Anneika Rose is an actress of Scottish nationality and Sri Lankan ancestry. She is known for her roles in the Channel 4 series Ackley Bridge (2017) and Deadwater Fell (2020), the BBC series Line of Duty (2020) and Crossfire (2022), and the crime drama Shetland (2021).
Anneika Rose | |
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Born | Glasgow, Scotland |
Occupation | Actress |
Early life
editRose has family from Sri Lanka. She was born and grew up in Glasgow, the second oldest of six children.[1] Rose trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.[2]
Career
editRose has appeared on UK television shows including Shetland, The Midwich Cuckoos, Line of Duty, Deadwater Fell and Ackley Bridge.[3] She also appeared in successful theatre productions of Romeo And Juliet, Behind The Beautiful Forevers and The Empress. Indeed, such was her string of hits in a short space of time The Sunday Post said that her "name on the credits seems to signal a jewel in the television schedules and theatre listings." Rose told the paper "I think I am fortunate, I have to say. I'm drawn to scripts that are gripping. It’s a good sign if I start reading a script, and I want to keep reading… All of those TV shows, they all had great scripts, it was the main draw." Rose has also been able to work with a number of high-profile Scottish actors, including David Tennant (Deadwater Fell), Mark Bonnar (Guilt) and Kelly MacDonald (Line of Duty).[4] She also appeared in The Cry which The National called “the best TV drama Scotland has ever produced”.[5]
Partial filmography
edit† | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2010 | Taggart | 2 episodes | |
2017 | Silent Witness | 2 episodes | |
2017 | Apple Tree Yard | Dr. Sadiq | |
2017 | Ackley Bridge | Lila | 6 episodes |
2017 | Electric Dreams | Mary | 1 episode |
2018 | The Cry | Jean-Louise Talbot | 2 episodes |
2019 | Guilt | Nicola | 2 episodes |
2019 | The Feed | Natalie | 6 episodes |
2020 | Deadwater Fell | Nicky | 4 episodes |
2020 | Line of Duty | PC Farida Jatri | 9 episodes |
2021 | Shetland | Maggie | 9 episodes |
2022 | The Midwich Cuckoos | Amrita | 3 episodes |
2022 | Crossfire | Abhi | 4 episodes |
2023 | Payback | Rowena Hayes | |
TBA | Fear † | In production[6] |
Partial theatre work
editDates | Title | Role | Company | Venue | Ref. |
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October - November 2008 (tour); 27 November 2008 - 24 January 2009 |
Romeo and Juliet | Juliet | Royal Shakespeare Company | Tour; The Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon | [7] |
1 - 27 June 2009 | Much Ado About Nothing | Hero | New Shakespeare Company | Open Air Theatre, London | [8] |
22 October - 17 November 2012 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Hermia | Royal Lyceum Theatre | [9] | |
21-23 June 2013 | A Midsummer Night's Dreaming | Hermia | Royal Shakespeare Company | [10] | |
11 July - 18 October 2015 | Richard II | Queen Isabel | Shakespeare's Globe | [11] | |
2021 | Behind the Beautiful Forevers | Meena | National Theatre at Home[a] | [12] |
References
edit- ^ "The Archers: Anisha Jayakody". BBC.co.uk.
- ^ "Anneika Rose". nationaltheatre.org.uk.
- ^ "Meet the cast of Crossfire". Radio Times.
- ^ "Shetland actress Anneika Rose on her luck with scripts, being an outsider, and those difficult Line Of Duty scenes with Kelly Macdonald". sundaypost.
- ^ "The Cry is the best TV drama Scotland has ever produced". The National. 28 October 2018.
- ^ "Film crews to descend on Glasgow for new TV thriller". Herald Scotland. 9 March 2024. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
- ^ "Romeo and Juliet". bbashakespeare.Warwick.ac.uk.
- ^ "Much Ado About Nothing". bbashakespeare.Warwick.ac.uk.
- ^ "A Midsummer Night's Dream". bbashakespeare.Warwick.ac.uk.
- ^ "A midsummers night dream". bbashakespeare.Warwick.ac.uk.}
- ^ "RICHARD II". bbashakespeare.Warwick.ac.uk.
- ^ "A taste of real India and it's not pleasant". londonnewsonline.co.uk. 7 May 2021.
- ^ Recorded performance
External links
edit- Anneika Rose at IMDb