Gabrielle Anwar Biography

Gabrielle Anwar (born 4 February 1970) 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 role as Fiona Glenanne on USA's Burn Notice.

Early life

Anwar was born in Laleham, Surrey. Her mother, Shirley Hills, is an actress, and her father, Tariq Anwar, is an award-winning film producer and editor. Her father was born in Delhi, India, to an Austrian Jewish mother and an Indian father. Her mother is English. Gabrielle 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 drama and dance at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts in London.

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 Born, Summer's Lease, Press Gang, and The Mysteries of the Dark Jungle. While working on films 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 films 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 film 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 King Henry VIII, on Showtime's The Tudors in 2007. She later played Fiona Glenanne in the long-running 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".

Personal life

Anwar has a daughter, Willow, born in 1993, with whom she appeared in the film Daddy Who? Willow's father is actor Craig Sheffer, with whom Anwar had a relationship in the late 1980s and 1990s. Anwar was later married to actor John Verea with whom she had son, Hugo, and daughter, Paisley, before divorcing. Sheffer is godfather to Anwar's children from her relationship with Verea. Since April 2010, Anwar has been in a relationship with Shareef Malnik.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986	Hideaway	Tracy Wright	6 episodes
1986	Pretty Little Head		Paul McCartney music video
1987	Sa-ti vorbesc despre mine
1988	'	Lidia	Episode: "Fearnot"
1988	A Night Of Love	Tina
1988	First Born	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	Episode: "1.6"
1990	Press Gang	Sam Black	12 episodes
1991	The Mystery of the Black Jungle	Ada Corishant	TV mini-series
1991	If Looks Could Kill	Mariska Blade
1991	Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken	Sonora Webster
1991	Into the Great Wide Open	Eddie's girlfriend	Tom Petty music video
1992	Beverly Hills, 90210	Tricia Kinney	Episode: "Fire and Ice"
1992	Scent of a Woman	Donna	The Tango Girl
1993	Body Snatchers	Marti Malone
1993	Fallen Angels	Delia	Episode: "Dead End for Delia"
1993	For Love or Money (aka The Concierge)	Andy Hart
1993	'	Queen Anne
1995	In Pursuit of Honor	Jessica Start	TV film
1995	Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead	Dagney
1995	Innocent Lies	Celia Graves
1996	'	Jordan
1997	Nevada	Linny
1997	Sub Down	Laura Dyson	Video
1997	'	Florry Lewis	TV film
1998	Beach Movie	Sunny
1999	'	Charlotte Kleiner
1999	Kimberly	Kimberly
1999	My Little Assassin	Marita Lorenz	TV film
2000	Without Malice	Susan	TV film
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 film
2001	Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal	Kate Hayden	Video
2001	'	Katie Defoe	Episode: "Dangerous Liasions"
2001	Flying Virus	Ann Bauer
2002	Sherlock	Rebecca Doyle	TV film
2002	John Doe	Rachel Penbroke	Episodes: "Manifest Destiny" and "Tone Dead"
2003	Save It for Later	Catherine
2004	Try to Remember	Lisa Monroe	TV film
2005	Mysterious Island	Jane	TV film
2006	9/Tenths	Jessica
2006	'	Claire Holloway
2006	Long Lost Son	Kristen Sheppard/Halloran/Collins	TV film
2006	'	Emily Davenport	TV film
2006	Crazy Eights	Beth Patterson
2007	'	Princess Margaret	6 episodes
2007	Burn Notice	Fiona Glenanne	2007 " 2013
2008	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Eva Sintzel	Episode: "Inconceivable"
2008	iMurders	Lindsay Jefferies
2010	Lies Between Friends	Joss Jenner
2011	'	Nina
2011	A Warrior's Heart	Claire Sullivan
2011	Carnal Innocence	Caroline