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Francesca Annis

Francesca Annis (born 14 May 1945) is an English actress. She is known for television roles in Reckless (1998), Wives and Daughters (1999), Deceit (2000), and Cranford (2007). A six-time BAFTA TV Award nominee, she won the 1979 BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for the ITV serial Lillie. Her film appearances include Macbeth (1971), Krull (1983), Dune (1984), The Debt Collector (1999), and The Libertine (2004).

Infobox

Born
(1945-05-14) 14 May 1945 (age 80)Kensington, London, England
Occupation
Actress
Years active
1959–present
Partner(s)
Patrick Wiseman (1976–1997)Ralph Fiennes (1995–2006)
Children
3

Tables

· Filmography
1959
The Cat Gang
Role(s)
Sylvia
Role(s)
Schoolgirl
Notes
Uncredited role
1960
Role(s)
Jean
Notes
8-part film serial
Role(s)
Priscilla
Role(s)
Wanda
Notes
Uncredited role
1963
Role(s)
Eiras
Role(s)
Phyl
1964
Role(s)
Sheila Upward
Role(s)
Jean
Role(s)
June
Role(s)
Annie Jones
1965
Role(s)
Sally
1966
Run with the Wind
Role(s)
Jean Packer
1970
The Sky Pirate
Role(s)
Uptight Girl
Role(s)
Arabella Dainton
1971
Role(s)
Lady Macbeth
1973
Role(s)
Delphi / Diane
1974
Big Truck and Sister Clare
Role(s)
Sister Clare
1983
Role(s)
Widow of the Web
1984
Role(s)
Lady Jessica
1986
El rio de oro
Role(s)
Dubarry
Role(s)
Mrs. Wellington
1990
Role(s)
Juliet (voice)
Notes
Film-in-concert
1999
Role(s)
Val Dryden
Milk
Role(s)
Harriet
Role(s)
Katiusha
Notes
Uncredited role
2004
Role(s)
Countess
2005
Role(s)
Lily Walker
2006
Gweipo
Role(s)
Rebecca
Notes
Short film
2008
Role(s)
Valerie
2015
The Briny
Role(s)
Maureen
Notes
Short film
2018
Role(s)
Lynn Reader
2024
Hamlet
Role(s)
Ghost
Notes
Original title: Hamlet: Ian McKellen
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1959
The Cat Gang
Sylvia
Carry On Teacher
Schoolgirl
Uncredited role
1960
The Young Jacobites
Jean
8-part film serial
No Kidding
Priscilla
His and Hers
Wanda
Uncredited role
1963
Cleopatra
Eiras
West 11
Phyl
1964
Murder Most Foul
Sheila Upward
Saturday Night Out
Jean
Crooks in Cloisters
June
The Eyes of Annie Jones
Annie Jones
Flipper's New Adventure
Gwen
1965
The Pleasure Girls
Sally
1966
Run with the Wind
Jean Packer
1970
The Sky Pirate
Uptight Girl
The Walking Stick
Arabella Dainton
1971
Macbeth
Lady Macbeth
1973
Penny Gold
Delphi / Diane
1974
Big Truck and Sister Clare
Sister Clare
1983
Krull
Widow of the Web
1984
Dune
Lady Jessica
1986
El rio de oro
Dubarry
Under the Cherry Moon
Mrs. Wellington
1990
Romeo.Juliet
Juliet (voice)
Film-in-concert
1999
The Debt Collector
Val Dryden
Milk
Harriet
Onegin
Katiusha
Uncredited role
2004
The Libertine
Countess
2005
Revolver
Lily Walker
2006
Gweipo
Rebecca
Short film
2008
Shifty
Valerie
2015
The Briny
Maureen
Short film
2018
King of Thieves
Lynn Reader
2024
Hamlet
Ghost
Original title: Hamlet: Ian McKellen
· Television appearances
1960
Role(s)
Anne Miller
Notes
(Episode: "The Wind and the Sun")
Role(s)
Judy Beale
Notes
(Series 2; Episode 16)
1961
The Afterthought
Role(s)
Elaine Coombes
Notes
Television film
Stress Point
Role(s)
Lesley Gifford
Notes
Television film
Role(s)
Jenny Bates
Notes
(Series 1; Episode 7)
Role(s)
Ethel Rice
Notes
