Anne-Marie Duff
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At the 60th British Academy Film Awards, February 2007
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| Born |
8 October 1970 Chiswick, London, England |
| Alma mater | Drama Centre London |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Spouse(s) | James McAvoy (m. 2006; separated 2016) |
| Children | 1 |
Anne-Marie Duff (born 8 October 1970) is an English born Irish actress. She first achieved mainstream attention for playing Fiona Gallagher in the television series Shameless (2004–05; 2013), and later played Elizabeth I in The Virgin Queen (2006). She also played the lead role in the television series From Darkness in 2015.
Duff has also had roles in films such as Enigma (2001), The Magdalene Sisters (2002), Notes on a Scandal (2006), French Film (2008), The Last Station and Nowhere Boy (both 2009) and Suffragette (2015).
Her performances in Shameless, The Virgin Queen, Nowhere Boy and Suffragette earned her BAFTA nominations in the Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress categories, and she was awarded the BAFTA Cymru Award for Best Actress for her work in the 2007 television film The History of Mr Polly.
Duff is married to Scottish actor James McAvoy, with whom she has one child. They announced plans to divorce in May 2016, and said that even though they are to end their marriage, they are to continue living together for the foreseeable future.
Duff was born on 8 October 1970, the younger of two children of Irish immigrants – her father was a painter and decorator and her mother worked in a shoe shop. The family lived in Southall, London, and Anne-Marie went to a comprehensive school – Mellow Lane School, which became Hewens College in 2011. At an early age, Anne-Marie attended a local youth theatre; Young Argosy, linked to the Argosy Players, in order to battle her shy nature and soon became hooked on the stage.
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