Anna Friel
Year Association Category Work Result
1995 National Television Awards Most Popular Actress Brookside Won
1995 TVTimes Best Actress Brookside Won
1999 Drama Desk Awards Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play Closer Won
2001 Genie Awards Genie Award for Best Actress The War Bride Nominated
2007 Satellite Awards Satellite Award for Best Actress - Television Series Musical or Comedy Pushing Daisies Nominated
2008 Saturn Awards Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television Pushing Daisies Nominated
2008 Golden Globe Awards Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Television Series Musical or Comedy Pushing Daisies Nominated
2008 Online Film & Television Association Best Actress in a Comedy Series Pushing Daisies Nominated
2009 RTS North West Awards Best Performance in a Single Drama or Drama Series The Street Won
2009 Czech Lion Awards Czech Lion Award for Best Actress Bathory Nominated
2010 Sun in a Net Awards Best Actress in a Leading Role Bathory Won
2010 SFX Best Actress Pushing Daisies Nominated
2017 Séries Mania Festival Best Actress Broken Won
2017 International Emmy Awards International Emmy Award for Best Performance by an Actress Marcella Won
2018 British Academy Television Awards British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress Broken Nominated
Awards and nominations
Anna Louise Friel (born 12 July 1976)[citation needed] is an English actress. Born in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, she has been acting professionally since age 13. Friel achieved fame with her portrayal of Beth Jordache on the British soap opera Brookside (1993-95), and came to international prominence when she played Charlotte Chuck Charles on ABC's Pushing Daisies (2007-09). She is the recipient of several accolades, including an International Emmy Award, a Drama Desk Award, a National Television Award, an RTS Award, and an honorary degree, as well as BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award, Satellite Award, Saturn Award, Genie Award and Czech Lion Award nominations. Friel made her film debut in The Land Girls (1998). She has since appeared in various features, such as A Midsummer Night's Dream, Rogue Trader (both 1999), Sunset Strip (2000), Me Without You (2001), Timeline (2003), Goal! (2005), Bathory (2008), Land of the Lost (2009), London Boulevard, You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (both 2010), Limitless (2011), The Look of Love (2013), The Cleanse, and I.T. (both 2016). Outside of film, Friel has starred in numerous British and American television series, such as The Jury (2004), Odyssey (2015), The Girlfriend Experience (2017), and Marcella (2016-present). Her stage work includes Patrick Marber's Closer (Broadway, 1999), and West End productions of Breakfast at Tiffany's (2009) and Uncle Vanya (2012).