(Episode: "High Wire") (Uncredited role)
Role(s)
Carla
Notes
(Series 7; Episode 8: "Children of the Sun")
1962
Liz
Role(s)
(Series 8; Episode 8: "A Free Weekend")
Role(s)
Margery Hamilton
Notes
(Series 8; Episode 1: "The Gentle Assassin")
Role(s)
Princess Mariella
Notes
(Episode "Visit to Spain")
Wednesday's Child
Role(s)
Vicky Lemming
Notes
Television film
1963
Role(s)
Sally
Notes
(Episode: "Drama '63: 54 Minute Affair")
Role(s)
Ann, the Girl
Notes
(Episode: "Blackbird")
1964
Role(s)
Ann
Notes
(Episode: "The Mate Market")
Role(s)
Fiona Senlac
Notes
(Episode: "A Present from Father")
Role(s)
Ruth Starr
Notes
(Episode: "A Girl Like Me")
Role(s)
Amy Racey
Notes
(Episode: "Old Soldiers")
Role(s)
Mary
Notes
(Episode: "Wild Goose Chase")
Role(s)
Judy
Notes
(Episode: "No Marks For Servility")
1965
Shiela
Role(s)
(Episode: "That's Two of Us Sorry")
Role(s)
Mabel Hubbard
Notes
(Mini-series; 5 episodes)
Role(s)
Frances Harding
Notes
(Episode: "Four Hundred Years' Thick")
Role(s)
Various
Notes
(Episode: "Food")
Role(s)
Christine Burrows
Notes
(Series 10; Episode 25: "An Aspidistra in Babylon")
1966
Catherine
Role(s)
(Series 11; Episode 31: "A View from the Bridge")
The Five-Nineteen
Role(s)
The Girl
Notes
Television film
Role(s)
Jane Brewer
Notes
(Episode: "The Romantic")
Role(s)
Maria Lopez
Notes
(Episode: "Locate and Destroy")
1967
Role(s)
Estella
Notes
(7 episodes)
Role(s)
Jenny
Notes
(Episode: "Cause for Alarm")
The Golden Age
Role(s)
Anne
Notes
(Episode: "Women")
Role(s)
Manuela von Meinhardis
Notes
(Series 3; Episode 1: "Girls in Uniform")
1968
Role(s)
Helen
Notes
(Episode: "Home Sweet Honeycomb")
Ooh La La!
Role(s)
Christiane
Notes
(Episode: "Dear Lady")
Role(s)
Jill
Notes
(Series 2; Episode 12: "The Explorer")
1969
Heritage
Role(s)
Antigone
Notes
(2 episodes: "Antigone: Parts 1 & 2")
1970
Role(s)
Hilary
Notes
(Episode: "The Family Is a Vicious Circle")
1971
Role(s)
Roxane
Notes
(Series 5; Episode 2: "The Chinese Prime Minister")
1972
Role(s)
Solveig
Notes
(Episode: "Peer Gynt")
1973
Role(s)
Julia Almond
Notes
(4 episodes)
Role(s)
Nicole Zachary
Notes
(Episode: "Death of an Old-Fashioned Girl")
1974
Role(s)
Tracy Conway
Notes
(Episode: "Sign It Death")
Role(s)
Elaine
Notes
(Series 7; Episode 9: "The Couch")
Role(s)
Helen
Notes
(Series 10; Episode 3: "The Wood Demon")
1975
Role(s)
Emma Bovary
Notes
(Mini-series; 4 episodes)
Role(s)
Lillie Langtry
Notes
(Episodes 7: "Dearest Prince" and 8: "The Royal Quadrille")
1977
Role(s)
Kate Crowley
Notes
(Episode: "Stronger Than the Sun")
1978
Role(s)
Lillie Langtry
Notes
(13 episodes)
Role(s)
Luciana
Notes
Television film
1980
Role(s)
Lady Frances "Frankie" Derwent
Notes
Television film
1982
Role(s)
Galina
Notes
Television film
1983
Shades of Darkness
Role(s)
Catherine Frode
Notes
(Episode: "The Maze")
1983–1984
Role(s)
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
Notes
Prudence 'Tuppence' Cowley/Beresford
1985
Role(s)
Penelope St. Clair
Notes
(Episode: "Deja Vu")
1986
Inside Story
Role(s)
Paula Croxley
Notes
(Mini-series; 6 episodes)
1987
Role(s)
Lily Davina-Amberville
Notes
(Mini-series; 2 episodes)
1988
Role(s)
Jacqueline Kennedy/Onassis
Notes
Television film
1991
Role(s)
Katharine O'Shea
Notes
(Mini-series; 4 episodes)
