Anne-Marie Duff

Anne-Marie Duff
Anne-Marie Duff
	Duff attending the 60th British Academy Film Awards in 2007
Born	8 October 1970; Chiswick, London, England[1]
Alma mater	Drama Centre London
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1995–present
Spouse(s)	James McAvoy; (m. 2006; div. 2016)
Children	1

Anne-Marie Duff (born 8 October 1970) is an English actress of Irish descent. After graduating from Drama Centre London, Duff initially made appearances in shows such as Trial & Retribution, Amongst Women and Aristocrats in the late 1990s. She is also an accomplished theatre actress and was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award in 2000.

Duff later made her breakthrough as Fiona Gallagher on the Channel 4 drama series Shameless and as Queen Elizabeth I in The Virgin Queen; both earned her BAFTA nominations for Best Actress. She was awarded the BAFTA Cymru Award for Best Actress for her work in the 2007 television film The History of Mr Polly. Since this, other television roles include Claire Church in From Darkness (2015), Ma Costa in His Dark Materials (2019–present), Erin Wiley in Sex Education and as Tracy Daszkiewicz in The Salisbury Poisonings (both 2020).

Duff has had roles in films such as Enigma (2001), The Magdalene Sisters (2002), Notes on a Scandal (2006), French Film (2008), The Last Station and Nowhere Boy (both 2009); the latter earned her a BAFTA nomination for Best Supporting Actress. She has since appeared in Before I Go to Sleep (2014), and Suffragette (2015).

Early life and education

Duff was born in London on 8 October 1970, the younger of two children of Irish immigrants: her father was a painter and decorator from County Meath and her mother was from County Donegal and worked in a shoe shop. [2] The family lived in Southall, London, and Anne-Marie went to Mellow Lane School. At an early age, Anne-Marie attended a local youth theatre, Young Argosy, linked to the Argosy Players, in order to battle her shy nature; she soon became hooked on the stage.

In her mid-teens, involved in an amateur theatre company, she began to think seriously about applying to drama schools. Her first application was rejected. "At the time, I was desperately unhappy about it, but I just wasn’t polished. I got too nervous in the audition. It wasn't a world I was familiar with..." After further study of Film and Theatre, at the age of 19, she attended the Drama Centre in London, alongside John Simm, Anastasia Hille and her good friend, Paul Bettany.

Career

Duff was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award in 2000, but first mainstream attention came as Fiona Gallagher in the Channel 4 television programme Shameless, and for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth I in the lavish 2005 BBC television miniseries, The Virgin Queen which also starred Tom Hardy, Emilia Fox and Sienna Guillory. She also played Julia Stanley, the mother of John Lennon, in Nowhere Boy. In The Last Station, a biopic about Leo Tolstoy's later years, she played his devoted daughter Sasha.

An accomplished theatre actor, she has worked extensively with the Royal National Theatre, including its 1996 production of Helen Edmundson's adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace, and also in London's West End (Vassa, Collected Stories). Credits at the National Theatre include Collected Stories, King Lear and most recently the title character in Marianne Elliott's production of George Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan to great acclaim.[3][4] In 2011 she played Alma Rattenbury in Rattigan's final play Cause Célèbre at The Old Vic directed by Thea Sharrock.[5] In 2007 she was one of nine female celebrities to take part in the What's it going to take? campaign promoting awareness of domestic abuse in the United Kingdom.

Personal life

Duff married Scottish actor and former Shameless co-star James McAvoy in 2006, and gave birth to their son, Brendan McAvoy, in 2010.[6] On 13 May 2016, Duff and McAvoy announced they were getting a divorce.[7]

Filmography

Film

Year	Production	Role	Notes
1998	Mild and Better	The Woman	Short film
2001	Enigma	Kay
2002	The Magdalene Sisters	Margaret
2006	Notes on a Scandal	Annabel
2007	Garage	Carmel
2007	The Waiting Room	Anna
2008	French Film	Sophie
2009	Is Anybody There?	Mum
	The Last Station	Sasha Tolstoy
	Nowhere Boy	Julia Lennon
2012	Sanctuary	Maire
2013	Closed Circuit	Melissa
2013	Molly Moon: The Incredible Hypnotist		Post-production
2014	Before I Go to Sleep	Claire
2015	Suffragette	Violet Miller
2017	On Chesil Beach	Marjorie Mayhew

