Gabrielle Anwar
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Gabrielle Anwar is an English actress. She is known for her role as Margaret Tudor on The Tudors
, for dancing the tango
with Al Pacino
in Scent of a Woman
and for her current role as Fiona Glenanne
on USA's Burn Notice
.
, Middlesex
. Her mother, Shirley Hills, is an actress, and her father, Tariq Anwar, is an award-winning film producer and editor. Her mother is English
and her father, who was born in Delhi
, India
, is of Austria
n Jewish and India
n ancestry. Anwar attended Laleham C of E Primary and Middle School from 1975 to 1982; an end-of-term St. Trinian's sketch in the school concert of 1982 gave an early indication of her theatrical leanings. She studied at the London
drama and dance at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts.
, Summer's Lease
, Press Gang
, and The Mysteries of the Dark Jungle. While working on movies and television in London
, she met American
actor Craig Sheffer
, and moved with him to Hollywood
. Anwar and Sheffer have co-starred in a number of American movies together, such as In Pursuit of Honor
, The Grave
, Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal, Flying Virus
, Save It for Later, Water Under the Bridge, and Long Lost Son.
Her first American movie was If Looks Could Kill, in which she played the daughter of a murdered British Agent (played by Roger Daltrey
). In 1992, she made a guest appearance on Beverly Hills, 90210
as Tricia Kinney. She followed that with the films Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken
(inspired by A Girl and Five Brave Horses
), Scent of a Woman
, Body Snatchers
, For Love or Money, and The Three Musketeers
. In 1994, People
magazine named her one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world.
One of her most memorable moments on screen came in 1992's Scent of a Woman
, when she danced a tango with Al Pacino
, whose character was blind.
Anwar has appeared in the TV series John Doe
and recently acted in The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines
. Anwar played Princess Margaret, sister of Henry VIII of England
, on Showtime's The Tudors
in 2007. She is currently playing Fiona Glenanne
in the TV series Burn Notice
. In 2008, Anwar made an appearance as Eva Sintzel, a woman trying to get pregnant through the fictitious Hudson Cryobank in the Law & Order: SVU
episode "Inconceivable".
, with whom Anwar had a lengthy relationship in the late 1980s and 1990s. Sheffer is also godfather to Anwar's children from her relationship with John Verea. Anwar was later married to actor John Verea; she and Verea had son Hugo and daughter Paisley before divorcing. Since April 2010, Anwar has been in a relationship with Shareef Malnik, the owner of The Forge restaurant in Miami Beach
.
The Tudors
The Tudors is a Canadian produced historical fiction television series filmed in Ireland, created by Michael Hirst and produced for the American premium cable television channel Showtime...
, for dancing the tango
Tango (dance)
Tango dance originated in the area of the Rio de la Plata , and spread to the rest of the world soon after....
with Al Pacino
Al Pacino
Alfredo James "Al" Pacino is an American film and stage actor and director. He is famous for playing mobsters, including Michael Corleone in The Godfather trilogy, Tony Montana in Scarface, Alphonse "Big Boy" Caprice in Dick Tracy and Carlito Brigante in Carlito's Way, though he has also appeared...
in Scent of a Woman
Scent of a Woman
This article is about the American film. For the Korean drama, see Scent of a Woman .Scent of a Woman is a 1992 drama film directed by Martin Brest that tells the story of a preparatory school student who takes a job as an assistant to an irascible, blind, medically retired Army officer...
and for her current role as Fiona Glenanne
Fiona Glenanne
Fiona Glenanne is a fictional character in the television series Burn Notice, portrayed by Gabrielle Anwar. According to Fiona's biography from USA Network:...
on USA's Burn Notice
Burn notice
A burn notice is an official statement issued by one intelligence agency to other agencies. It states that an individual or a group is unreliable for one or more reasons...
.
Early life
Anwar was born in LalehamLaleham
Laleham is a village in the borough of Spelthorne, in the county of Surrey in South East England and adjoins Staines. It is within the historic boundaries of Middlesex. To its south is Laleham Park by the River Thames, across green belt farmland to its north and south east are Ashford and...
, Middlesex
Middlesex
Middlesex is one of the historic counties of England and the second smallest by area. The low-lying county contained the wealthy and politically independent City of London on its southern boundary and was dominated by it from a very early time...
