Anna Katherine Popplewell (born 16 December 1988) is an
EnglishThe English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity as a people is of early medieval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn....
actress. She is best known for her role as
Susan PevensieSusan Pevensie is a fictional character in C. S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia series. Susan is the elder sister and the second eldest Pevensie child. She appears in three of the seven books — as a child in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and Prince Caspian, and as an adult in The Horse...
in
The Chronicles of NarniaThe Chronicles of Narnia is a series of epic fantasy films from Walden Media based on the series of novels, The Chronicles of Narnia written by C. S. Lewis in the 1950s...
filmFilm encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects....
series.
Popplewell, eldest of three children, is the daughter of Andrew Popplewell
QCQueen's Counsel , known as King's Counsel during the reign of a male sovereign, are lawyers appointed by letters patent to be one of "Her [or His] Majesty's Counsel learned in the law". Membership exists in various Commonwealth countries around the world and it is a status, conferred by the Crown,...
and Dr. Debra Lomas, an
immunologistImmunology is a broad branch of biomedical science that covers the study of all aspects of the immune system in all organisms. It deals with, among other things, the physiological functioning of the immune system in states of both health and disease; malfunctions of the immune system in...
. She has two younger siblings, including Lulu Popplewell, who is also an actress. Her paternal grandfather, Sir
Oliver PopplewellThe Honourable Sir Oliver Bury Popplewell is a former British judge. He chaired the inquiry into the Bradford City stadium fire, presided over the libel case brought by Jonathan Aitken MP against The Guardian newspaper which eventually led to Aitkin's imprisonment for perjury, and was widely...
, is a distinguished former
judgeA judge, or arbiter of justice, is a lead official who presides over a court of law, either alone or as part of a panel of judges. The powers, functions, method of appointment, discipline, and training of judges vary widely across different jurisdictions. The judge is like an umpire in a game and...
.
Anna Katherine Popplewell (born 16 December 1988) is an
EnglishThe English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity as a people is of early medieval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn....
actress. She is best known for her role as
Susan PevensieSusan Pevensie is a fictional character in C. S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia series. Susan is the elder sister and the second eldest Pevensie child. She appears in three of the seven books — as a child in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and Prince Caspian, and as an adult in The Horse...
in
The Chronicles of NarniaThe Chronicles of Narnia is a series of epic fantasy films from Walden Media based on the series of novels, The Chronicles of Narnia written by C. S. Lewis in the 1950s...
filmFilm encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects....
series.
Personal life
Popplewell, eldest of three children, is the daughter of Andrew Popplewell
QCQueen's Counsel , known as King's Counsel during the reign of a male sovereign, are lawyers appointed by letters patent to be one of "Her [or His] Majesty's Counsel learned in the law". Membership exists in various Commonwealth countries around the world and it is a status, conferred by the Crown,...
and Dr. Debra Lomas, an
immunologistImmunology is a broad branch of biomedical science that covers the study of all aspects of the immune system in all organisms. It deals with, among other things, the physiological functioning of the immune system in states of both health and disease; malfunctions of the immune system in...
. She has two younger siblings, including Lulu Popplewell, who is also an actress. Her paternal grandfather, Sir
Oliver PopplewellThe Honourable Sir Oliver Bury Popplewell is a former British judge. He chaired the inquiry into the Bradford City stadium fire, presided over the libel case brought by Jonathan Aitken MP against The Guardian newspaper which eventually led to Aitkin's imprisonment for perjury, and was widely...
, is a distinguished former
judgeA judge, or arbiter of justice, is a lead official who presides over a court of law, either alone or as part of a panel of judges. The powers, functions, method of appointment, discipline, and training of judges vary widely across different jurisdictions. The judge is like an umpire in a game and...
. She attended
North London Collegiate SchoolNorth London Collegiate School is an independent day school for girls founded in 1850 in Camden Town, and now in the London Borough of Harrow....
and was senior student 2006-2007. She is also friends with her co-stars:
Georgie HenleyGeorgia Laura "Georgie" Henley is an English teen actress. She is known for her portrayal of Lucy Pevensie in the The Chronicles of Narnia film series, for which she won the Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Performance by a Youth Female in a Lead or Supporting Role in The Lion, the...
,
Ben BarnesBenjamin Thomas "Ben" Barnes is an English actor. He has appeared in the television series Doctors and Split Decision, and in the films Stardust, Bigga Than Ben, Prince Caspian, Dorian Gray and Easy Virtue.-Early life:Barnes was born in London, England to Tricia, a psychotherapist, and Thomas...
,
William MoseleyWilliam Peter Moseley is an English actor, currently best known for appearing as Peter Pevensie in the The Chronicles of Narnia film series. Previously he had a small role as Forrester in a 2002 adaptation of the novel Goodbye Mr...
, and
Skandar KeynesSkandar Amin Casper Keynes is an English actor. He is best known for starring as Edmund Pevensie in The Chronicles of Narnia film series...
.
