British TV, film, and stage actress Anna Friel first became a household name as a teenager on the serial... (Learn more)
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Friel on whether Brits or Americans are bigger prudes: "I think Brits are adventurous - it's just that we don't talk about it. But compared with the French, we're not as sexual. Or the Italians." - from Esquire magazine, February 2009
In November 2006 she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Bolton for contributions to the performing arts.
On finding work after leaving "Brookside," Friel told The Times (June 7, 1998): "I had everything against me: I hadn't gone to drama school, I was from a middle-class background, and I was from a soap. I could tell that people were looking down at me. So I thought, right, I'm gonna prove you lot wrong."
There is an Official Anna Friel website at www.netshopuk.co.uk/annafriel
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