Friel-ing it

Last updated: 5 Oct 2005

Anna Friel

Watch actress Anna Friel's baby talk from Friday morning's GMTV

British actress Anna Friel has come a long way since her days playing Beth Jordache in long-running soap Brookside.

After causing major controversy with her on-screen lesbian kiss in 1994 she has gone on to achieve massive success, winning awards and critical acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic.

She enjoyed a mammoth year in the US in 2004, starring opposite Rob Lowe in the CBS one off romantic comedy 'Perfect Strangers' and winning over audiences as defence attorney Megan Delaney in Barry Levinson's gritty courtroom drama 'The Jury' for Fox.

Anna finished off the year shooting 'Niagara Motel' for Gary Yates in Canada before returning to Cornwall in her native England to play Eddie Griffin's melodic Irish sweetheart in 'Irish Jam.'

British Film Star Anna Friel joins us live on GMTV on Friday 30th September to chat about her starring role in what will be a trilogy of films - the first of which is Goal!

Goal! follows the discovery of a talented football player called Santiago Munez from Mexico and his journey to joining Newcastle United - Anna plays Roz, a nurse who soon becomes Santiago's love interest. The film features cameos from leading football stars including David Beckham.

This year Anna has kept her feet firmly on UK soil, she announced her pregnancy at the beginning of the year, filmed Goal! and then gave birth to a beautiful baby daughter Gracie Ellen Mary on July 9th with partner, actor David Thewlis.