Since 2007, Popplewell has been a student of
EnglishEnglish literature is the literature written in the English language, including literature composed in English by writers not necessarily from England; Joseph Conrad was born in Poland, Robert Burns was Scottish, James Joyce was Irish, Dylan Thomas was Welsh, Edgar Allan Poe was American, V.S....
at
Magdalen CollegeMagdalen College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. As of 2006 the college had an estimated financial endowment of £153 million....
,
OxfordThe University of Oxford , located in the UK city of Oxford, is the oldest surviving university in the English-speaking world and is regarded as one of the world's leading academic institutions. Although the exact date of foundation remains unclear, there is evidence of teaching there as far back...
. She was awarded the Cuppers Prize in 2007, for Best Supporting Actress, in a student production of
Five Kinds of SilenceFive Kinds of Silence is an in-yer-face theatre play by the playwright Shelagh Stephenson. It tells the story of a family living under the power of the vicious Billy, who physically, emotionally, and sexually abuses his wife, Mary, and children, Susan and Janet...
. In December 2007, she played
Lady MacbethLady Macbeth may refer to:*Lady Macbeth , from the play Macbeth **Queen Gruoch of Scotland, the real-life Queen on whom Shakespeare based the character...
in a student production of
MacbethThe Tragedy of Macbeth, commonly just Macbeth, is a play by William Shakespeare about a regicide and its aftermath. It is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy and is believed to have been written sometime between 1603 and 1607...
at the
OFS StudioThe OFS Studio is a theatre in Oxford, England at 40 George Street.One of the smaller studio theatres in the city, it was refurbished in the early 1990s under the supervision of producer Cameron Mackintosh...
in Oxford. Popplewell currently resides in
Highbury, North LondonHighbury is an area in the London Borough of Islington.- Early Highbury :The area now known as Highbury was part of the larger manor of Tolentone, which is mentioned in the Domesday Book. Tolentone was owned by Ranulf brother of Ilger and included all Islington, the areas north and east of...
.
Her two siblings, Freddie Popplewell and
Lulu PopplewellLaura Francesca Popplewell is an English actress known professionally as Lulu Popplewell. She is best known for her role as Daisy in Love Actually and has also played the part of Lyra Belacqua in BBC Radio 4's His Dark Materials. She is the younger sister of actress Anna Popplewell...
, also work in show business.
Career
Popplewell began acting at the age of six, taking classes at the Allsorts Drama School. She began acting professionally in the TV production
Frenchman's CreekFrenchman's Creek is a 1942 historical novel by Daphne du Maurier. Set in Cornwall during the reign of Charles II, it tells the story of a love affair between an impulsive English lady and a French pirate.-Synopsis:Dona, Lady St...
in 1998. She made her film debut in 1999 in the film
Mansfield ParkMansfield Park is a UK film loosely based on Jane Austen's novel of the same name, written and directed by Patricia Rozema in 1999. The film differs sharply from the original novel in many respects. For example, the life of Jane Austen is incorporated into the film and the issues of slavery and...
and has since appeared in supporting roles in films like
The Little VampireThe Little Vampire is a children's fantasy series by German author Angela Sommer-Bodenburg that follows the adventures of young Tony Peasbody and the child vampire Rudolph Sackville-Bagg .The series has sold over 12 million copies and has been translated...
(2000) and
Girl with a Pearl EarringGirl with a Pearl Earring is a 2003 United Kingdom/Luxembourg drama film directed by Peter Webber. The screenplay was adapted by screenwriter Olivia Hetreed based on the novel by Tracy Chevalier. The film stars Scarlett Johansson, Colin Firth, Tom Wilkinson and Cillian Murphy. The film is named...
(2003) with Scarlett Johansson.
Her first major role was in the film
The Lion, the Witch and the WardrobeThe Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is a 2005 epic fantasy film directed by Andrew Adamson based on The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the first published novel in C. S. Lewis's children's fantasy series The Chronicles of Narnia. It was produced by Walden Media and...
(2005) where she played
Susan PevensieSusan Pevensie is a fictional character in C. S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia series. Susan is the elder sister and the second eldest Pevensie child. She appears in three of the seven books — as a child in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and Prince Caspian, and as an adult in The Horse...
. She reprised her role in the sequel,
Prince CaspianThe Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian is a 2008 epic fantasy film based on Prince Caspian, the second published novel in C. S. Lewis's fantasy series, The Chronicles of Narnia. It is the second in The Chronicles of Narnia film series from Walden Media, following The Chronicles of Narnia: The...
, in which she acted with
William MoseleyWilliam Peter Moseley is an English actor, currently best known for appearing as Peter Pevensie in the The Chronicles of Narnia film series. Previously he had a small role as Forrester in a 2002 adaptation of the novel Goodbye Mr...
,
Skandar KeynesSkandar Amin Casper Keynes is an English actor. He is best known for starring as Edmund Pevensie in The Chronicles of Narnia film series...
