Anna Madeley
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Anna Madeley is a British
actress. She has been described by the British Theatre Guide
's Philip Fisher
as one of the United Kingdom's "brightest and most versatile young actresses".
, and began her career as a child actress. She then trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama
.
Madeley has performed three seasons with the Royal Shakespeare Company
: 2001–2002; and 2003–2004. She acted in The Roman Actor
opposite Sir Antony Sher.
In 2005 she appeared in three acclaimed off-West End productions (Laura Wade
's Colder Than Here, as well as The Philanthropist
(directed by David Grindley
) and The Cosmonaut's Last Message...
, both at the Donmar Warehouse
), and rounded off the year with a starring role in the National Theatre
's adaptation of Jamilla Gavin's novel Coram Boy
.
In 2006, Madeley starred in two BBC TV movies – firstly as the title character in The Secret Life of Mrs Beeton, as well as in the original drama Aftersun – and the high profile ITV drama The Outsiders.
In 2007, Madeley appeared in Channel 4
's Consent, which combined a dramatised vignette about an alleged date rape
with a "real life" sequence in which lawyers and a jury made up of members of the public participated in a trial. In February 2007, Madeley played Nina in a production of The Seagull
for a time, when the main actress fell ill.
She was the only cast member to reprise her role in Grindley's 2009 Broadway production of The Philanthropist
.
In 2010 she appeared The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister
, based on a script by Jane English, and starring Maxine Peake
as Anne Lister, a nineteenth century industrialist who was Britain's "first modern lesbian" and who kept a detailed journal. The film was the Opening Night film at the Frameline Film Festival
at the Castro Theatre
in San Francisco on June 17, 2010.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
actress. She has been described by the British Theatre Guide
British Theatre Guide
The British Theatre Guide is an on-line database of specially commissioned reviews of theatre productions throughout the United Kingdom, together with theatre-related news reports, interviews with leading theatre practitioners, obituaries and comprehensive annual obituary listings.It also...
's Philip Fisher
Philip Fisher
Philip Fisher may refer to:* Philip Fisher , a.k.a. Thomas Copley, English religious leader* Philip Arthur Fisher , entrepreneur & author* Philip "Fish" Fisher , American musician, member of band Fishbone...
as one of the United Kingdom's "brightest and most versatile young actresses".
Biography
Madeley grew up in London, attending North London Collegiate SchoolNorth London Collegiate School
North London Collegiate School is an independent day school for girls founded in 1850 in Camden Town, and now in the London Borough of Harrow.The Good Schools Guide called the school an "Academically stunning outer London school in a glorious setting which, in 2003, demonstrated its refusal to rest...
, and began her career as a child actress. She then trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama
Central School of Speech and Drama
The Central School of Speech and Drama was founded in London in 1906 by Elsie Fogerty to offer a new form of training in speech and drama for young actors and other students...
.
Madeley has performed three seasons with the Royal Shakespeare Company
Royal Shakespeare Company
The Royal Shakespeare Company is a major British theatre company, based in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. The company employs 700 staff and produces around 20 productions a year from its home in Stratford-upon-Avon and plays regularly in London, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and on tour across...
: 2001–2002; and 2003–2004. She acted in The Roman Actor
The Roman Actor
The Roman Actor is a Caroline era stage play, a tragedy written by Philip Massinger; it was first performed in 1626, and first published in 1629...
opposite Sir Antony Sher.
In 2005 she appeared in three acclaimed off-West End productions (Laura Wade
Laura Wade
Laura Wade is a British playwright. Wade grew up in Sheffield, where her father worked for a computer company....
's Colder Than Here, as well as The Philanthropist
The Philanthropist
The Philanthropist is a quarterly academic journal devoted to the legal, management and accounting issues facing charitable and not-for-profit organizations in Canada. It was founded as an occasional publication of the Trusts and Estates Section of the Canadian Bar Association - Ontario in...
(directed by David Grindley
David Grindley
David Allan Grindley is a British former 400 metres runner who reached the final of the Barcelona Olympics in 1992.-Athletics career:...
) and The Cosmonaut's Last Message...
