Talk:Anna Friel

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Father[edit]

She was born the daughter of an owner of a Web Design Company? In 1976? Impressive. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.47.138.254 (talk) 20:13, 27 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Irish[edit]

Her father is Scottish [1] but I would not have said that she was of Irish heritage. --jmb 00:25, 21 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Someone seems to think she is and keeps adding it as a category. I've reverted it so many times now I wasn't sure how to stop it, hopefully that message might work. It's a very vague and POV category anyway that can't be truly verified unless by some sheer coincidence the persons entire genealogy has been published, which isn't very likely. ~~ Peteb16 09:28, 21 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Stating that Anna's father is Irish, is not an opinion - it is fact. Also "heritage" is the wrong word to use - I think you may mean "lineage"... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.76.101.109 (talk • contribs) 23:44, 14 December 2007

This dispute started with people claiming Anna herself was Irish, now we seem to be arguing to prove that her father is Irish. The thing is, this article is not about Anna Friel's father so its not relevant. Was Anna born in England? We can verify that so let's leave it saying that she's English. If enough people think it's important to state she has Irish lineage then by all means include it in the article as long as an appropriate citation can be found. I still dispute its importance however. ~~ Peteb16 (talk) 11:50, 15 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"English" is an ethnicity, not a nationality, in the UK. is she ethnically English? Being born in England does not make her so. To quote the Duke of Wellington --- repudiating claims that he was Irish --- “Because one is born in a stable doesn’t make one a horse.” — Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.152.67.12 (talk) 23:54, 24 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

In an interview with digital spy she describes herself as English ' “My dad’s a linguist, and I speak French and take great pride in my accents. I start a characterisation with my voice and I don’t want to lose it. It’s a form of superstition for me - and it helps me concentrate. A lot of people out there don’t know I’m English. Now when I speak to the American crew in my normal voice they say, ‘Will you stop doing that funny accent?’”'

Source is here. If anyone wants to link this on the main page, feel free http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/a89131/new-seasons-for-greys-daisies-more.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.21.226.153 (talk) 23:31, 21 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Her official website describes herself as British, so i'd suggest that is more than enough. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.202.40.155 (talk) 15:11, 3 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Daughter[edit]

There is no need for her daughters name to be included, (no idea though why I just used the word sibling in my edit summary though!!) For instance in infoboxes there are sections for children. It states "Number of children (i.e. 3), or list of names if notable." By all means add that she has a child, but the name serves no purpose especially bearing in mind the notability. Please see Wikipedia:Notability (people) and specifically the section entitled "Family" which states "Being related to a notable person in itself confers no degree of notability upon that person." It is also not a matter of "The subject of the article's child is relevant" as it is still mentioned that she has a child.--♦Tangerines♦·Talk 00:41, 17 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That means the daughter isn't notable in the sense that there shouldn't be a separate page about her. It doesn't mean her name shouldn't be mentioned on her parents' pages. The name a celebrity chooses for his or her child is relevant information about the celebrity. For example, the articles about Tina Fey, Madonna, Hugh Jackman, and Brad Pitt all have their children's names even though the children aren't notable enough to have separate articles.Ariadne55 (talk) 02:02, 17 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Spoon[edit]

The article refers to Bryan Fuller as the creator of Dead Like Me, Wonderfalls, and "Spoon." I can't find any reference to a project of any kind called Spoon on Fuller's own page, or anywhere else on the web. The link itself just leads to the page on the eating utensil. Has anyone ever heard of "Spoon"? -- Matt —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.111.76.32 (talk) 06:25, 13 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Fringe[edit]

She acted in one of the episodes in Season two of Fringe (Fox TV). Her character kidnapped people by using the red and green flashing lights. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 218.186.12.247 (talk) 18:13, 8 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Nudity[edit]

Anna has been nude in virtually everything she has appeared in. Although, now with getting older, there may not be many more nude scenes to come.

What's your point and how does this relate to Wikipedia? 86.186.51.55 (talk) 12:07, 5 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure - I am conducting extensive research of these scenes to see if I can spot anything Notable. Peteinterpol (talk) 09:41, 17 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

And what has you getting older got to do with the number of nude scenes in films?213.106.136.161 (talk) 00:02, 13 August 2015 (UTC) U[reply]

Well much as I still enjoy doing them I've got to consider the views of cinema-goers who may not be so happy. :-) Peteinterpol (talk) 15:20, 14 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

First kiss[edit]

The first lesbian Kiss on British TV was Alison Steadman & and Myra Frances in 1974. This has just been screened with discussion, as part of You Saw Them Here First, Series 2, Episode 1, on ITV in the UK. See also http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/1396805/index.html. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 20:32, 12 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Land of the Lost[edit]

Have just included a sentence on the above movies which she co-starred in to bring some balance to the article ie. we shouldn't necessarily have all the highlights of someones career (it was a critical and box office flop).Coolabahapple (talk) 06:54, 19 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It was better than "Mad Cows" though - which was memorably reviewed as "enough to make one regret the invention of celluloid".213.106.136.161 (talk) 00:01, 13 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]