Television

Year	Production	Role	Notes
1997	Trial & Retribution	Cathy Gillingham	2 episodes
1998	Amongst Women	Sheila	2 episodes
1999	Aristocrats	Louisa	4 episodes
2000	Reach for the Moon	Cath Bird
2001	The Way We Live Now	Georgiana	4 episodes
2002	Doctor Zhivago	Olya
	Holby City	Alison McCarthy	1 episode
	Wild West	Holly	6 episodes
	Sinners	Anne Marie/Theresa	TV film
2003	Charles II: The Power and The Passion	Princess Henrietta of England	1 episode
2004–2005, 2013	Shameless	Fiona Gallagher	19 episodes
2006	The Virgin Queen	Queen Elizabeth I	4 episodes
2006	Born Equal	Michelle	TV film
2007	The History of Mr Polly	Miriam
2008	Pop Britannia	Narrator
2009	Margot	Margot Fonteyn	TV film
2012	Accused	Mo Murray	1 episode
2012	Parade's End	Edith Duchemin	4 episodes
2015	From Darkness	Claire Church	All 4 episodes
2017	Hospital	Narrator	All 6 episodes
2018	Watership Down	Hyzenthlay	Miniseries
2019	His Dark Materials	Ma Costa	TV series
2020	Sex Education	Erin Wiley	Netflix Original series
2020	The Salisbury Poisonings	Tracy Daszkiewicz	TV series[8]

Theatre

Year	Production	Role	Notes
1994	Uncle Silas	Maud Ruthyn
1994	The Mill on the Floss	First Maggie
1995	La Grande Magia	Amelia
1995–1996	Peter Pan	Wendy
1996	War and Peace	Natasha
1997–1998	King Lear	Cordelia
1999	Vassa	Lyudmila
1999–2000	Collected Stories	Lisa
2000	A Doll's House	Nora
2002	The Daughter in Law	Minnie
2004	The Playboy of the Western World	Pegín maidhc
2005	Days of Wine and Roses	Mona
2007	The Soldier's Fortune	Lady Dunce
2007	Saint Joan	Joan	Olivier Theatre, London[9]
2011	Cause Célèbre	Alma Rattenbury	Old Vic, London
2013	Strange Interlude	Nina Leeds	National Theatre, London[10]
2013	Macbeth	Lady Macbeth	Broadway debut, Lincoln Center Theater
2015	Husbands & Sons	Lizzie Holroyd	Co-production between National Theatre, London and Royal Exchange, Manchester
2016	Oil[11]	May	Almeida Theatre
2017	Common[12]	Mary	Royal National Theatre, London
2017	Heisenberg[13]	Georgie	Wyndhams Theatre, London
2018	Macbeth[14]	Lady Macbeth	Royal National Theatre, London
2019	Sweet Charity	Charity Hope Valentine	Donmar Warehouse, London

Radio and audio

Year	Production	Role	Notes
1998	Twelfth Night	Viola
2000	The Art of Love	Cypassis
2000	The Diary of a Provincial Lady		Radio series
2001	A Time That Was		Radio drama
2004	Life Half Spent		Radio Play
2004	Jane Eyre	Narrator
2005	Ears Wide Open	Diane
2005	Othello	Desdemona	Audiobook
2006	The Queen at 80	Narrator	Radio series
	The Possessed	Liza/Marya	Radio drama
	Look Back in Anger	Alison	Rehearsed reading
2007	Kingdom of the Golden Dragon	Narrator	Radio drama
2011	Carmilla	Narrator	Radio drama
2017	A Streetcar Named Desire	Blanche DuBois	Radio drama

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
2004	Irish Film and Television Awards	Best Actress in a TV Drama	Shameless	Won
2005	Irish Film and Television Awards	Best Actress in a TV Drama		Nominated
	Broadcasting Press Guild	Best Actress		Won
	British Academy Television Awards	Best Actress		Nominated
2006	Royal Television Society	Best Female Actor		Won
2007	British Academy Television Awards	Best Actress	The Virgin Queen	Nominated
	Evening Standard Theatre Awards	Best Actress	Saint Joan	Won
	Irish Film and Television Awards	Best Actress in a Lead Role in Television	The Virgin Queen	Nominated
2008	Laurence Olivier Awards	Best Actress in a Supporting Role	Collected Stories	Nominated
	Laurence Olivier Awards	Best Actress	Saint Joan	Nominated
	BAFTA Cymru	Best Actress	The History of Mr Polly	Won
	Irish Film and Television Awards	Best Actress in a Supporting Role	Garage	Nominated
2010	Evening Standard British Film Awards	Best Actress	Nowhere Boy	Won[15]
	BIFA Award	Best Supporting Actress		Won
	London Film Critics' Circle Award	British Supporting Actress of the Year		Won
	BAFTA Award	Best Actress in a Supporting Role		Nominated
	Empire Award	Best Actress		Nominated
	Irish Film and Television Awards	Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Film		Nominated
	Satellite Award	Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture		Nominated
2012	Irish Film and Television Awards	Best Actress in a Film	Sanctuary	Nominated
2015	BIFA Award	Best Supporting Actress	Suffragette	Nominated
2019	Evening Standard Theatre Awards	Best Musical Performance	Sweet Charity	Won