The Cosmonaut's Last Message To The Woman He Once Loved In The Former Soviet Union
The Cosmonaut's Last Message To The Woman He Once Loved In The Former Soviet Union is a 2005 play by David Greig set during the collapse of the Soviet Union.-External links:...
, both at the Donmar Warehouse
Donmar Warehouse
Donmar Warehouse is a small not-for-profit theatre in the Covent Garden area of London, with a capacity of 251.-About:Under the artistic leadership of Michael Grandage, the theatre has presented some of London’s most memorable award-winning theatrical experiences, as well as garnered critical...
), and rounded off the year with a starring role in the National Theatre
Royal National Theatre
The Royal National Theatre in London is one of the United Kingdom's two most prominent publicly funded theatre companies, alongside the Royal Shakespeare Company...
's adaptation of Jamilla Gavin's novel Coram Boy
Coram Boy (play)
Coram Boy is a play written by Helen Edmundson with music composed by Adrian Sutton, based on the 2000 children's novel of the same name by Jamila Gavin, an epic adventure that concerns the theme of child cruelty...
.
In 2006, Madeley starred in two BBC TV movies – firstly as the title character in The Secret Life of Mrs Beeton, as well as in the original drama Aftersun – and the high profile ITV drama The Outsiders.
In 2007, Madeley appeared in Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
's Consent, which combined a dramatised vignette about an alleged date rape
Date rape
"Date rape", often referred to as acquaintance rape, is an assault or attempted assault usually committed by a new acquaintance involving sexual intercourse without mutual consent....
with a "real life" sequence in which lawyers and a jury made up of members of the public participated in a trial. In February 2007, Madeley played Nina in a production of The Seagull
The Seagull
The Seagull is the first of what are generally considered to be the four major plays by the Russian dramatist Anton Chekhov. The Seagull was written in 1895 and first produced in 1896...
for a time, when the main actress fell ill.
She was the only cast member to reprise her role in Grindley's 2009 Broadway production of The Philanthropist
The Philanthropist
The Philanthropist is a quarterly academic journal devoted to the legal, management and accounting issues facing charitable and not-for-profit organizations in Canada. It was founded as an occasional publication of the Trusts and Estates Section of the Canadian Bar Association - Ontario in...
.
In 2010 she appeared The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister
The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister
The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister is a 2010 British television biographical drama film about the 19th century Yorkshire landowner Anne Lister. It was directed by James Kent and starred Maxine Peake as Lister. The script by Jane English drew from Lister's diaries, written in code, and decoded...
, based on a script by Jane English, and starring Maxine Peake
Maxine Peake
Maxine Peake is an English stage, film and television actress known for playing Veronica in Channel 4's Manchester-based drama series Shameless, Twinkle in Victoria Wood's sitcom Dinnerladies, and, most recently, barrister Martha Costello in BBC legal drama Silk.-Early life:Peake is the second of...
as Anne Lister, a nineteenth century industrialist who was Britain's "first modern lesbian" and who kept a detailed journal. The film was the Opening Night film at the Frameline Film Festival
Frameline Film Festival
Frameline is a nonprofit media arts organization that produces the San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival, the oldest film festival devoted to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender programming currently in existence...
at the Castro Theatre
Castro Theatre
The Castro Theatre is a popular San Francisco movie palace which became San Francisco Historic Landmark #100 in September 1976. Located at 429 Castro Street, in the Castro district, it was built in 1922 with a Spanish Colonial Baroque façade that pays homage—in its great arched central window...