. Her mother, Shirley Hills, is an actress, and her father, Tariq Anwar, is an award-winning film producer and editor. Her mother is English
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
and her father, who was born in Delhi
Delhi
Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, is of Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n Jewish and India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n ancestry. Anwar attended Laleham C of E Primary and Middle School from 1975 to 1982; an end-of-term St. Trinian's sketch in the school concert of 1982 gave an early indication of her theatrical leanings. She studied at the London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
drama and dance at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts.
Career
Anwar's acting debut was in the British miniseries Hideaway. She made her film debut in Manifesto, which was followed by more British television productions including First BornFirst Born
First Born is a British television serial produced by the BBC in 1988.Charles Dance starred as genetic researcher Edward Forester, whose work leads him to create a man-gorilla hybrid, using his own sperm and cells taken from a female gorilla...
, Summer's Lease
Summer's Lease
Summer's Lease is a novel, set predominantly in Italy, by Sir John Mortimer, author of the Rumpole novels. It was first published in 1988 and made into a British television mini-series, first shown in 1989. The name "Summer's Lease" comes from William Shakespeare's Sonnet 18. The relevant line is...
, Press Gang
Press Gang
Press Gang is a British children's television comedy-drama consisting of forty-three episodes across five series that were broadcast from 1989 to 1993...
, and The Mysteries of the Dark Jungle. While working on movies and television in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, she met American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
actor Craig Sheffer
Craig Sheffer
Craig Eric Sheffer is an American film and television actor. He is known for his leading role as Norman Maclean in the film A River Runs Through It and of Keith Scott on the television series One Tree Hill.-Early life:...
, and moved with him to Hollywood
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
Hollywood is a famous district in Los Angeles, California, United States situated west-northwest of downtown Los Angeles. Due to its fame and cultural identity as the historical center of movie studios and movie stars, the word Hollywood is often used as a metonym of American cinema...
. Anwar and Sheffer have co-starred in a number of American movies together, such as In Pursuit of Honor
In Pursuit of Honor
In Pursuit of Honor is a 1995 made-for-cable movie directed by Ken Olin. Don Johnson stars as a member of a United States Cavalry detachment refusing to slaughter its horses after being ordered to do so by General Douglas MacArthur...
, The Grave
The Grave (film)
The Grave is a 1996 thriller starring Craig Sheffer, Gabrielle Anwar and Josh Charles. In the movie, two convicts escape from prison to find a buried treasure....
, Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal, Flying Virus
Flying Virus
Flying Virus is a 2001 American-Brazilian horror film written and directed by Jeff Hare, which starred Gabrielle Anwar and Rutger Hauer...
, Save It for Later, Water Under the Bridge, and Long Lost Son.
Her first American movie was If Looks Could Kill, in which she played the daughter of a murdered British Agent (played by Roger Daltrey
Roger Daltrey
Roger Harry Daltrey, CBE , is an English singer and actor, best known as the founder and lead singer of English rock band The Who. He has maintained a musical career as a solo artist and has also worked in the film industry, acting in a large number of films, theatre and television roles and also...
). In 1992, she made a guest appearance on Beverly Hills, 90210
Beverly Hills, 90210
Beverly Hills, 90210 is an American drama series that originally aired from October 4, 1990 to May 17, 2000 on Fox and was produced by Spelling Television in the United States, and subsequently on various networks around the world. It is the first series in the Beverly Hills, 90210 franchise...
as Tricia Kinney. She followed that with the films Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken
Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken
Wild Hearts Can’t Be Broken is a 1991 film about Sonora Webster Carver, a rider of diving horses. It is based on events in her life as told in her memoir A Girl and Five Brave Horses...
(inspired by A Girl and Five Brave Horses
A Girl and Five Brave Horses
A Girl and Five Brave Horses is a memoir by Sonora Webster Carver published in 1961. It inspired the Disney film Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken which is based on, but does not exactly follow, the book. At the age of 20, Sonora Webster Carver joined William Frank Carver's Wild West Show which...
), Scent of a Woman
Scent of a Woman
This article is about the American film. For the Korean drama, see Scent of a Woman .Scent of a Woman is a 1992 drama film directed by Martin Brest that tells the story of a preparatory school student who takes a job as an assistant to an irascible, blind, medically retired Army officer...