,
Georgie HenleyGeorgia Laura "Georgie" Henley is an English teen actress. She is known for her portrayal of Lucy Pevensie in the The Chronicles of Narnia film series, for which she won the Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Performance by a Youth Female in a Lead or Supporting Role in The Lion, the...
and
Ben BarnesBenjamin Thomas "Ben" Barnes is an English actor. He has appeared in the television series Doctors and Split Decision, and in the films Stardust, Bigga Than Ben, Prince Caspian, Dorian Gray and Easy Virtue.-Early life:Barnes was born in London, England to Tricia, a psychotherapist, and Thomas...
. The movie opened in theatres 16 May 2008. She has
phobia of miceFear of mice and rats is one of the most common specific phobias. It is sometimes referred to as musophobia or murophobia , or as suriphobia, from the French souris, meaning mouse.The phobia, as an unreasonable and...
, which required a double to do part of her scene at the Stone Table in
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.
Nominations
- 2006: Character and Morality in Entertainment Awards for Susan Pevensie
Susan Pevensie is a fictional character in C. S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia series. Susan is the elder sister and the second eldest Pevensie child. She appears in three of the seven books — as a child in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and Prince Caspian, and as an adult in The Horse...
in The Chronicles of NarniaThe Chronicles of Narnia is a series of epic fantasy films from Walden Media based on the series of novels, The Chronicles of Narnia written by C. S. Lewis in the 1950s...
. (Won)
- 2006: Best Movie Choice Actress award from The Teen Choice Awards. (Nominated)
Awards
- 2006: Best Ensemble Acting for The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe from the Camie Awards (Won)
- 2008. Best Film Star at Nickelodeon UK Kids Choice Awards
The Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards UK, also known as the KCAs, is an annual awards show, similar to the American and Australian versions. The show features numerous celebrity guests and musical acts. In recent years slime stunts have come into the show...
(Nominated)
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes | Worldwide Gross |
|---|
| 1999 The year 1999 in film involved some significant events and was arguably the most successful year for films released in the 1990s. Several new feature films, including Star Wars Episode I, The Sixth Sense, The Green Mile, new sequel Toy Story 2, first of The Matrix, Disney's animated Tarzan,...
|
Mansfield Park Mansfield Park is a UK film loosely based on Jane Austen's novel of the same name, written and directed by Patricia Rozema in 1999. The film differs sharply from the original novel in many respects. For example, the life of Jane Austen is incorporated into the film and the issues of slavery and...
|
Betsey |
|
$4,775,847 |
| 2000 The year 2000 in film involved some significant events.-Top-grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the United States and Canada in 2000...
|
The Little Vampire The Little Vampire is a children's fantasy series by German author Angela Sommer-Bodenburg that follows the adventures of young Tony Peasbody and the child vampire Rudolph Sackville-Bagg .The series has sold over 12 million copies and has been translated...
|
Anna |
|
$27,965,865 |
| 2001 The year 2001 in film involved some significant events. -Top-grossing films:...
|
Me Without You Me Without You is a 2001 British film, starring Anna Friel, Michelle Williams and Oliver Milburn, and written and directed by Sandra Goldbacher.- Plot :...
|
Young Marina |
|
$304,909 |
| 2002 The year 2002 in film involved some significant events. The first significant releases of sequels took place between Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Men in Black II, Analyze That, Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost...
|
Thunderpants Thunderpants is a 2002 family film about a boy whose incredible capacity for flatulence gets him a job as an astronaut. The film was directed by Peter Hewitt, whose previous work included Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey and The Borrowers...
|
Denise Smash |
|
|
| 2003 The year 2003 in film involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Pokémon Heroes, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines,...
|
Girl with a Pearl EarringGirl with a Pearl Earring is a 2003 United Kingdom/Luxembourg drama film directed by Peter Webber. The screenplay was adapted by screenwriter Olivia Hetreed based on the novel by Tracy Chevalier. The film stars Scarlett Johansson, Colin Firth, Tom Wilkinson and Cillian Murphy. The film is named...
|
Maertge |
|
$31,466,789 |
| 2005 The year 2005 in film saw many new films released worldwide, including several major mainstream sequels, prequels, and remakes as well as original films.-Top–grossing films:...
|
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the WardrobeThe Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is a 2005 epic fantasy film directed by Andrew Adamson based on The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the first published novel in C. S. Lewis's children's fantasy series The Chronicles of Narnia. It was produced by Walden Media and...
|
Susan PevensieSusan Pevensie is a fictional character in C. S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia series. Susan is the elder sister and the second eldest Pevensie child. She appears in three of the seven books — as a child in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and Prince Caspian, and as an adult in The Horse...
|
|
$744,813,301 |
| 2008 The year 2008 in film saw many new films released worldwide, including several major mainstream sequels, prequels, and remakes as well as original films.-Top grossing films:...
|
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince CaspianThe Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian is a 2008 epic fantasy film based on Prince Caspian, the second published novel in C. S. Lewis's fantasy series, The Chronicles of Narnia. It is the second in The Chronicles of Narnia film series from Walden Media, following The Chronicles of Narnia: The...
|
Susan PevensieSusan Pevensie is a fictional character in C. S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia series. Susan is the elder sister and the second eldest Pevensie child. She appears in three of the seven books — as a child in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and Prince Caspian, and as an adult in The Horse...
|
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$419,651,413 |