Anna Brewster is an English actress and model.

Early life

Anna Brewster is from

Moseley Moseley ( ') is an affluent suburb in south Birmingham, England, south of the city centre. It is located within the eponymous Moseley ward of the constituency of Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley (UK Parliament constituency), Hall Green and ...

, Birmingham to school teacher parents. She attended St Bernard's RC School,

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Junior School and Queensbridge School in Moseley before studying for her A levels at Solihull Sixth Form College. She has also studied at the Birmingham School of Speech and Drama.

Career

Acting

Brewster starred as Anita Rutter in '' Anita and Me'' (2002), and played Doris in ''

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'' (2005). 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

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in the television series ''

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''. Brewster also played Cynthia Grant in a 2009 episode of ''

The Royal ''The Royal'' is a British period medical drama, produced by Yorkshire Television (later part of ITV Studios), and broadcast on ITV from 2003 until its cancellation in 2011. The series is set in the 1960s and focuses on the lives of the st ...

'', and Abby in a 2011 episode of '' Luther''. In 2009, Brewster starred as Laura in the

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''The Reeds'', which premiered at the

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. In 2010, she played supermodel Lydia Kane in the

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series ''

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''. In 2012, Brewster played Georgina, one of the lead roles in the short film ''

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'', directed by

Mahalia Belo Mahalia Belo is an English film and television director. Biography Belo graduated from the National Film and Television School in 2012. Her graduation film, ''Volume'' won a BIFA in the Best British Short Film category and was shown at the Sun ...

. In 2013, she appeared in the BBC series ''

Silent Witness ''Silent Witness'' is a British crime drama television series produced by the BBC that focuses on a team of forensic pathology experts and their investigations into various crimes. The series was created by Nigel McCrery, a former murder squa ...

'' as Deanna Collier. In December 2015, Brewster appeared as Bazine Netal, a

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spy in '' Star Wars: The Force Awakens''. From 2015 to 2018, she portrayed

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in the

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series ''

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''. In 2020, Brewster starred as Shelby Dupree in the

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'' The Last Days of American Crime''. She portrayed Jane Boleyn in the 2021 TV series ''

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''.

Modelling

Brewster was signed to Union Models at the age of 15. She 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. She has shot editorial for UK and American ''Glamour'', ''Dazed & Confused'', Italian ''Vogue'', Japanese ''Vogue'', ''Hercules'', ''Plastique'' and Russian ''Vogue''. During her career, she was signed to Hive Management in London, Marylin Agency in Paris, Next Models Paris, Monster Models in Milan, Muse Models in New York, Place Models, Hamburg, Scoop Models Copenhagen, Jills Management Belgium, House of Orange Amsterdam and Stockholmsgruppen in Stockholm. She is currently signed to MOT Models in London.

Personal life

Brewster has a daughter, born in 2022.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brewster, Anna Actresses from Birmingham, West Midlands 21st-century English actresses English female models English film actresses English television actresses Living people People from Moseley Year of birth missing (living people) Models from Birmingham, West Midlands