, Body Snatchers
Body Snatchers (1993 film)
Body Snatchers is a 1993 American science fiction horror film and loosely based on the 1955 novel The Body Snatchers by Jack Finney. The film was directed by Abel Ferrara, starring Gabrielle Anwar, Billy Wirth, Terry Kinney, Meg Tilly, R...
, For Love or Money, and The Three Musketeers
The Three Musketeers (1993 film)
The Three Musketeers is a 1993 film from Walt Disney Pictures and Caravan Pictures, directed by Stephen Herek from a screenplay by David Loughery and starring Charlie Sheen, Kiefer Sutherland, Chris O'Donnell, Oliver Platt, Tim Curry and Rebecca De Mornay....
. In 1994, People
People (magazine)
In 1998, the magazine introduced a version targeted at teens called Teen People. However, on July 27, 2006, the company announced it would shut down publication of Teen People immediately. The last issue to be released was scheduled for September 2006. Subscribers to this magazine received...
magazine named her one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world.
One of her most memorable moments on screen came in 1992's Scent of a Woman
Scent of a Woman
This article is about the American film. For the Korean drama, see Scent of a Woman .Scent of a Woman is a 1992 drama film directed by Martin Brest that tells the story of a preparatory school student who takes a job as an assistant to an irascible, blind, medically retired Army officer...
, when she danced a tango with Al Pacino
Al Pacino
Alfredo James "Al" Pacino is an American film and stage actor and director. He is famous for playing mobsters, including Michael Corleone in The Godfather trilogy, Tony Montana in Scarface, Alphonse "Big Boy" Caprice in Dick Tracy and Carlito Brigante in Carlito's Way, though he has also appeared...
, whose character was blind.
Anwar has appeared in the TV series John Doe
John Doe (TV series)
John Doe is an American science fiction drama television series that aired on Fox during the 2002–2003 TV season.-Synopsis:"I woke up in an island off the coast of Seattle. I didn't know how I got there ... or who I was. But I did seem to know everything else. There were things about me I didn't...
and recently acted in The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines
The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines
The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines is the second in The Librarian franchise of movies starring Noah Wyle as a librarian who protects a secret collection of artifacts. Gabrielle Anwar, Bob Newhart, Jane Curtin and Olympia Dukakis co-star. It is a sequel to 2004's The Librarian: Quest for...
. Anwar played Princess Margaret, sister of Henry VIII of England
Henry VIII of England
Henry VIII was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. He was Lord, and later King, of Ireland, as well as continuing the nominal claim by the English monarchs to the Kingdom of France...
, on Showtime's The Tudors
The Tudors
The Tudors is a Canadian produced historical fiction television series filmed in Ireland, created by Michael Hirst and produced for the American premium cable television channel Showtime...
in 2007. She is currently playing Fiona Glenanne
Fiona Glenanne
Fiona Glenanne is a fictional character in the television series Burn Notice, portrayed by Gabrielle Anwar. According to Fiona's biography from USA Network:...
in the TV series Burn Notice
Burn notice
A burn notice is an official statement issued by one intelligence agency to other agencies. It states that an individual or a group is unreliable for one or more reasons...
. In 2008, Anwar made an appearance as Eva Sintzel, a woman trying to get pregnant through the fictitious Hudson Cryobank in the Law & Order: SVU
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is an American police procedural television drama series set in New York City, where it is also primarily produced...
episode "Inconceivable".
Personal life
Anwar has a daughter, Willow, born in 1993, with whom she appeared in the film Daddy Who? Willow's father is American actor Craig ShefferCraig Sheffer
Craig Eric Sheffer is an American film and television actor. He is known for his leading role as Norman Maclean in the film A River Runs Through It and of Keith Scott on the television series One Tree Hill.-Early life:...
, with whom Anwar had a lengthy relationship in the late 1980s and 1990s. Sheffer is also godfather to Anwar's children from her relationship with John Verea. Anwar was later married to actor John Verea; she and Verea had son Hugo and daughter Paisley before divorcing. Since April 2010, Anwar has been in a relationship with Shareef Malnik, the owner of The Forge restaurant in Miami Beach
Miami Beach, Florida
Miami Beach is a coastal resort city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, incorporated on March 26, 1915. The municipality is located on a barrier island between the Atlantic Ocean and Biscayne Bay, the latter which separates the Beach from Miami city proper...