in San Francisco on June 17, 2010.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Claudia | Little Girl | |
| 1990 | Back Home | School Girl | TV movie |
| 1998 | Cold Feet Cold Feet Cold Feet is a British comedy-drama television series produced by Granada Television for the ITV network. The series was created and principally written by Mike Bullen as a follow-up to his award-winning 1997 Comedy Premiere of the same name. The storyline follows three couples experiencing the... |
Emma | TV series (1 episode: "Episode #1.5") |
| 1999 | Dad Dad (TV series) Dad is a BBC1 sitcom that ran for 13 episodes over two series and a Christmas special. Described by the BBC as a 'generation-gap comedy', it starred George Cole as Brian Hook, Kevin McNally as his son Alan Hook, and Toby Ross-Bryant as his son Vincent Hook and Julia Hills as his wife Beryl Hook... |
Tasmin | TV series (1 episode: "Reprodadtion") |
| Guest House Paradiso Guest House Paradiso Guest House Paradiso is a 1999 British slapstick comedy film written by and starring comic duo Rik Mayall and Ade Edmondson, and directed by Edmondson his directorial debut. The film is semi-officially based on their comedy television series Bottom... |
Saucy Wood Nymph | ||
| 2000 | A Dinner of Herbs | Florrie Roystan | TV mini-series (2 episodes) |
| 2001 | An Unsuitable Job for a Woman An Unsuitable Job for a Woman An Unsuitable Job For A Woman is the title of a 1972 detective novel by P. D. James - and also the title of a TV series of four dramas developed from that novel.... |
Petra | TV series (1 episode: "Playing God") |
| 2003 | The Royal The Royal The Royal is a British medical drama series produced by ITV. The show comprises one hour episodes which were normally first aired on ITV in the Sunday early evening slot.... |
Nurse Samantha Beaumont | TV series (20 episodes: 2003-2005) |
| 2004 | The Rivals The Rivals The Rivals, a play by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, is a comedy of manners in five acts. It was first performed on 17 January 1775.- Production :... |
Lydia Languish | video |
| 2005 | Stoned Stoned (film) Stoned, also known as The Wild and Wycked World of Brian Jones in the UK, is a 2005 film about Brian Jones, one of the founding members of The Rolling Stones... |
Stones' Receptionist | |
| 2006 | Aftersun | Esther | TV movie |
| The Outsiders | Erica Chapman | TV movie | |
| The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton | Isabella Beeton | TV movie | |
| 2007 | Consent | Rebecca "Becky" Palmer | TV movie |
| Lewis | Anne Sadikov | TV series (1 episode: "Whom the Gods Would Destroy") | |
| Uninvited | Jane | short | |
| The Old Curiosity Shop | Betsy Quilp | TV movie | |
| 2008 | Sense and Sensibility Sense and Sensibility (2008 TV serial) Sense and Sensibility is a 2008 British television serial adapted by the BBC from Jane Austen's novel of the same name. It was written by Andrew Davies and directed by John Alexander. The serial was aired on BBC One in three parts on 1, 6 and 13 January 2008. It aired the United States in two... |
Lucy Steele | TV series (2 episodes) |
| In Bruges In Bruges In Bruges is a 2008 black comedy crime film written and directed by Martin McDonagh. The film stars Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson as two hitmen in hiding, with Ralph Fiennes as their gangster boss. The film takes place—and was filmed—within the Belgian city of Bruges. In Bruges was... |
Denise | ||
| Affinity Affinity (film) Affinity is a 2008 UK film adaptation of Sarah Waters' 1999 novel Affinity; directed by Tim Fywell and screenplay by Andrew Davies.-Plot:... |
Margaret Prior | film | |
| Waking the Dead Waking the Dead (TV series) Waking the Dead is a British television police procedural crime drama series produced by the BBC featuring a fictional Cold Case Unit comprising CID police officers, a psychological profiler and a forensic scientist. A pilot episode aired in September 2000 and there have been a total of nine series... |
Anna Vaspovic | TV series (2 episodes) | |
| Brideshead Revisited Brideshead Revisited (film) Brideshead Revisited is a 2008 British drama film directed by Julian Jarrold. The screenplay by Jeremy Brock and Andrew Davies is based on the 1945 novel of the same name by Evelyn Waugh, which previously had been adapted in 1981 as an eleven-episode television serial.-Plot:Although he aspires to... |
Celia Ryder | ||
| The Children The Children (2008 miniseries) The Children is a three part 2008 drama miniseries written by Lucy Gannon and produced for ITV. It stars Lesley Sharp, Geraldine Somerville and Kevin Whately, and premiered on ITV at 9pm on Monday 1 September, 2008.... |