References

Lane, Harriet (8 February 2004). "Real-life romance". The Observer. Retrieved 31 July 2009.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/theatre/actors/anne-marie-duff-starting-divorce-sexually-charged-role/
Billington, Michael (12 July 2007). "Saint Joan". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 July 2009.
Brown, Peter (13 July 2007). "Saint Joan". LondonTheatre.co.uk. Retrieved 31 July 2009.
Masters, Tim (27 March 2011). "Anne-Marie Duff on Rattigan revival". BBC News. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
Mcdonald, Toby (24 April 2011). "Doting mum Anne-Marie Duff reveals toddler's name". Sunday Mail. Archived from the original on 13 January 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
Marquina, Sierra (13 May 2016). "James McAvoy and Wife Anne-Marie Duff to Divorce: See Their Statement". US Weekly. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
McIntosh, Steven (14 June 2020). "TV drama revisits Salisbury poison attack 'horror'". BBC News. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
Billington, Michael (12 July 2007). "Theatre review: Saint Joan / Olivier Theatre, London". the Guardian. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
Billington, Michael (5 June 2013). "Strange Interlude – review". The Guardian. London.
"Oil". Retrieved 24 August 2018.
"Common - National Theatre". www.nationaltheatre.org.uk. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 October 2017. Retrieved 24 June 2017.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
Kenton, Tristram (5 March 2018). "Macbeth at the National Theatre with Rory Kinnear and Anne-Marie Duff – in pictures". Retrieved 24 August 2018 – via www.theguardian.com.
Masters, Tim (8 February 2010). "Duff and Serkis scoop Standard film awards". BBC News. Archived from the original on 11 February 2010. Retrieved 9 February 2010.

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[Obs080204-1] Lane, Harriet (8 February 2004). "Real-life romance". The Observer. Retrieved 31 July 2009.

[2] ttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/theatre/actors/anne-marie-duff-starting-divorce-sexually-charged-role/

[Guard120707-3] Billington, Michael (12 July 2007). "Saint Joan". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 July 2009.

[LondTh130707-4] Brown, Peter (13 July 2007). "Saint Joan". LondonTheatre.co.uk. Retrieved 31 July 2009.

[5] Masters, Tim (27 March 2011). "Anne-Marie Duff on Rattigan revival". BBC News. Retrieved 27 March 2011.

[6] Mcdonald, Toby (24 April 2011). "Doting mum Anne-Marie Duff reveals toddler's name". Sunday Mail. Archived from the original on 13 January 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2011.

[7] Marquina, Sierra (13 May 2016). "James McAvoy and Wife Anne-Marie Duff to Divorce: See Their Statement". US Weekly. Retrieved 13 May 2016.

[8] McIntosh, Steven (14 June 2020). "TV drama revisits Salisbury poison attack 'horror'". BBC News. Retrieved 14 June 2020.

[9] Billington, Michael (12 July 2007). "Theatre review: Saint Joan / Olivier Theatre, London". the Guardian. Retrieved 30 March 2018.

[10] Billington, Michael (5 June 2013). "Strange Interlude – review". The Guardian. London.

[11] "Oil". Retrieved 24 August 2018.

[12] "Common - National Theatre". www.nationaltheatre.org.uk. Retrieved 24 August 2018.

[13] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 October 2017. Retrieved 24 June 2017.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[14] Kenton, Tristram (5 March 2018). "Macbeth at the National Theatre with Rory Kinnear and Anne-Marie Duff – in pictures". Retrieved 24 August 2018 – via www.theguardian.com.

[15] Masters, Tim (8 February 2010). "Duff and Serkis scoop Standard film awards". BBC News. Archived from the original on 11 February 2010. Retrieved 9 February 2010.