Francesca Annis

Francesca Annis (born May 14, 1944) is an English actress, particularly well known for her film and television appearances, most recently the BBC Television series Wives and Daughters and Deceit. She is dating Ralph Fiennes.

Francesca Annis began acting professionally in her teens, and made her film debut in the 1950s. In 1967 she played Estella in a television adaptation of Great Expectations. She also presented children's television programmes. While becoming an increasingly well known face on screen, she enjoyed a successful stage career, playing many leading roles with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Her performance as Lady Macbeth in Roman Polanski's controversial 1971 film of Macbeth gained her notoriety. She continued to be a leading television actress throughout the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, appearing in series such as Edward the Seventh (as Lillie Langtry, a role she reprised in Lillie (1978)), Madame Bovary and Parnell and the Englishwoman, in which she played Kitty O'Shea. Her films have included Dune (1984).

Filmography

1. Jericho (2005) (mini series)... Lady Clare Wellesley (episode 1)
2. Copenhagen (2002) (TV)... Margrethe Bohr
3. Deceit (2000) (TV)... Ellen Richmond
4. Wives and Daughters (1999) (mini series)... Claire Gibson
5. Onegin (1999)... Katiusha
6. Reckless: The Sequel (1999) (TV)... Anna Fairley
7. Milk (1999)... Harriet
8. The Debt Collector (1999)... Val Dryden
9. Reckless (1998) (TV)... Anna Fairley
10. Dalziel and Pascoe: An Autumn Shroud (1996) (TV)... Bonnie Fielding
11. Doomsday Gun (1994) (TV)... Sophie
12. Headhunters (TV) (1994)... Sally Hall
13. Between the Lines (1992) (TV series)... Angela Berridge (1993)
14. Weep No More, My Lady (1992) (TV)... Leila
15. The Gravy Train Goes East (1991) (mini series)... Katya
16. Parnell & the Englishwoman (1991) (mini series)... Katharine O'Shea
17. Absolute Hell (1991) (TV)... Elizabeth Collier
18. Romeo-Juliet (1990)... Juliet (voice)
19. Onassis: The Richest Man in the World (1988) (TV)... Jacqueline Kennedy
20. Inside Story (1988) (mini series)... Paula Croxley
21. I'll Take Manhattan (1987) (mini series)... Lily Amberville
22. Under the Cherry Moon (1986)... Mrs. Wellington
23. Río de oro, El (1986)... Dubarry
24. The Maze (1985) (TV)... Catherine Frode
25. Dune (1984)... Lady Jessica
26. Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime (1983) (TV series)... Tuppence Beresford
27. Krull (1983)... Lyssa, Widow of the Web
28. Coming Out of the Ice (1982) (TV)... Galine
29. The Secret Adversary (1982) (TV)... Tuppence Cowley
30. Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (1980) (TV)... Lady Frances Derwent
31. Lillie (1978) (mini series)... Lillie Langtry
32. The Comedy of Errors (1978) (TV)... Luciana
33. Stronger Than the Sun (1977) (TV)... Kate
34. Madame Bovary (1975) (mini series)... Emma Bovary
35. Edward the King (1975) (mini series)... Lily Langtry
36. The Wood Demon (1974) (TV)
37. Sign It Death (1974) (TV)... Tracy Conway
38. A Pin to See the Peepshow (1973) (TV)... Julia Almond
39. Penny Gold (1973)
40. The Tragedy of Macbeth (1971)... Lady Macbeth
41. The Walking Stick (1970)... Arabella Dainton
42. The Sky Pirate (1970)... Uptight Girl
43. Girls in Uniform (1967) (TV)
44. Great Expectations (1967) (TV series)... Estella
45. Run with the Wind (1966)... Jean Parker
46. The Pleasure Girls (1965)... Sally
47. Murder Most Foul (1964)... Sheila Upward
48. Flipper's New Adventure (1964)... Gwen
49. The Eyes of Annie Jones (1964)... Annie Jones
50. The Mate Market (1964) (TV)... Ann
51. Crooks in Cloisters (1964)... June
52. Cleopatra (1963)... Eiras
53. Saturday Night Out (1963)... Jean
54. West 11 (1963)... Phyl
55. His and Hers (1961)... Wanda
56. No Kidding (1960) (uncredited)
57. Carry On Teacher (1959)... Schoolgirl (uncredited)
58. Young Jacobites (1959)
59. The Cat Gang (1958)... Sylvia

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