Gabrielle Anwar

Gabrielle Anwar is an English actress. She is known for her role as Margaret Tudor on The Tudors, for dancing the tango with Al Pacino in Scent of a Woman and for her current role as Fiona Glenanne on USA's Burn Notice. Anwar was born in Laleham, Middlesex. Her mother, Shirley Hills, is an actress, and her father, Tariq Anwar, is an award-winning film producer and editor. Her father was born in Delhi, India, to an Austrian Jewish mother and an Indian father. Her mother is English. Anwar attended Laleham C of E Primary and Middle School from 1975 to 1982; an end-of-term St. Trinian's sketch... in the school concert of 1982 gave an early indication of her theatrical leanings. She studied at the London drama and dance at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts. Anwar's acting debut was in the British miniseries Hideaway. She made her film debut in Manifesto, which was followed by more British television productions including First Born, Summer's Lease, Press Gang, and The Mysteries of the Dark Jungle. While working on films and television in London, she met American actor Craig Sheffer, and moved with him to Hollywood.
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