Anna Brewster
Born
Moseley, Birmingham, England
Occupation(s)Actress, model
Children1

Anna Brewster is an English actress and model.

Early life

Anna Brewster is from Moseley, Birmingham. She attended St Bernard's RC School, Kings Heath Junior School and Queensbridge School in Moseley before studying for her A levels at Solihull Sixth Form College.[citation needed] She has also studied at the Birmingham School of Speech and Drama.[citation needed]

Career

Acting

Brewster starred as Anita Rutter in Anita and Me (2002), and played Doris in Mrs Henderson Presents (2005).[1] In 2007, she portrayed the starring role of Kate Sherman in the E4 miniseries Nearly Famous, and appeared as "Anna Buckingham", a composite daughter of the ill-fated Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham in the television series The Tudors.[1] Brewster also played Cynthia Grant in a 2009 episode of The Royal, and Abby in a 2011 episode of Luther.

In 2009, Brewster starred as Laura in the horror film The Reeds, which premiered at the After Dark Horrorfest.[1][2] In 2010, she played supermodel Lydia Kane in the BBC series Material Girl.[1][3] In 2012, Brewster played Georgina, one of the lead roles in the short film Volume, directed by Mahalia Belo.[1] In 2013, she appeared in the BBC series Silent Witness as Deanna Collier.[4][5][6]

In December 2015, Brewster appeared as Bazine Netal, a First Order spy in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.[7][8] From 2015 to 2018, she portrayed Françoise-Athénaïs, Marquise de Montespan in the Canal+ series Versailles.[9][10][11]

In 2020, Brewster starred as Shelby Dupree in the action thriller film The Last Days of American Crime.[12] She portrayed Jane Boleyn in the 2021 TV series Anne Boleyn.[13]

Modelling

Brewster modelled a range of women's clothing for designer label Ben Sherman; she was seen in the autumn/winter 2007 range throughout the UK. She appeared in a campaign for Aquascutum, Hermes for two seasons, Jigsaw A/W 2011, Sportsgirl and was the face of Links of London for a season.[citation needed] She has shot editorial for UK and American Glamour, Dazed & Confused, Italian Vogue, Japanese Vogue, Hercules, Plastique and Russian Vogue.[citation needed]

Personal life

Brewster has a daughter, born in 2022.[14]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2002 Anita & Me Anita Rutter
2005 Mrs Henderson Presents Doris
2010 The Reeds Laura
2011 Archaeology Noah's Girlfriend Short film
2012 Volume Georgiana Short film
2015 Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens Bazine Netal
2018 L'Ariel Elma Short film
2019 Hurt By Paradise Tessa
2020 Lola Ruby Short film
2020 The Last Days of American Crime Shelby Dupree
2020 LX 2048 Reena Bird

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2007 The Tudors Anna Buckingham 2 episodes
2007 Katy Brand's Big Ass Show
2007 Nearly Famous Kate Ryman 6 episodes
2009 The Royal Cynthia Grant 1 episode
2010 Material Girl Lydia Kane 6 episodes
2011 Luther Abby 1 episode
2012 Mr and Mrs Jones Lisa 1 episodes
2013 Silent Witness Deanna Collier 2 episodes
2014 Only Human Danielle Lang Television film
2015–2018 Versailles Montespan / Madame de Montespan 21 episodes
2021 Anne Boleyn Lady Rochford / Jane Boleyn Miniseries
2022 El Presidente: The Corruption Game Faye Bossard 7 Episodes

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Volume: Cast". 2012. Archived from the original on 17 March 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2018 – via Volumethefilm.com.
  2. ^ Steve Barton (6 July 2012). "Exclusive One-Sheet Debut – After Dark's The Reeds". Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  3. ^ "Material Girl press pack". BBC Press Office. 8 August 2009. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  4. ^ "Part 1, 'Change', Series 16, Silent Witness". BBC News. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Part 2, 'Change', Series 16, Silent Witness". BBC News. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  6. ^ "BBC – Silent Witness: 'Change' – Media Centre". BBC News. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  7. ^ "Star Wars: The Force Awakens Cast + Crew". Fandango. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  8. ^ Newbold, Alice (17 June 2016). "'The knee-high socks are the worst part!' Anna Brewster on the Versailles costumes". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  9. ^ Gove, Ed (21 April 2017). "Who's who in Versailles? A guide to the French court". Royal Television Society. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  10. ^ Deen, Sarah (11 August 2016). "This is what the stars of BBC's Versailles look like when they're not in costume". Metro. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  11. ^ Bellini, Luciana (9 May 2016). "Meet Star Wars actress Anna Brewster". Tatler. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  12. ^ Kroll, Justin (17 October 2018). "Anna Brewster, Sharlto Copley and Michael Pitt Join Netflix's Last Days of American Crime". Variety. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  13. ^ Wahi, Sukriti (19 February 2021). "Jodie Turner-Smith Is Starring in an Upcoming Series About Anne Boleyn and Bring on the Royal Drama". Marie Claire. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  14. ^ Anna Brewster (21 September 2022). "❤️ Gia ❤️". Retrieved 21 November 2022 – via Instagram.

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