Cast & creator
Anna Friel
Best known for The Graham Norton Show, Brookside, Tales from the Crypt
Anna Louise Friel (born 12 July 1976) is an English actress. She rose to fame in the UK as Beth Jordache on the Channel 4 soap Brookside (1993–1995), later coming to wider prominence through her role as Charlotte "Chuck" Charles on Pushing Daisies (2007–2009), for which she received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series.
Also known as: Anna Louise Friel
49
film credits
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television credits
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1982–2026 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (87)
Showing 87 of 87 credits
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
Brookside
Beth Jordache
1982
Tales from the Crypt
Angelica / Leah
1989
The Jonathan Ross Show
Self - Guest
2011
The Girlfriend Experience
Erica Myles
2016
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
Self
2009
TFI Friday
1996
Pushing Daisies
Charlotte 'Chuck' Charles
2007
Playhouse Presents
Jenny
2012
The Word
1990
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Self
2001
Shooting Stars
Self
1993
Cadfael
Sioned
1994
Marcella
Marcella Backland
2016
Limitless
Melissa
2011
John Bishop: In Conversation with...
Self
2016
Land of the Lost
Holly
2009
The Jury
Megan Delaney
2004
The Street
Dee
2006
American Odyssey
Odelle Ballard
2015
Monarch
Nicolette 'Nicky' Roman
2022
Timeline
Lady Claire
2003
Without You
Ellie Manning
2011
Our Mutual Friend
Bella Harmon / Bella Wilfer
1998
The Saboteurs
Julie Smith
2015Clive Anderson All Talk
Self
1996
Good People
Sarah
2014
Neverland
Captain Elizabeth Bonny
2011
Goal!
Roz Harmison
2005
G.B.H.
Susan Nelson
1991
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Iris
2010
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Hermia
1999
London Boulevard
Briony Mitchel
2010
Goal II: Living the Dream
Roz Harmison
2007
Broken
Christina Fitzsimmons
2017
I.T.
Rose Regan
2016
My Sister's Bones
Sally Rafter
2026
Books of Blood
Mary
2020
Come Fly with Me
Herself
2010
Locked In
Nurse Nicky Mackenzie
2023
Butterfly
Vicky Duffy
2018
The Look of Love
Jean Raymond
2013
Deep Water
Lisa Kallisto
2019
The Box
Detective Sharon Pici
2021
The Stringer
1998
The F Ward
Dr Gloria Wall
2026
The Cleanse
Maggie
2018
Public Enemies
Paula Radnor
2012
Bathory: Countess of Blood
Erzsébet Báthory
2008
Rogue Trader
Lisa Leeson
1999
Charming the Hearts of Men
Grace Gordon
2021
Me Without You
Marina
2001
Perfect Strangers
Susie Wilding
2004
Miranda: My Such Fun Celebration
Self
2020The Amazing Spider-Man T4 Premiere Special
2012
Theatreland
Self
20097 Days on the Breadline
2009
Sunset Strip
Tammy Franklin
2000The Dream Lands
Jas
Sulphur & White
Joanne Tait
2020
The Land Girls
Prue (Prudence)
1998Lum the Invader Girl
Lum the Invader (voice)
2000
Niagara Motel
Denise
2006
Unforgivable
Anna McKinney
2025
The Psychopath Next Door
Eve Wright
2013
Mad Cows
Maddy
1999
Irish Jam
Maureen Duffy
2006
I Am Urban
Greta
2018
The Age of Nature
Narrator
2021
Tomato Red
Bev Merridew
2017
Having You
Anna
2013
The War Bride
Lily
2001
Treasure Guards
Victoria
2011Fields of Gold
Lucia Merritt
2002
Three Kisses and a Funeral
Self
1995
St. Ives
Flora Gilchrist
1998
An Everlasting Piece
Bronagh
2000Fields of Gold
2002
Margery Booth: The Spy in the Eagle's Nest
Margery Booth
2014
The Tribe
Lizzie
1998
Great British Photography Challenge
Self - Expert
2021Hear Me Roar
Ashley Bayston
Last Rumba in Rochdale
Bodney (voice)
2002
The Sea
Jenny
2019
Watermelon
Claire Ryan
2003
Rubbish
Isobel
2007
Metamorphosis: Titian 2012
Diana
2012