Anna Maxwell Martin is an English actress who has won acclaim for her performances as Lyra in His Dark Materials at the Royal National Theatre and as Esther Summerson in the BBC adaptation of Bleak House. The trilogy, in order of succession from left to right. ... Bleak House is the ninth novel by Charles Dickens, published in 20 monthly parts between March 1852 and September 1853. ...

Biography

She was born in Beverley, East Yorkshire, England in 1978. Her father was the managing director of a pharmaceutical company and her mother was a research scientist. Her mother gave up her job to bring up Anna and her brother Adam. After she left school Anna studied history at Liverpool University. She joined the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, (LAMDA), after completing her studies at Liverpool. In her final year at LAMDA her father was diagnosed with cancer, although he lived long enough to see her stage performance as Alexandra in The Little Foxes at the Donmar. The White Yorkshire rose. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: England Travel guide to England from Wikitravel English language English law English (people) List of monarchs of England – Kings of England family tree List of English people Angeln (region in northern Germany, presumably the origin of the Angles for whom England is named) UK... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... The University of Liverpool is a university in the city of Liverpool in the United Kingdom. ...

Anna first came to prominence on the London West End stage playing the leading role of Lyra in the National Theatre's production of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials. Her subsequent roles have included the part of Bessie Higgins in the BBC TV adaptation of the Elizabeth Gaskell novel, North and South, in 2004; a guest appearance in the 2005 series of Doctor Who; and the central role of Esther Summerson in the 2005 BBC TV adaptation of Charles Dickens' Bleak House. The trilogy, in order of succession from left to right. ... Elizabeth Gaskell Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (September 29, 1810, London – November 12, 1865, Holybourne, Hampshire, England, UK), often referred to simply as Mrs Gaskell, was a British novelist. ... North and South may refer to the following: North and South is the general title of a trilogy of novels by John Jakes and miniseries based on them. ... Main article: History of Doctor Who Doctor Who first appeared on BBC television at 5:15 p. ... Dickens was a prolific writer who was almost always working on a new installment for a story and rarely missed a deadline. ... Bleak House is the ninth novel by Charles Dickens, published in 20 monthly parts between March 1852 and September 1853. ...

List of credits

Television

• Midsomer Murders as Arabella Heywood in Murder on St Malley's Day (ITV1, 2002)
• North and South as Bessie Higgins (BBC1, 2004)
• Doctor Who as Suki Macrae Cantrell in The Long Game (BBC1, 2005)
• Bleak House as Esther Summerson (BBC1, 2005)

The Midsomer Murders opening title. ... North and South may refer to the following: North and South is the general title of a trilogy of novels by John Jakes and miniseries based on them. ... Main article: History of Doctor Who Doctor Who first appeared on BBC television at 5:15 p. ... Bleak House is the ninth novel by Charles Dickens, published in 20 monthly parts between March 1852 and September 1853. ...

Film

• The Hours (2002)
• Enduring Love (2004)

The Hours can refer to: Michael Cunninghams Novel Stephen Daldrys Movie Virginia Woolfs Mrs. ... Categories: Movie stubs | 2004 films | Drama films ...

Radio

• The Raj Quartet as Daphne (BBC Radio 4)

Theatre

• The Little Foxes as Alexandra at the Donmar (2002)
• The Three Sisters as Irina at the Royal National Theatre (2003)
• His Dark Materials as Lyra at the Royal National Theatre (2004)

The trilogy, in order of succession from left to right. ...

Awards

Anna was nominated for an Olivier Award for her performance as Lyra in His Dark Materials. The Laurence Olivier Awards, previously known as The Society of West End Theatre Awards, were renamed in honour of British actor Laurence Olivier, Baron Olivier in 1984, having first been established in 1976. ...

External links.

• IMDB
• www.hisdarkmaterials.org
• BBC
• www.pfd.co.uk