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Gabrielle Anwar
Anwar at the 23rd Genesis Awards - Beverly Hills, California, March 2009
Born	February 4, 1970 (1970-02-04) (age 39) Laleham, Middlesex, England, UK
Years active	1986–
Spouse(s)	John Verea (divorced)
Domestic partner(s)	Craig Sheffer Jed O'Brien

Gabrielle Anwar (born 4 February 1970) is an English actress, known for her roles in the 1990s films Scent of a Woman, The Three Musketeers, and Body Snatchers. Notable television roles include the fashion-conscious graphic designer Sam Black in the second series of the Children's ITV series Press Gang and Margaret Tudor on The Tudors. Since 2007, she has starred as Fiona Glenanne opposite Jeffrey Donovan on the USA Network television series Burn Notice.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early life 1.2 Career 1.3 Personal life 2 Filmography 3 References 4 External links

Biography

Early life

Anwar was born in Laleham, Middlesex, England. Her mother, Shirley, is an English actress, and her father, Tariq Anwar, is an Indian-born¹ award-winning British film producer and editor.²³ She is also of part Austrian descent.⁴ Anwar attended Laleham C. of E. Primary and Middle School from 1975 to 1982; an end-of-term St. Trinians sketch in the school concert of 1982 gave an early indication of her theatrical leanings. She studied at a London drama and dance school.

Career

Anwar's acting debut was in the British miniseries Hideaway. She made her film debut in Manifesto, which was followed by more British television productions including First Born, Summer's Lease, Press Gang, and The Mysteries of the Dark Jungle. While working on movies and television in London, she met American actor Craig Sheffer, and moved with him to Hollywood. Anwar and Sheffer have co-starred in a number of American movies together, such as In Pursuit of Honor, The Grave, Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal, Flying Virus, Save It for Later, Water Under the Bridge, and Long Lost Son.

Her first American movie was Teen Agent where she played the daughter of a murdered British Agent (played by Roger Daltrey). In 1992 she made a guest appearance on Beverly Hills, 90210 as Tricia Kinney. She followed that with the films Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken, Scent of a Woman, Body Snatchers, For Love or Money, and The Three Musketeers. In 1993, People magazine named her one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world.

One of her most memorable moments on screen came in 1992's Scent of a Woman when she danced a tango with Al Pacino, whose character was blind.

Anwar has appeared in the TV series John Doe and recently acted in The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines. Anwar played Princess Margaret, sister of Henry VIII of England, on Showtime's The Tudors in 2007.

Personal life

Anwar has a daughter, Willow, born in 1993, with whom she appeared in the film Daddy Who?. Willow's father is American actor Craig Sheffer, with whom Anwar had a lengthy relationship in the late 1980s and 1990s. Anwar was later married to actor John Verea. They had a son and daughter (Basil and Paisley) before divorcing.

In June 2007, Anwar announced during an interview regarding Burn Notice that she is a pagan.⁵

Filmography

• Hideaway (1986) TV miniseries
• Manifesto (1988)
• First Born (1988) TV series
• Summer's Lease (1989) TV series
• The Chronicles of Narnia:The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1989) TV series
• Press Gang (1990) TV series
• If Looks Could Kill - Teen Agent (1991)
• Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken (1991)
• Scent of a Woman (1992)
• Body Snatchers (1993)
• For Love or Money (1993)
• The Three Musketeers (1993)
• In Pursuit of Honor (1995) TV movie
• Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995)
• Who's My Daddy? (1995)
• Innocent Lies (1995)
• The Grave (1996)
• The Ripper (1997)
• Beach Movie (aka Board Heads) (1998)
• The Manor(1999)
• Daddy Who? (aka Kimberly) (1999)
• My Little Assassin (1999)
• If You Only Knew (2000)
• The Guilty (2000)
• Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal (2001)
• Flying Virus (2001)
• Sherlock (2002) TV movie
• John Doe (2002) TV series
• Save It for Later (2003)
• Water Under the Bridge (2003)
• Try to Remember (2004) TV movie
• Mysterious Island (2005) TV movie
• The Marsh (2006)
• Long Lost Son (2006) TV movie
• The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines (2006)
• Crazy Eights (2006)
• 9/Tenths (2006)
• The Tudors (2007) TV series
• Burn Notice (2007-present) TV series
• Law & Order: SVU (2008) TV series
• iMurders (2008)
• Warrior (2009) (post-production)
• Happy Together (2009) (post-production)

References

External links

• Gabrielle Anwar at the Internet Movie Database
• Gabrielle Anwar on NNDB
• Gabrielle Anwar UK British fansite
• Burn Notice (Official Site Gabrielle Anwar)
• theTVaddict.com Interviews Gabrielle Anwar

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