.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Hideaway | Tracy Wright | 6 episodes |
| 1986 | Pretty Little Head | Paul McCartney Paul McCartney Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings , McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100... music video |
|
| 1987 | Sa-ti vorbesc despre mine | ||
| 1988 | Lidia | Episode: "Fearnot" | |
| 1988 | A Night Of Love | Tina | |
| 1988 | First Born First Born First Born is a British television serial produced by the BBC in 1988.Charles Dance starred as genetic researcher Edward Forester, whose work leads him to create a man-gorilla hybrid, using his own sperm and cells taken from a female gorilla... |
Nell Forester | Episode: "1.3" |
| 1989 | Summer's Lease | Chrissie Kettering | Episode: "A Battlefield" Episode: "The Urbino Trail" |
| 1989 | Prince Caspian and the Voyage of the Dawn Treader | Ramandu's Daughter Ramandu's Daughter Ramandu's daughter is a fictional character in C. S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia. She appears principally in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader... |
Episode: "1.6" |
| 1990 | Press Gang Press Gang Press Gang is a British children's television comedy-drama consisting of forty-three episodes across five series that were broadcast from 1989 to 1993... |
Sam Black | 12 episodes |
| 1991 | l misteri della giungla nera | Ada Corishant | TV mini-series |
| 1991 | If Looks Could Kill | Mariska | |
| 1991 | Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken Wild Hearts Can’t Be Broken is a 1991 film about Sonora Webster Carver, a rider of diving horses. It is based on events in her life as told in her memoir A Girl and Five Brave Horses... |
Sonora Webster | |
| 1991 | Into the Great Wide Open Into the Great Wide Open (song) "Into the Great Wide Open" is the third song on the 1991 album Into the Great Wide Open by the group Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.-Music video:... |
Eddie's girlfriend | Tom Petty Tom Petty Thomas Earl "Tom" Petty is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He is the frontman of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and was a founding member of the late 1980s supergroup Traveling Wilburys and Mudcrutch. He has also performed under the pseudonyms of Charlie T... music video |
| 1992 | Beverly Hills, 90210 Beverly Hills, 90210 Beverly Hills, 90210 is an American drama series that originally aired from October 4, 1990 to May 17, 2000 on Fox and was produced by Spelling Television in the United States, and subsequently on various networks around the world. It is the first series in the Beverly Hills, 90210 franchise... |
Tricia Kinney | Episode: "Fire and Ice" |
| 1992 | Scent of a Woman Scent of a Woman This article is about the American film. For the Korean drama, see Scent of a Woman .Scent of a Woman is a 1992 drama film directed by Martin Brest that tells the story of a preparatory school student who takes a job as an assistant to an irascible, blind, medically retired Army officer... |
Donna | |
| 1993 | Body Snatchers Body Snatchers (1993 film) Body Snatchers is a 1993 American science fiction horror film and loosely based on the 1955 novel The Body Snatchers by Jack Finney. The film was directed by Abel Ferrara, starring Gabrielle Anwar, Billy Wirth, Terry Kinney, Meg Tilly, R... |
Marti Malone | |
| 1993 | Fallen Angels Fallen Angels (TV series) Fallen Angels was an American neo-noir anthology television series that ran from 1993 to 1995 on the Showtime pay cable station and was produced by Propaganda Films. No first-run episodes were shown in 1994.... |
Delia | Episode: "Dead End for Delia" |
| 1993 | For Love or Money | Andy Hart | |
| 1993 | Queen Anne | ||
| 1995 | In Pursuit of Honor In Pursuit of Honor In Pursuit of Honor is a 1995 made-for-cable movie directed by Ken Olin. Don Johnson stars as a member of a United States Cavalry detachment refusing to slaughter its horses after being ordered to do so by General Douglas MacArthur... |
Jessica Start | TV movie |
