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| children = 1 }} Anna Louise Friel (born 12 July 1976) is an English actress. Born in Rochdale, she has been acting since the age of 13, appearing in a number of British television programmes. She played Beth Jordache in the Channel 4 soap ''Brookside'', which had the first lesbian kiss in a British soap opera in January 1994. She made her West End theatre début in London in 2001 and has subsequently appeared in several productions, including in an adaptation of ''Breakfast at Tiffany's'' and as Yelena in a 2012 production of Chekhov's ''Uncle Vanya''. Friel made her film debut in 1998 in David Leland's ''Land Girls'' and has since made a number of films such as ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' (1999), ''Timeline'' (2003), ''Land of the Lost'' (2009) and ''Limitless'' (2011). Outside of film, she is probably best known in the USA for her work as Charlotte "Chuck" Charles in the ABC comedy series ''Pushing Daisies'' for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award in 2008. She is the recipient of a number of awards including National Television Award (1995), Drama Desk Award (1999), and the Royal Television Society Award (2009). She has also appeared in music videos and television and print media advertising campaigns and is the recipient of an honorary degree from the University of Bolton. She was previously in a relationship with the actor David Thewlis and, in 2005, had a daughter with him. ==Early life== Friel was born in Rochdale, in Greater Manchester, the daughter of Julie (née Bamford), a special needs teacher, and Desmond "Des" Friel, a former teacher of French and owner of a web design company.〔("Anna Friel Interview" ) Bryan Appleyard, ''The Sunday Times'', 18 February 2001〕 Friel's Irish Catholic father, a former folk guitarist, was born in Belfast, and grew up in County Donegal. Her brother, Michael, starred in Hovis television adverts. He is now a doctor. She attended Crompton House Church of England High School (in High Crompton), and later attended Holy Cross College (in Bury). She began her training as an actress at Oldham Theatre Workshop. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Anna Friel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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