Anna Niland
Born: 1970-01-15 in England, UK
Known For: Acting
Biography
Anna Niland is an English actress. She is the Associate Director of National Youth Theatre and oversees their talent development programmes, including our free industry-led alternative routes into the industry, the NYT REP Company and flagship social inclusion courses Playing Up and Stepping Up. She trained with the National Youth Theatre and at Rose Bruford College and worked extensively as an actor on stage, screen and radio. Recent directing credits include Shout Out Loud, an award-nominated LGBTQ+ themed site-specific show at Eltham Palace in partnership with English Heritage, Consensual by Evan Placey at Soho Theatre (as Associate Director), Stephen Kelman’s Pigeon English adapted for stage by Gbolahan Obisesan at Ambassadors Theatre, William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice by Tom Stoppard at Ambassadors Theatre, You Can by Luke Barnes at Ambassadors Theatre, Red Riding Hood at Latitude Festival, SLICK at Sheffield Park Hill Estate and Tits Teeth by Michael Wynne at Soho Theatre.
Filmography
2001
- Othello as Estelle
2000
- Doctors as Laura Dunn
- My Hero as Mrs Blake
- Human Remains as Second Tarot Lady
1996
- Hetty Wainthropp Investigates as Beverly Prendergast
1995
- Young Indiana Jones and the Treasure of the Peacock's Eye as Ruth the Maid
1994
- Pie in the Sky as Vicky Pritchard
1992
- Heartbeat as Debra Finch
- Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side as Cherry Baker
1991
- Prime Suspect as WPC
1989
- Stay Lucky as Receptionist
1986
- Casualty as Ellen Jones