Anna Madeley

Madeley grew up in London, attending North London Collegiate School. Her speech teacher set her up with some auditions, and she began her career as a child actress at age seven.{{Cite web |date=7 February 2021 |title=Masterpiece Studio: Anna Madeley |url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/podcasts/masterpiece-studio/anna-madeley/ |access-date=2023-02-14 |website=Masterpiece |language=en-US}} She then trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama.

She performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company in its 2001–2002 and 2003–2004 seasons.{{cite web |url=http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/stratfordians/stmadan.htm |last=Trowbridge |first=Simon |title=Anna Madeley |work=A Dictionary of the RSC |access-date=19 December 2020 |archive-date=18 September 2004 |archive-url=http://web.archive.bibalex.org/web/20040918031641/http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/stratfordians/stmadan.htm |url-status=dead }} She appeared in The Roman Actor opposite Sir Antony Sher. From 2003 to 2005, she was a regular cast member of ITV's The Royal in which she played Nurse Samantha Beaumont.

In 2005, Madeley appeared in three off-West End productions (Laura Wade's Colder Than Here, as well as The Philanthropist and The Cosmonaut's Last Message..., both at the Donmar Warehouse), and rounded off the year starring as both Aaron and Young Alexander Ashbrook in the original Royal National Theatre production of Helen Edmundson's Coram Boy.{{cite web |url=http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/news/display/cm/contentId/86658 |title=The First Night Feature: Coram Boy |work=London Theatre Guide |date=16 November 2005 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927203415/http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/news/display/cm/contentId/86658 |archive-date=27 September 2007 |access-date=19 December 2020}} In 2006, she starred in two BBC TV films – as the title character in The Secret Life of Mrs Beeton, and in the original drama Aftersun – and the high-profile ITV drama The Outsiders. In early 2007 she was a central character in the second episode of “Lewis”, and she also appeared in Channel 4's Consent, which combined a dramatised vignette about an alleged date rape with a "real life" sequence in which lawyers and a jury made up of members of the public participated in a trial. In February 2007, she played Nina in a production of The Seagull as an understudy when the original actress fell ill. Madeley was the only cast member to reprise her role in Grindley's 2009 Broadway production of The Philanthropist.

In 2010, Madeley appeared in The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister, based on a script by Jane English, and starring Maxine Peake as Anne Lister, a 19th-century industrialist who was Britain's "first modern lesbian" and who kept a detailed journal. The film was shown on the opening night at the Frameline Film Festival at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco in June 2010. In January 2013, Madeley starred in Hammer Films' first live theatre play, a new stage adaptation of The Turn of the Screw. In 2016, she played the role of Clarissa Eden in the Netflix series The Crown. In 2018, she played the role of Marie Stahlbaum, the late mother to the protagonist, Clara, and the queen of the magical land Clara discovers in the fantasy/adventure film The Nutcracker and the Four Realms. In 2020, she played Kate Kendrick in Deadwater Fell and was cast as housekeeper Audrey Hall in the remake of All Creatures Great and Small.

Madeley's partner is actor Geoffrey Streatfeild.{{cite web |last1=Lee |first1=Luaine |date=7 January 2021 |title=Anna Madeley's love of acting is bone-deep. |url=http://www.virginislandsdailynews.com/anna-madeleys-love-of-acting-is-bone-deep/article_f68225d6-f503-5d06-906e-61e44798ade6.html |access-date=12 June 2023 |website=Virgin Islands Daily News |language=en}}

• The Merry Wives of Windsor (1986, RSC)
• Be My Baby (1998, Pleasance Theatre)
• Sense & Sensibility (2000, UK tour)
• Eye Contact (2000, Riverside Studios)
• Madness in Valencia(2001, RSC) as Erifila
• Love in a Wood (2001, RSC) as Martha
• A Russian In The Woods (2001, RSC) as Ilse
• The Malcontent (RSC) as Maria
• The Roman Actor(RSC) as Domita
• Ladybird (2004, Royal Court Theatre) as Yulka
• The Rivals (2004, Bristol Old Vic) as Lydia Languish
• Colder Than Here (2005, Soho Theatre) as Jenna
• The Cosmonaut's Last Message to the Woman He Once Loved in the Former Soviet Union(2005, Donmar Warehouse) as Nastasja/Claire
• The Philanthropist (2005, Donmar Warehouse) as Celia
• Coram Boy (2005–06, Royal National Theatre) as Aaron / Young Alexander Ashbrook
• Contractions (2008, Royal Court Theatre) as Emma
• Earthquakes in London (2010, Cottesloe Theatre at the National Theatre) as Freya
• Becky Shaw (2011, Almeida Theatre) as Suzanna
• Private Lives (2011, Music Box Theatre) as Sybil{{Cite web |title=Private Lives (Broadway, Music Box Theatre, 2011) |url=https://playbill.com/production/private-lives-music-box-theatre-vault-0000013744 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241225133710/https://playbill.com/production/private-lives-music-box-theatre-vault-0000013744 |archive-date=2024-12-25 |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=Playbill |language=en-US}}
• The Turn of the Screw (2013, Almeida Theatre) as the Governess{{Cite web |title=Anna Madeley: Credits, Bio, News & More {{!}} Broadway World |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Anna-Madeley/ |access-date=2023-02-14 |website=www.broadwayworld.com |language=en}}
• The Crucible (2014, The Old Vic Theatre) as Elizabeth Proctor{{Cite web |last=Gordon |first=David |date=6 March 2015 |title=Acclaimed Old Vic Revival of The Crucible, Starring Richard Armitage, Released by Digital Theatre |url=https://www.theatermania.com/london-theater/news/the-crucible-digital-theatre-release-old-vic_71984.html |access-date=2023-02-14 |website=TheaterMania |language=en-US}}
• Les Blancs (2016, National Theatre) as Dr. Marta Gotterling{{Cite news |last=Coveney |first=Michael |date=31 March 2016 |title=Les Blancs (Olivier, National Theatre) |url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/reviews/les-blancs-national-theatre-olivier_40072.html |access-date=2023-02-14 |website=WhatsOnStage |language=en-GB}}
• The Height of the Storm (2018, Richmond Theatre){{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Alex |date=13 June 2018 |title=The Height of the Storm further casting joining Jonathan Pryce and Eileen Atkins announced |url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/height-of-the-storm-casting-anna-madeley_46842.html |access-date=2023-02-14 |website=WhatsOnStage |language=en-GB}}
• The Little Foxes (2024, The Young Vic Theatre) as Birdie Hubbard {{Cite web |date=2024-10-22 |title=The Little Foxes full casting announced to join Anne-Marie Duff at The Young Vic {{!}} West End Theatre |url=https://www.westendtheatre.com/259697/news/the-little-foxes-full-casting-announced-to-join-anne-marie-duff-at-the-young-vic/ |access-date=2024-12-02 |website=www.westendtheatre.com |language=en-GB}}

• Shadows in Bronze (2005, radio series) as Helena Justina
• Venus in Copper (2006, radio series) as Helena
• The Iron Hand of Mars (2007, radio series) as Helena
• Poseidon's Gold (2009, radio series) as Helena
• Hammer Horror's The Unquenchable Thirst of Dracula (2017) as Penny Woods

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