Anna Madeley (born 1 October 1977) is an English actress. She performed for three seasons with the Royal Shakespeare Company and has appeared in three London productions. She has starred in productions on each of the main British television channels and has also worked in radio and film. Madeley has appeared as Kate Kendrick in Deadwater Fell and as Audrey Hall in the remake of All Creatures Great and Small.
Early life and education Madeley grew up in London, attending North London Collegiate School. Her speech teacher set her up with some auditions, and she began her career as a child actress at age seven. She then trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama.
Career She performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company in its 2001–2002 and 2003–2004 seasons. She appeared in The Roman Actor opposite Sir Antony Sher. From 2003 to 2005, she was a regular cast member of ITV's The Royal in which she played Nurse Samantha Beaumont.
In 2005, Madeley appeared in three London productions (Laura Wade's Colder Than Here, as well as The Philanthropist and The Cosmonaut's Last Message..., both at the Donmar Warehouse), and rounded off the year starring as both Aaron and Young Alexander Ashbrook in the original Royal National Theatre production of Helen Edmundson's Coram Boy. In 2006, she starred in two BBC TV films – as the title character in The Secret Life of Mrs Beeton, and in the original drama Aftersun – and the high-profile ITV drama The Outsiders. In early 2007 she was a central character in the second episode of “Lewis”, and she also appeared in Channel 4's Consent, which combined a dramatised vignette about an alleged date rape with a "real life" sequence in which lawyers and a jury made up of members of the public participated in a trial. In February 2007, she played Nina in a production of The Seagull as an understudy when the original actress fell ill. Madeley was the only cast member to reprise her role in Grindley's 2009 Broadway production of The Philanthropist.
In 2010, Madeley appeared in The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister, based on a script by Jane English, and starring Maxine Peake as Anne Lister, a 19th-century industrialist who was Britain's "first modern lesbian" and who kept a detailed journal. The film was shown on the opening night at the Frameline Film Festival at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco in June 2010. In January 2013, Madeley starred in Hammer Films' first live theatre play, a new stage adaptation of The Turn of the Screw. In 2016, she played the role of Clarissa Eden in the Netflix series The Crown. In 2018, she played the role of Marie Stahlbaum, the late mother to the protagonist, Clara, and the queen of the magical land Clara discovers in the fantasy/adventure film The Nutcracker and the Four Realms. In 2020, she played Kate Kendrick in Deadwater Fell and was cast as housekeeper Audrey Hall in the remake of All Creatures Great and Small.
Personal life Madeley's partner is actor Geoffrey Streatfeild; they have two children.
Acting credits Filmography Year Film Role Notes 1985 Claudia Little Girl 1990 Back Home School Girl TV film 1998 Cold Feet Emma TV series (1 episode: "Episode No.1.5") 1999 Dad Tasmin TV series (1 episode: "Reprodadtion") Guest House Paradiso Saucy Wood Nymph 2000 A Dinner of Herbs Florrie Roystan TV mini-series (2 episodes) 2001 An Unsuitable Job for a Woman Petra TV series (1 episode: "Playing God") 2003 The Royal Nurse Samantha Beaumont TV series (20 episodes: 2003–2005) 2004 The Rivals Lydia Languish Video 2005 Stoned Stones' Receptionist 2006 Aftersun Esther TV film The Outsiders Erica Chapman TV film The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton Isabella Beeton TV film 2007 Consent Rebecca "Becky" Palmer TV film Lewis Anne Sadikov TV series (1 episode: "Whom the Gods Would Destroy") Uninvited Jane Short film The Old Curiosity Shop Betsy Quilp TV film 2008 Sense and Sensibility Lucy Steele TV series (2 episodes) In Bruges Denise Affinity Margaret Prior Waking the Dead Anna Vaspovic TV series (2 episodes: "Pietà" – Parts 1 & 2) Brideshead Revisited Celia Ryder The Children Polly TV mini-series (3 episodes) Agatha Christie's Marple Adele Fortescue TV series, episode: "A Pocket Full of Rye" Crooked House Katherine TV series (2 episodes) 2009 Law & Order: UK Kayleigh Gaines TV series (1 episode: "Hidden") 2010 Hustle Jennifer Hughes TV series (1 episode: "The Hush Heist") The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister Mariana Belcombe TV film 2011 The Reckoning Victoria Sturridge TV mini-series (1 episode: "Episode No.1.1") 2012 A Fantastic Fear of Everything WPC Taser Strawberry Fields Gillian Secret State Gina Hayes TV mini-series (4 episodes) Words Of The Titanic Violet Jessop TV documentary 2013 Agatha Christie's Poirot Barbara Franklin TV series (1 episode: "Curtain: Poirot’s Last Case") Silent Witness Annette Kelly TV series (2 episodes: "Change" – Parts 1 & 2) Utopia Anya TV series (6 episodes) Mr Selfridge Miss Ravillious TV series (7 episodes) 2015 Code of a Killer Sue Jeffreys TV Mini-Series, 3 episodes 2016 The Crown Clarissa Eden TV series (1 episode) 2018 Patrick Melrose Mary Melrose TV miniseries Silent Witness Anna Lawson TV series (2 episodes: "Moment Of Surrender" – Parts 1 & 2) The Nutcracker and the Four Realms Queen Marie Stahlbaum 2020 Deadwater Fell Kate Kendrick TV miniseries2020Sitting in LimboAmelia GentlemanTV film 2020- All Creatures Great and Small Mrs Hall TV series 2021 Time Anne Warren TV miniseries 2022 Anatomy of a Scandal Ellie Frisk TV miniseries (episodes 1 & 2) 2023 Secret Invasion Pamela Lawton TV miniseries (2 episodes) 2025 The Chelsea Detective Siobhan Draper 2 episodes "For The Greater Good"2026 Vindicta Eliza Svoboda Fatherland Betty Knox The Age of Innocence Aunt MedoraTV series
Stage The Merry Wives of Windsor (1986, RSC) Be My Baby (1998, Pleasance Theatre) Sense & Sensibility (2000, UK tour) Eye Contact (2000, Riverside Studios) Madness in Valencia(2001, RSC) as Erifila Love in a Wood (2001, RSC) as Martha A Russian In The Woods (2001, RSC) as Ilse The Malcontent (RSC) as Maria The Roman Actor(RSC) as Domita Ladybird (2004, Royal Court Theatre) as Yulka The Rivals (2004, Bristol Old Vic) as Lydia Languish Colder Than Here (2005, Soho Theatre) as Jenna The Cosmonaut's Last Message to the Woman He Once Loved in the Former Soviet Union(2005, Donmar Warehouse) as Nastasja/Claire The Philanthropist (2005, Donmar Warehouse) as Celia Coram Boy (2005–06, Royal National Theatre) as Aaron / Young Alexander Ashbrook Contractions (2008, Royal Court Theatre) as Emma Earthquakes in London (2010, Cottesloe Theatre at the National Theatre) as Freya Becky Shaw (2011, Almeida Theatre) as Suzanna Private Lives (2011, Music Box Theatre) as Sybil The Turn of the Screw (2013, Almeida Theatre) as the Governess The Crucible (2014, The Old Vic Theatre) as Elizabeth Proctor Les Blancs (2016, National Theatre) as Dr. Marta Gotterling The Height of the Storm (2018, Richmond Theatre) The Little Foxes (2024, The Young Vic Theatre) as Birdie Hubbard
Radio Shadows in Bronze (2005, radio series) as Helena Justina Venus in Copper (2006, radio series) as Helena The Iron Hand of Mars (2007, radio series) as Helena Poseidon's Gold (2009, radio series) as Helena Hammer Horror's The Unquenchable Thirst of Dracula (2017) as Penny Woods
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