Anna Brewster
Early life[edit]
Anna Brewster is from Moseley, Birmingham. She attended St Bernard's RC School, Kings Heath 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[edit]
Acting[edit]
Brewster starred as Anita Rutter in Anita and Me (2002), and played Doris in Mrs Henderson Presents (2005).[1] 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 Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham in the television series The Tudors.[1] Brewster also played Cynthia Grant in a 2009 episode of The Royal, and Abby in a 2011 episode of Luther.
In 2009, Brewster starred as Laura in the horror film The Reeds, which premiered at the After Dark Horrorfest.[1][2] In 2010, she played supermodel Lydia Kane in the BBC series Material Girl.[1][3] In 2012, Brewster played Georgina, one of the lead roles in the short film Volume, directed by Mahalia Belo.[1] In 2013, she appeared in the BBC series Silent Witness as Deanna Collier.[4][5][6]
In December 2015, Brewster appeared as Bazine Netal, a First Order spy in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.[7][8] From 2015 to 2018, she portrayed Françoise-Athénaïs, Marquise de Montespan in the Canal+ series Versailles.[9][10][11]
In 2020, Brewster starred as Shelby Dupree in the action thriller film The Last Days of American Crime.[12] She portrayed Jane Boleyn in the 2021 TV series Anne Boleyn.[13]
Modelling[edit]
Brewster 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.