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Anne-Marie Duff

Kirsty Young interviews actor Anne-Marie Duff.

Anne-Marie Duff is a stage and screen actor.

Born in 1970 to Irish parents, she grew up in a working class household in west London. A shy child and a voracious reader, she took acting classes from the age of 11, but failed to get into drama school on her first attempt. Her second application to the Drama Centre in London was successful and she's barely been out of work since.

She started off on stage, but gained more widespread recognition when she took the role of Fiona Gallagher in Shameless, the acclaimed Channel 4 comedy drama.

She has since played dozens of roles, both in the theatre and on screen, which range from Queen Elizabeth I to John Lennon's mother, from a penniless suffragette to a retired police officer with skeletons in the cupboard, and from Joan of Arc to Lady Macbeth on Broadway and at the National Theatre. Her performances have been described as having a "multi-faceted, diamond-hard intensity".

Presenter: Kirsty Young
Producer: Sarah Taylor.

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Fri 30 Mar 2018 09:00
BBC Radio 4

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      Love Letter

      • No More Shall We Part.
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    • Simply Acoustic.
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    Marrying The Sea (Til Death Do Us Part)

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  • BOOK CHOICE

    The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot

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Credits

Presenter Kirsty Young
Interviewed Guest Anne-Marie Duff
Producer Sarah Taylor

Broadcasts

  • Sun 25 Mar 2018 11:15
    BBC Radio 4
  • Fri 30 Mar 2018 09:00
    BBC Radio 4

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