel
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Anna Friel
Born Anna Louise Friel
12 July 1976 (1976-07-12) (age 32)
Rochdale, England
Years active 1991—present
Domestic partner(s) David Thewlis (2001-present)
Official website

Anna Louise Friel (born 12 July 1976) is a Golden Globe-nominated English 1 actress from Rochdale, in Greater Manchester. She currently stars as Charlotte "Chuck" Charles, the female lead in the American television series Pushing Daisies.

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Early life

Friel was born on 12 July 1976 in Rochdale. Her brother Michael starred in the Hovis televison adverts. She attended Crompton House Church of England High School, in High Crompton, Shaw and Crompton. She then attended The Oldham College in Oldham. Friel became interested in acting at an early age and received frequent praise for her work at local talent shows.2

Acting career

At the age of 13, she was hired for her first professional acting job in the Channel 4 drama serial G.B.H., as the daughter of Michael Palin's character. Her performance led to a series of appearances on various British television shows, including Emmerdale. 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. Though she only stayed on the programme for two years, Friel's lesbian kiss remains one of the most talked-about moments in British soap history.3 In 1995, Friel won the National Television Award for Most popular actress for her work on Brookside.

In 1996, Friel courted further controversy4 when she appeared in the television film The Tribe by Stephen Poliakoff, which included nudity and a much discussed menage-a-trois sex scene between characters played by Friel, Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Jeremy Northam.

In 1998 she appeared in the original Broadway run of Closer by Patrick Marber at the Music Box Theatre in Manhattan, United States winning a Drama Desk Award and a Theatre World award for her performance as Alice. In 2001, she made her West End stage debut in London in a fringe production of Lulu which also transferred to Broadway.

Friel's film credits include playing Nick Leeson's wife Lisa in Rogue Trader opposite Ewan McGregor; David Leland's The Land Girls, which also starred Rachel Weisz and Catherine McCormack; All for Love with Richard E. Grant; A Midsummer Night's Dream as Hermia, opposite Christian Bale, Dominic West and Calista Flockhart; Timeline; Me Without You opposite Michelle Williams; and Goal! and Goal! 2.

Her television work includes the short lived The Jury for the Fox Network and ITV1's Watermelon which was based on the novel by Marian Keyes. In 2007 she started playing Charlotte "Chuck" Charles in Pushing Daisies, a new television series from the creator of Dead Like Me and Wonderfalls, on the American network ABC.5

In November 2006 she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Bolton for contributions to the performing arts.6

She has also been seen as the face of Pantene Pro-V Ice shine in the United Kingdom, appearing in both Television advertisements and print advertising. She has also appeared in adverts on television for 3 Mobile and Virgin Atlantic.

According to press reports, she turned down Rachel Weisz's role in The Mummycitation needed and narrowly missed out on a leading role in Fight Club to Helena Bonham Carter.citation needed She also appeared as Elizabeth Bathory in Bathory and Angel Makers opposite Helen Mirren.

Personal life

In 2001, Friel began a relationship with actor David Thewlis, whom she met on a flight to Cannes. Their daughter, Gracie Ellen Mary Friel, was born on 9 July, 2005, at Portland Hospital in London.

In 2008 Friel began supporting the Fashion Targets Breast Cancer campaign in support of Breakthrough Breast Cancer, alongside fellow celebrities, Alan Carr, Natalie Imbruglia, Edith Bowman and Twiggy.7

Awards and nominations

  • 2008 Golden Globe – Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series, Comedy or Musical Nomination for Pushing Daisies (nominee)
  • 2008 Satellite Awards – Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series, Comedy or Musical Nomination for Pushing Daisies (nominee)
  • 1999 Drama Desk Awards – Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play for "Closer"
  • 1995 TV Times Awards – Best Actress
  • 1994 TV Quick Magazine – Best Newcomer

Honorary degree, awarded by University of Bolton.

Filmography

References

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NAME Friel, Anna
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Friel, Anna Louise
SHORT DESCRIPTION English actress
DATE OF BIRTH 1976-07-12
PLACE OF BIRTH Rochdale, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH

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