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Francesca Annis (born May 14, 1944) is an
England|English actress, particularly well known
for her film and television appearances, most
recently the BBC Television series Wives and
Daughters and Deceit. She is dating Ralph Fiennes.


Francesca Annis began acting professionally in her
teens, and made her film debut in the 1950s.  In
1967 she played Estella in a television adaptation
of Great Expectations.  She also presented
children's television programmes.  While becoming
an increasingly well known face on screen, she
enjoyed a successful stage career, playing many
leading roles with the Royal Shakespeare Company. 
Her performance as Lady Macbeth in Roman
Polanski's controversial 1971 film of Macbeth
(play)|Macbeth gained her notoriety.  She
continued to be a leading television actress
throughout the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, appearing
in series such as Edward the Seventh (as Lillie
Langtry, a role she reprised in Lillie (1978)),
Madame Bovary and Parnell and the Englishwoman, in
which she played Kitty O'Shea.  Her films have
included Dune (1984). 

==Filmography==
#Jericho (2005) (mini series)... Lady Clare
Wellesley (episode 1)
#Copenhagen (2002) (TV)... Margrethe Bohr 
#Deceit (2000) (TV)... Ellen Richmond
#Wives and Daughters (1999) (mini series)...
Claire Gibson
#Onegin (1999)... Katiusha
#Reckless: The Sequel (1999) (TV)... Anna Fairley
#Milk (1999)... Harriet
#The Debt Collector (1999)... Val Dryden
#Reckless (1998) (TV)... Anna Fairley
#Dalziel and Pascoe:  An Autumn Shroud (1996)
(TV)... Bonnie Fielding
#Doomsday Gun (1994) (TV)... Sophie
#Headhunters (TV) (1994)... Sally Hall
#Between the Lines (1992) (TV series)... Angela
Berridge (1993)
#Weep No More, My Lady (1992) (TV)... Leila
#The Gravy Train Goes East (1991) (mini series)...
Katya
#Parnell & the Englishwoman (1991) (mini
series)... Katharine O'Shea
#Absolute Hell (1991) (TV)... Elizabeth Collier
#Romeo-Juliet (1990)... Juliet (voice)
#Onassis:  The Richest Man in the World (1988)
(TV)... Jacqueline Kennedy
#Inside Story (1988) (mini series)... Paula
Croxley
#I'll Take Manhattan (1987) (mini series)... Lily
Amberville
#Under the Cherry Moon (1986)... Mrs. Wellington
#Río de oro, El (1986)... Dubarry
#The Maze (1985) (TV)... Catherine Frode
#Dune (movie)|Dune (1984)... Lady Jessica
#Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime (1983) (TV
series)... Tommy and Tuppence|Tuppence Beresford
#Krull (1983)... Lyssa, Widow of the Web
#Coming Out of the Ice (1982) (TV)... Galine
#The Secret Adversary (1982) (TV)... Tommy and
Tuppence|Tuppence Cowley
#Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (1980) (TV)... Lady
Frances Derwent
#Lillie (1978) (mini series)... Lillie Langtry
#The Comedy of Errors (1978) (TV)... Luciana
#Stronger Than the Sun (1977) (TV)... Kate
#Madame Bovary (1975) (mini series)... Emma Bovary
#Edward the King (1975) (mini series)... Lily
Langtry
#The Wood Demon (1974) (TV)
#Sign It Death (1974) (TV)... Tracy Conway
#A Pin to See the Peepshow (1973) (TV)... Julia
Almond
#Penny Gold (1973)
#The Tragedy of Macbeth (1971)... Lady Macbeth
(Shakespeare)|Lady Macbeth
#The Walking Stick (1970)... Arabella Dainton
#The Sky Pirate (1970)... Uptight Girl
#Girls in Uniform (1967) (TV)
#Great Expectations (1967) (TV series)... Estella
#Run with the Wind (1966)... Jean Parker
#The Pleasure Girls (1965)... Sally
#Murder Most Foul (1964)... Sheila Upward
#Flipper's New Adventure (1964)... Gwen
#The Eyes of Annie Jones (1964)... Annie Jones
#The Mate Market (1964) (TV)... Ann
#Crooks in Cloisters (1964)... June
#Cleopatra (movie)|Cleopatra (1963)... Eiras
#Saturday Night Out (1963)... Jean
#West 11 (1963)... Phyl
#His and Hers (1961)... Wanda
#No Kidding (1960) (uncredited)
#Carry On Teacher (1959)... Schoolgirl
(uncredited)
#Young Jacobites (1959)
#The Cat Gang (1958)... Sylvia

==External links==
*imdb name|id=0000768|name=Francesca Annis