Polly | TV mini-series (3 episodes) | |
| Marple: A Pocket Full of Rye Marple (TV series) Marple is a British television series based on the Miss Marple and other murder mystery novels by Agatha Christie. It is also known as Agatha Christie's Marple. The title character was played by Geraldine McEwan from the first to third series, until her retirement from the role. She was replaced... |
Adele Fortescue | TV movie | |
| Crooked House Crooked House (TV series) Crooked House is a supernatural drama mini-series which aired on BBC Four in December 2008.The three-part series was broadcast on consecutive nights from 22 to 24 December 2008. It was written and co-produced by actor and writer Mark Gatiss, who found fame in the BBC series The League of Gentlemen... |
Katherine | TV series (2 episodes) | |
| 2009 | Law & Order: UK | Kayleigh Gaines | TV series (1 episode: "Hidden") |
| 2010 | Hustle Hustle (TV series) Hustle is a British television drama series made by Kudos Film and Television for BBC One in the United Kingdom. Created by Tony Jordan and first broadcast in 2004, the series follows a group of con artists who specialise in "long cons" – extended deceptions which require greater commitment, but... |
Jennifer Hughes | TV series (1 episode: "The Hush Heist") |
| The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister is a 2010 British television biographical drama film about the 19th century Yorkshire landowner Anne Lister. It was directed by James Kent and starred Maxine Peake as Lister. The script by Jane English drew from Lister's diaries, written in code, and decoded... |
Mariana Belcombe | TV movie | |
| 2011 | Strawberry Fields | Gillian | post-production |
Stage
- The Merry Wives of WindsorThe Merry Wives of WindsorThe Merry Wives of Windsor is a comedy by William Shakespeare, first published in 1602, though believed to have been written prior to 1597. It features the fat knight Sir John Falstaff, and is Shakespeare's only play to deal exclusively with contemporary Elizabethan era English middle class life...
(1986, RSC) - Be My BabyBe My Baby (play)Be My Baby is a 1997 play by British playwright Amanda Whittington, first produced at the Soho Theatre in London. Since the initial performances a number of different productions have been mounted, including in Salisbury Playhouse, Oldham Coliseum, Hull Truck Theatre and the Dukes Theatre,...
(1998, Pleasance Theatre) - Sense & Sensibility (2000, UK tour)
- Eye Contact (2000, Riverside Studios)
- Madness In Valencia (2001, RSC) as Erifila
- Love In A Wood (2001, RSC) as Martha
- A Russian In The Woods (2001, RSC) as Ilse
- The Malcontent (RSC) as Maria
- The Roman Actor (RSC) as Domita
- Ladybird (2004, Royal Court Theatre) as Yulka
- The RivalsThe RivalsThe Rivals, a play by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, is a comedy of manners in five acts. It was first performed on 17 January 1775.- Production :...
(2004, Bristol Old Vic) as Lydia Languish - Colder Than Here (2005, Soho Theatre) as Jenna
- The Cosmonaut's Last Message to the Woman He Once Loved in the Former Soviet UnionThe Cosmonaut's Last Message To The Woman He Once Loved In The Former Soviet UnionThe Cosmonaut's Last Message To The Woman He Once Loved In The Former Soviet Union is a 2005 play by David Greig set during the collapse of the Soviet Union.-External links:...
(2005, Donmar Warehouse) as Nastasja/Claire - The PhilanthropistThe Philanthropist (play)The Philanthropist is a play by Christopher Hampton, written as a response to Molière's The Misanthrope. After a tryout at the Royal Court Theatre, London, the piece premiered on Broadway under the direction of Robert Kidd...
(2005, Donmar Warehouse) as Celia - Coram Boy (2005-6, RNT) as young Alexander/ Aaron
- Contractions (2008, Royal Court Theatre) as Emma
- Earthquakes in LondonEarthquakes in LondonEarthquakes in London is a play by Mike Bartlett. It received its world premiere at the Royal National's Cottesloe Theatre on 4 August 2010, following previews from 29 July 2010. The production was directed by Rupert Goold in a co-production with Headlong....
(2010, Cottesloe Theatre at Royal National TheatreRoyal National TheatreThe Royal National Theatre in London is one of the United Kingdom's two most prominent publicly funded theatre companies, alongside the Royal Shakespeare Company...
) as Freya
Radio
- Shadows in Bronze (2005, radio series) as Helena
- Venus in Copper (2006, radio series) as Helena
- The Iron Hand of Mars (2007, radio series) as Helena
- Poseidons Gold (2009, radio series) as Helena