FRIEL SPIRIT

Vanities

Name and occupation: Anna Friel. actress. Age: 21. Upcoming projects: The Land Girls, a World War II drama in which she plays a brazen working-class volunteer; All for Low, co-starring Miranda Richardson; and Rogue Trader, co-starring Ewan McGregor. On the (professional) claim to fame she shares with Ellen DeGeneres: "From ages 16 to 18, I was in a big drama series called Brook side, in which 1 played the first lesbian on British television. That was very, controversial. Some people are still mad." Why, if necessary, Friel could have a second career as a Spice Girl: "Eve been on my own for about a year now. and I'm kind of getting into the whole girl-power thing." Is it likelier that the term "internationally acclaimed," rather than "British import," will precede the name Anna Friel? "All the British interviewers ask. 'So, do you want to go to Hollywood?' Well, you just don't suddenly go to America and completely leave Britain. I want to have every door open to me. I want to be able to work in every country."

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