Role(s)
Elizabeth Collier
Notes
(Episode: "Absolute Hell")
The Gravy Train Goes East
Role(s)
Katya Princip
Notes
(Mini-series; 4 episodes)
1992
Role(s)
Leila
Notes
Television film
1993
Role(s)
Angela Berridge
Notes
(8 episodes)
A Haunting Harmony
Role(s)
David's Mother
Notes
Television film
1994
Role(s)
Sally Hall
Notes
(3 episodes)
Role(s)
Sophie
Notes
Television film
Role(s)
Alexandra (voice)
Notes
(Documentary series; 2 episodes: "Nicholas and Alexandra - Parts 1 & 2")
1996
Role(s)
Bonnie Fielding
Notes
(Episode: "An Autumn Shroud")
Role(s)
Sharon Bannister
Notes
(Episode: "A Slight Case of Murder")
1997
Deadly Summer
Role(s)
Celia Harcourt
Notes
Television film
Role(s)
Anna Fairley
Notes
(Mini-series; 6 episodes)
1998
Role(s)
Television film
1999
Role(s)
Hyacinth Gibson
Notes
(Mini-series; 4 episodes)
2000
Role(s)
Ellen Richmond
Notes
(2 episodes)
2002
Role(s)
Margrethe Bohr
Notes
Television film
2005
Role(s)
Lady Clare Wellesley
Notes
(Mini-series; Episode: "A Pair of Ragged Claws")
2006
Role(s)
Lady Ingram
Notes
(Mini-series; 4 episodes)
2007
Role(s)
Lady Selina Hazy
Notes
(Episode: "At Bertram's Hotel")
2007–2009
Role(s)
Cranford
Notes
Lady Ludlow
2009
Role(s)
(2-part Christmas Special)
2010
Playhouse: Live
Role(s)
(unknown)
Notes
(Episode: "Here")
Role(s)
Elizabeth
Notes
(2 episodes)
2012
Role(s)
Joyce
Notes
Television film
2015–2016
Role(s)
Home Fires
Notes
Joyce Cameron
2020
Role(s)
Carol Bancroft
Notes
(2 episodes)
Role(s)
Vivien
Notes
(Mini-series; 4 episodes)
2024
Role(s)
Dame Harriet Kenny
Notes
(Series 2; 3 episodes)
2025
Role(s)
Ann Forsyte
Notes
(6 episodes)
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1960
BBC Sunday-Night Play
Anne Miller
(Episode: "The Wind and the Sun")
Probation Officer
Judy Beale
(Series 2; Episode 16)
1961
The Afterthought
Elaine Coombes
Television film
Stress Point
Lesley Gifford
Television film
Harpers West One
Jenny Bates
(Series 1; Episode 7)
Ghost Squad
Ethel Rice
(Episode: "High Wire") (Uncredited role)
ITV Television Playhouse
Carla
(Series 7; Episode 8: "Children of the Sun")
1962
Liz
(Series 8; Episode 8: "A Free Weekend")
ITV Play of the Week
Margery Hamilton
(Series 8; Episode 1: "The Gentle Assassin")
Sir Francis Drake
Princess Mariella
(Episode "Visit to Spain")
Wednesday's Child
Vicky Lemming
Television film
1963
Drama 61-67
Sally
(Episode: "Drama '63: 54 Minute Affair")
Suspense
Ann, the Girl
(Episode: "Blackbird")
1964
Comedy Playhouse
Ann
(Episode: "The Mate Market")
Dr. Finlay's Casebook
Fiona Senlac
(Episode: "A Present from Father")
Love Story
Ruth Starr
(Episode: "A Girl Like Me")
Armchair Theatre
Amy Racey
(Episode: "Old Soldiers")
The Human Jungle
Mary
(Episode: "Wild Goose Chase")
Danger Man
Judy
(Episode: "No Marks For Servility")
1965
Shiela
(Episode: "That's Two of Us Sorry")
Alexander Graham Bell
Mabel Hubbard
(Mini-series; 5 episodes)
Our Man at St. Mark's
Frances Harding
(Episode: "Four Hundred Years' Thick")
Scott On...
Various
(Episode: "Food")
ITV Play of the Week
Christine Burrows
(Series 10; Episode 25: "An Aspidistra in Babylon")
1966
Catherine
(Series 11; Episode 31: "A View from the Bridge")
The Five-Nineteen
The Girl
Television film
This Man Craig
Jane Brewer