| 1995 | Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead is a 1995 crime film directed by Gary Fleder from a screenplay written by Scott Rosenberg. The film features an ensemble cast that includes Andy García, Christopher Lloyd, Steve Buscemi, Christopher Walken, Fairuza Balk, and Gabrielle Anwar.The film's title... |
Dagney | |
| 1995 | Innocent Lies Innocent Lies Innocent Lies is a 1995 British-French thriller film directed by Patrick Dewolf and starring Stephen Dorff, Gabrielle Anwar, Adrian Dunbar and Joanna Lumley. It is a loose adaptation of the Agatha Christie novel Towards Zero. Keira Knightley had an early role in the film, playing the younger... |
Celia Graves | |
| 1996 | Jordan | ||
| 1997 | Nevada Nevada (1997 film) - Plot :Brennan plays "Chrysty", a woman with a past who arrives on foot to the small town of Silver City, Nevada. There, she meets the women of the town, all but one of whom accept her... |
Linny | |
| 1997 | Sub Down | Laura Dyson | Video |
| 1997 | Florry Lewis | TV movie | |
| 1998 | Beach Movie | Sunny | |
| 1999 | Charlotte Kleiner | ||
| 1999 | Kimberly | Kimberly | |
| 1999 | My Little Assassin | Marita Lorenz | TV movie |
| 2000 | Without Malice | Susan | TV movie |
| 2000 | If You Only Knew | Kate | |
| 2000 | Sophie Lennon | ||
| 2000 | North Beach | Lu | |
| 2000 | How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas Tale | Jenny Seeger | TV movie |
| 2001 | Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal | Kate Hayden | Video |
| 2001 | Katie Defoe | Episode: "Dangerous Liasions" | |
| 2001 | Flying Virus Flying Virus Flying Virus is a 2001 American-Brazilian horror film written and directed by Jeff Hare, which starred Gabrielle Anwar and Rutger Hauer... |
Ann Bauer | |
| 2002 | Sherlock | Rebecca Doyle | TV movie |
| 2002 | John Doe John Doe (TV series) John Doe is an American science fiction drama television series that aired on Fox during the 2002–2003 TV season.-Synopsis:"I woke up in an island off the coast of Seattle. I didn't know how I got there ... or who I was. But I did seem to know everything else. There were things about me I didn't... |
Rachel Penbroke | Episodes: "Manifest Destiny" and "Tone Dead" |
| 2003 | Save It for Later | Catherine | |
| 2004 | Try to Remember Try to Remember (TV Movie) Try to Remember, is a 2004 Mystery Television movie based on a novel by Mary Higgins Clark that was shot back in 2003 on location in Moose Jaw & Saskatchewan of Canada.-Cast:... |
Lisa Monroe | TV movie |
| 2005 | Mysterious Island Mysterious Island (2005 film) Mysterious Island is a 2005 TV film made for Hallmark Channel that is based on Jules Verne's novel of the same name... |
Jane | TV movie |
| 2006 | 9/Tenths 9/Tenths 9/Tenths is a 2006 film directed by Bob Degus about the conflict between a wealthy couple and a poor laborer after a worldwide terrorist attack isolates them in a small remote ranch. The film stars Gabrielle Anwar, Henry Ian Cusick and Dave Baez. The film was filmed outside of Los Angeles, CA in... |
Jessica | |
| 2006 | Claire Holloway | ||
| 2006 | Long Lost Son | Kristen Sheppard/Halloran/Collins | TV movie |
| 2006 | Emily Davenport | TV movie | |
| 2006 | Crazy Eights | Beth Patterson | |
| 2007 | Princess Margaret | 6 episodes | |
| 2007 | Burn Notice Burn notice A burn notice is an official statement issued by one intelligence agency to other agencies. It states that an individual or a group is unreliable for one or more reasons... |
Fiona Glenanne Fiona Glenanne Fiona Glenanne is a fictional character in the television series Burn Notice, portrayed by Gabrielle Anwar. According to Fiona's biography from USA Network:... |
2007–Present |
| 2010 | Lies Between Friends | Lindsay Jefferies | |
| 2010 | Warrior Warrior (2010 film) Warrior is a 2011 American sports drama film directed by Gavin O'Connor and starring Tom Hardy, Joel Edgerton, Nick Nolte, Jennifer Morrison, and Frank Grillo. Warrior tells the story of two estranged brothers entering a mixed martial arts tournament, and deals the brothers' struggling relationship... |
Claire Sullivan | Post-production |
| 2010 | Nina | Post-production | |
| 2011 | Carnal Innocence | Caroline | Post-production/TV movie |