Anna Maxwell Martin

Biography

Anna Maxwell Martin (born Anna Charlotte Martin; 10 May 1977), sometimes credited as Anna Maxwell-Martin, is an English actress. She won two British Academy Television Awards, for her portrayals of Esther Summerson in the BBC adaptation of Bleak House (2005) and N in the Channel 4 adaptation of Poppy Shakespeare (2008). She is also known for her roles as DCS Patricia Carmichael in BBC One crime drama Line of Duty (2019–2021) and Kelly Major in Code 404 (2020–2022). From 2016-2022, Martin starred in the BBC comedy Motherland, for which she was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Female Comedy Performance. Martin's theatre work includes the role of Lyra Belacqua in the production of His Dark Materials (2003–2004) at the National Theatre. Description above from the Wikipedia article Anna Maxwell Martin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

as Suki Macrae Cantrell

Good Omens

as Beelzebub

Philomena

as Jane

Becoming Jane

as Cassandra Austen

And Then There Were None

as Ethel Rogers

The Personal History of David Copperfield

as Mrs. Strong

Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa

as Janet Whitehead

Line of Duty

as Patricia Carmichael

The Duke

as Mrs. Gowling