(Episode: "The Romantic")
The Saint
Maria Lopez
(Episode: "Locate and Destroy")
1967
Great Expectations
Estella
(7 episodes)
No Hiding Place
Jenny
(Episode: "Cause for Alarm")
The Golden Age
Anne
(Episode: "Women")
BBC Play of the Month
Manuela von Meinhardis
(Series 3; Episode 1: "Girls in Uniform")
1968
Theatre 625
Helen
(Episode: "Home Sweet Honeycomb")
Ooh La La!
Christiane
(Episode: "Dear Lady")
ITV Playhouse
Jill
(Series 2; Episode 12: "The Explorer")
1969
Heritage
Antigone
(2 episodes: "Antigone: Parts 1 & 2")
1970
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Hilary
(Episode: "The Family Is a Vicious Circle")
1971
ITV Playhouse
Roxane
(Series 5; Episode 2: "The Chinese Prime Minister")
1972
Stage 2
Solveig
(Episode: "Peer Gynt")
1973
A Pin to See the Peepshow
Julia Almond
(4 episodes)
Orson Welles Great Mysteries
Nicole Zachary
(Episode: "Death of an Old-Fashioned Girl")
1974
Thriller
Tracy Conway
(Episode: "Sign It Death")
ITV Playhouse
Elaine
(Series 7; Episode 9: "The Couch")
BBC Play of the Month
Helen
(Series 10; Episode 3: "The Wood Demon")
1975
Madame Bovary
Emma Bovary
(Mini-series; 4 episodes)
Edward the Seventh
Lillie Langtry
(Episodes 7: "Dearest Prince" and 8: "The Royal Quadrille")
1977
Play for Today
Kate Crowley
(Episode: "Stronger Than the Sun")
1978
Lillie
Lillie Langtry
(13 episodes)
The Comedy of Errors
Luciana
Television film
· Awards and nominations
1974
Role(s)
Best Actress
Notes
A Pin to See the Peepshow
1976
Madame Bovary
Role(s)
Nominated
1977
Role(s)
Best Actress in a Revival
Notes
Troilus and Cressida
1979
British Academy Television Awards
Role(s)
Best Actress
Notes
Lillie
1998
Reckless
Role(s)
Nominated
1999
Nominated
2000
Role(s)
Nominated
Year
Award
Category
Nominated work
Result
Ref.
1974
British Academy Television Awards
Best Actress
A Pin to See the Peepshow
Nominated
1976
Madame Bovary
Nominated
1977
Laurence Olivier Awards
Best Actress in a Revival
Troilus and Cressida
Nominated
1979
British Academy Television Awards
Best Actress
Lillie
Won
1998
Reckless
Nominated
1999
Nominated
2000
Wives and Daughters
Nominated

References

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    https://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/court_and_social/article3924248.ece
  2. The Telegraph
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/drama/5136654/Francesca-Annis-interview.html
  3. Independent
    http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/independent-woman/celebrity-news-gossip/fine-without-fiennes-1286415.html
  4. The Guardian
    https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/jun/18/francesca-annis-actor-portrait-artist
  5. Diary, 16 February 1971: The Diaries of Kenneth Tynan (ed. John Lahr, 2001)
  6. Krull
    https://www.nytimes.com/1983/07/29/movies/krull-adventure-with-magic-and-a-beast.html
  7. Dune
    https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9F06E2D71238F937A25751C1A962948260
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  26. "Television - 1999"
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  27. "Television - 2000"
    http://awards.bafta.org/award/2000/television?
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