MyAnna Buring Biography

MyAnna Buring (born MyAnna Margaretha Buring Rantap; 22 September 1979) is a Swedish actress, known for her roles in The Descent, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 and Part 2 and Ripper Street.

Early life

Buring was born 22 September 1979, in Sundsvall, Sweden, as MyAnna Margaretha Buring Rantap, but grew up in the Middle East.

She attended secondary school at the American British Academy in Muscat, Oman, with her childhood friend Stegath Dorr, who is a character actor and a prolific horror filmmaker.

When she turned 16, she moved to Great Britain and graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in 2004. She is the associate director of the MahWaff Theatre Company.

Career

Television

In 2006, Buring guest-starred in "The Impossible Planet", the first episode of a two-episode Doctor Who story. Her character, Scooti, perished in the vacuum of space; the scenes of her body floating towards a black hole were filmed in an underwater tank in Pinewood Studios, to create the effect of weightlessness.

Also in 2006, Buring played Olivia in a production of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night by Exeter's Northcott Theatre Company, alongside Sara Weymouth and David Gwillim, and appeared in a new play, Seduced, by Michael Kingsbury at London's Finborough Theatre. In 2008, Buring starred as Alice in the independent film Credo, also known as The Devil's Curse.

Buring also starred as Debbie in Much Ado About Nothing (BBC One), Midsomer Murders (ITV), Casualty (BBC One) and Murder Prevention (Channel 5). For MahWaff Theatre Company, she starred in Guardians, Monologue For An Ensemble and An Inspector Calls.

Buring played the role of the CND peace activist and student Adriana Doyle in series three, episode two, of Inspector George Gently, which was screened in the UK on BBC One in October 2010.

In 2012, Buring had significant supporting roles in the BBC drama serials Blackout and Ripper Street. She also joined the cast of Downton Abbey, playing the role of the maid Edna Braithwaite in the 2012 Christmas special episode and the fourth season.

In December 2012, Buring played protagonist Karen Clarke, a woman who is haunted by her past which eventually catches up with her, in a two-part drama called The Poison Tree that was broadcast on ITV1.

Film

In her first film role, Buring starred in a leading role in the 2005 horror film The Descent, directed by Neil Marshall. Her character, Sam, was one of the main characters among the women who ventured down into an uncharted cave system. Buring also appeared in the film's sequel, The Descent Part 2, in the form of flashbacks.

She also starred in Doomsday in 2008, linking her again with Neil Marshall.

In 2009, Buring appeared as the female lead in the film Lesbian Vampire Killers opposite James Corden and Mathew Horne, which was released to UK cinemas on 20 March 2009.

In May 2010, she appeared as Jozefa in Witchville for SyFy in the U.S. alongside Sarah Douglas.

Buring plays the role of Tanya of the Denali Coven in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 and Part 2.

In 2011, Buring appeared in the horror film Kill List, in which she acted the part of the protagonist's wife.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Murder Prevention	Michelle Wynne	TV series, episode "Last Man Out: Part 1"
2004	Casualty	Kirsty Morrison	TV series, episode "Past Imperfect"
2005	'	Sam
2006	Doctor Who	Scooti Manista	TV series, episode "The Impossible Planet"
2006	'	Tabloid Reporter #2
2007	Grindhouse	Featured Woman	Segment "Don't"
2007	English Language (with English Subtitles)	Esther
2007	'	Kim Heyes	TV series, episode "Stealth Attack"
2008	Doomsday	Cally
2008	Midsomer Murders	Mandy	TV series, episode "Midsomer Life"
2008	Freakdog	Shelby
2008	'	Various	TV series, 5 episodes
2008	Credo	Alice
2009	'
2009	Lesbian Vampire Killers	Lotte
2009	City Rats	Sammy
2009	'	Sam
2010	Comedy Lab	Inga	TV series, episode "Filth"
2010	Witchville	Jozefa	TV movie
2010	Devil's Playground	Angela
2010	Half Hearted	Lauren
2010	Inspector George Gently	Adriana Doyle	TV series, episode "Peace & Love"
2010	Any Human Heart	Ingeborg	TV series, 1 episode
2011	Au Revoir Monkeys	Anna
2011	Super Eruption	Claire	TV movie
2011	Way of the Morris	Will-O'-Wisps (voice)
2011	Kill List	Shel
2011	'	Tanya
2012	White Heat	Lilly	TV series, 6 episodes
2012	'	Tanya
2012	Blackout	Sylvie	BBC 1 Three-part drama
2012-2013	Downton Abbey	Edna Braithwaite	TV Series, 2012 Christmas special-Series 4
2012	The Poison Tree	Karen Clarke	ITV 1 Two-part drama
2012-2016	Ripper Street	Long Susan	TV series, series regular
2013	Agatha Christie's Marple	Lucky Dyson	Episode "A Caribbean Mystery"
2013	Crossing Lines	Anika	Episodes "The Animals" and "Desperation & Desperados"
2014	The Great War: The People's Story	Dorothy Lawrence	TV Series
2014	Hyena	Lisa
2015	Prey	Jules Hope	Series two
2015	Banished	Elizabeth Quinn
2015	Hot Property	Melody Munro
2016	The Comedian's Guide to Survival	Nell