Anna Maxwell Martin

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Anna Maxwell Martin (born May 10, 1977 in Beverley , England ) is a British actress . She is best known for her roles as Esther Summerson in the BBC - film adaptation of Charles Dickens -Klassiker Bleak House (2005) and as Bessy Higgins in North & South (2004) after the novel by Elizabeth Gaskell .

Life

She first studied history (with an emphasis on World War I) at Liverpool University . Upon graduation, Maxwell Martin began her acting studies at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA).

She was nominated for the prestigious British theater prize Olivier Award for her role in a theater adaptation of the novel trilogy His Dark Materials . Maxwell Martin was awarded the BAFTA for Best Actress in 2006 for the role of Esther Summerson in Bleak House . She was also nominated for the 2006 Broadcasting Press Guild Awards for her role in Bleak House .

From mid-July 2008 Maxwell Martin was directed by Roger Michell in The Female of the Species at the Vaudeville Theater on the West End in London on stage.

Maxwell Martin has a relationship with director Roger Michell .

Filmography

  • 2002: Inspector Barnaby (1 episode: "Murder on St. Malley's Day" ( Midsomer Murders: Murder on St. Malley's Day ))
  • 2002: Eddie Loves Mary
  • 2004: Enduring Love ( Enduring Love )
  • 2004: North & South (TV series)
  • 2005: Doctor Who (1 episode: "Long-term strategy" ( The Long Game ))
  • 2005: Bleak House (TV series) [ BAFTA for Best Actress]
  • 2006: The Other Man
  • 2006: The Wind in the Willows (TV movie)
  • 2007: I Really Hate My Job
  • 2007: Beloved Jane ( Becoming Jane )
  • 2008: White Girl (TV movie)
  • 2008: Poppy Shakespeare [ BAFTA for Best Actress]
  • 2009: Free Agents (TV series)
  • 2009: Freefall (TV movie)
  • 2009: Moonshot (TV movie)
  • 2010: On Expenses (TV movie)
  • 2011: South Riding (mini-series) [ BAFTA nomination for Best Actress]
  • 2011: CBeebies Bedtime Stories (5 episodes)
  • 2011: The Night Watch (TV movie)
  • 2012: Accused (1 episode: "Tina's Story")
  • 2012–2014: The Bletchley Circle (mini-series)
  • 2013: Death Comes to Pemberley (mini-series)
  • 2013: Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa
  • 2013: Philomena
  • 2015: And then there was no more ( And Then There Were None , Miniseries)
  • 2015–2017: The Frankenstein Chronicles
  • 2019: Good Omens (Miniseries)
  • 2019: Line of Duty

Radiography

  • The Tall One as Samantha (BBC Radio 4 September 1-5, 2003)
  • The Raj Quartet as Daphne Manners (BBC Radio 4 April 10 - June 5, 2005)
  • The Ante Natal Clinic as Ros (BBC Radio 4, Jan 19, 2006)
  • The Sea as Rose (BBC Radio 4, April 15, 2006)
  • Great Expectations as Estella (BBC Radio 4, 6 & 13 Aug 2006)
  • The Invention of Childhood as one of the storytellers (BBC Radio 4, September 25 - November 3, 2006)
  • Crooked House as Sophia Leonides (BBC Radio 4, February 8-29, 2008)

theatre

  • The Little Foxes as Alexandra - at the Donmar Theater, London (2001)
  • The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe as Lucy - for the Royal Shakespeare Company at Sadler's Wells Theater (December 6, 2001 - January 26, 2002)
  • The Cot of Utopia as Alexandra, Maria and Tata - at the Royal National Theater, London (2002)
  • Collateral Damage II (Poems) - at the National Theater, London (March 14, 2003)
  • Honor as Sophie - at the Royal National Theater, London (2003)
  • Three Sisters as Irina - at the Royal National Theater, London (2003)
  • His Dark Materials as Lyra - at the Royal National Theater, London (January-March 2004)
  • Songs of Innocence and Experience - at the National Theater (February 18, 2004)
  • The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (poems) - at the National Theater, London (February 25, 2004)
  • Dumb Show as Liz - at the Royal Court Theater, London (September 2nd - October 9th 2004)
  • Other Hands as Hayley - at the Soho Theater, London (February 15 - March 11, 2006)
  • Cabaret as Sally Bowles - at the Lyric Theater, London (23 September 2006 - 31 March 2007)
  • The Female of the Species - at the Vaudeville Theater, London (from July 2008)

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personal data
SURNAME Martin, Anna Maxwell
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English actress
DATE OF BIRTH May 10, 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Beverley , England