Portrait of Anna Friel

Acting

Anna Friel

Career

Active from 1998 to 2026, busiest in 1998 and 2011 with 4 main titles each.

Leading roles
52
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score55/100
Highest rated
Poster for Pushing Daisies
Pushing Daisies
GoodWatch score91/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 53 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Anna Friel Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Nostalgia
    3.2, average 3.8
  • Physical Comedy
    1.8, average 2.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 6
  • Social Commentary 5
  • Character Study 5
  • Contemporary Realism 4
  • Showbiz 3
  • Family Secrets 3
  • Psychological Thriller 3
  • Investigative Drama 3
  • Biographical Drama 2
  • Complex Family Dynamics 2
  • Class and Capitalism 2
  • Addiction 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

73
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

2 titles
Hear Me Roar
Hear Me Roar

as Ashley Bayston

The Dream Lands
The Dream Lands

TV show · as Jas

2020s

10 titles · average score 52
My Sister's Bones
My Sister's Bones (2026)
GoodWatch score 42

as Sally Rafter

The F Ward
The F Ward (2026)
GoodWatch score 54

TV show · as Dr Gloria Wall

Unforgivable
Unforgivable (2025)
GoodWatch score 76

as Anna McKinney

Locked In
Locked In (2023)
GoodWatch score 37

as Nurse Nicky Mackenzie

Monarch
Monarch (2022)
GoodWatch score 42

TV show · as Nicolette 'Nicky' Roman

The Box
The Box (2021)
GoodWatch score 50

TV show · as Detective Sharon Pici

Charming the Hearts of Men
Charming the Hearts of Men (2021)
GoodWatch score 75

as Grace Gordon

The Age of Nature
The Age of Nature (2021)

TV show · as Narrator

Books of Blood
Books of Blood (2020)
GoodWatch score 40

as Mary

Sulphur & White
Sulphur & White (2020)
GoodWatch score 55

as Joanne Tait

2010s

26 titles · average score 59
Deep Water
Deep Water (2019)
GoodWatch score 60

TV show · as Lisa Kallisto

Butterfly
Butterfly (2018)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show · as Vicky Duffy

Broken
Broken (2017)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show · as Christina Fitzsimmons

The Girlfriend Experience
The Girlfriend Experience (2016)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Erica Myles

Marcella
Marcella (2016)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show · as Marcella Backland

American Odyssey
American Odyssey (2015)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show · as Odelle Ballard

The Saboteurs
The Saboteurs (2015)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Julie Smith

Good People
Good People (2014)
GoodWatch score 37

as Sarah

The Look of Love
The Look of Love (2013)
GoodWatch score 52

as Jean Raymond

Neverland
Neverland (2011)
GoodWatch score 61

TV show · as Captain Elizabeth Bonny

Limitless
Limitless (2011)
GoodWatch score 67

as Melissa

Without You
Without You (2011)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show · as Ellie Manning

2000s

22 titles · average score 51
Land of the Lost
Land of the Lost (2009)
GoodWatch score 39

as Holly

Bathory: Countess of Blood
Bathory: Countess of Blood (2008)
GoodWatch score 54

as Erzsébet Báthory

Pushing Daisies
Pushing Daisies (2007)
GoodWatch score 91

TV show · as Charlotte 'Chuck' Charles

Goal II: Living the Dream
Goal II: Living the Dream (2007)
GoodWatch score 50

as Roz Harmison

The Street
The Street (2006)
GoodWatch score 52

TV show · as Dee

Irish Jam
Irish Jam (2006)
GoodWatch score 50

as Maureen Duffy

Goal!
Goal! (2005)
GoodWatch score 58

as Roz Harmison

Perfect Strangers
Perfect Strangers (2004)
GoodWatch score 53

as Susie Wilding

Timeline
Timeline (2003)
GoodWatch score 37

as Lady Claire

Me Without You
Me Without You (2001)
GoodWatch score 59

as Marina

Sunset Strip
Sunset Strip (2000)
GoodWatch score 35

as Tammy Franklin

An Everlasting Piece
An Everlasting Piece (2000)
GoodWatch score 50

as Bronagh

1990s

11 titles · average score 62
Rogue Trader
Rogue Trader (1999)
GoodWatch score 45

as Lisa Leeson

A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999)
GoodWatch score 63

as Hermia

Mad Cows
Mad Cows (1999)
GoodWatch score 44

as Maddy

Our Mutual Friend
Our Mutual Friend (1998)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show · as Bella Harmon / Bella Wilfer

The Land Girls
The Land Girls (1998)
GoodWatch score 58

as Prue (Prudence)

The Tribe
The Tribe (1998)
GoodWatch score 55

as Lizzie

St. Ives
St. Ives (1998)
GoodWatch score 60

as Flora Gilchrist

TFI Friday
TFI Friday (1996)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show

Cadfael
Cadfael (1994)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show · as Sioned

G.B.H.
G.B.H. (1991)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Susan Nelson

The Word
The Word (1990)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show

1980s

2 titles · average score 59
Tales from the Crypt
Tales from the Crypt (1989)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Angelica / Leah

Brookside
Brookside (1982)
GoodWatch score 43

TV show · as Beth Jordache