Anna Maxwell Martin

2022 - 6 - 23

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Line of Duty's Anna Maxwell Martin in tears as she uncovers family ... (WalesOnline)

The actress headed to Northern Ireland to find out more about her grandfather.

And then suddenly he was very, very ill and died and that was shocking to us. This prompted Anna to want to know more about her grandparents, Robert and Greta. Upon meeting her father’s brother, Ron, he shows her family photos and tells her about his father, Robert. Anna learnt that Robert was somewhat of a “self-made man” and had built up a successful pharmaceutical enterprise. Anna grew up in East Yorkshire and describes her childhood as “very loving” - something that she hopes that she has given her own children.

Line of Duty's Anna Maxwell Martin has played many award-winning ... (Yorkshire Live)

Anna Maxwell Martin is best known for her starring role in BBC One's crime drama Line of Duty. But the actress has achieved a whole list of accolades for ...

Anna then secured the role of Esther Summerson in Bleak House, a popular TV mini-series in 2005. After numerous starring roles in the theatre, Anna moved onto our television screens. She then went on to play a string of roles in period and historical dramas including Death Comes to Pemberley and The Bletchley Circle.

Anna Maxwell Martin's painful split from husband a year before ... (Mirror.co.uk)

TV and stage actress Anna Maxwell Martin is on Who Do You Think You Are? tonight. The Motherland and Line of Duty actress will reveal some "harrowing" ...

He is great and we also have a brilliant nanny, and my mum helps out with the girls as well, so all is fine." Anna said on This Morning : "Motherland, they hate! They particularly hate Motherland because they can’t bare me embarrassing myself so much." After the split, she said to You: "I’m definitely not a single working mother. Roger, director of Hugh Grant's mega 1999 rom-com hit Notting Hill, sadly died in 2021 at the age of 65. Roger was 20 years her senior when they met.

Anna Maxwell Martin journeys into tragic family past on Who Do You ... (Hull Daily Mail)

The Beverly-born actress will learn more about her paternal grandparents on BBC1 tonight.

Ron added that it hurt their parents deeply, saying "It was their youngest child and he died in a horrible way. Ron emotionally told the story to Anna about how the family sat around the fire after his brother's funeral, explaining that he remembers him being "very ill". Ron continues as tears start to roll down Anna's face, "I can remember coming home from the funeral and the four of us sitting around the fire and just not talking."

Who is actress Anna Maxwell Martin?... (The Sun)

Anna's breakthrough roles came when she played Esther Summerson in the BBC's 2005 adaptation of Bleak House,and "N" in Channel 4's 2008 adaptation of Poppy ...

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Anna Maxwell Martin's quip on 'grooming' her Notting Hill director ex ... (Daily Express)

ANNA MAXWELL MARTIN wed late film director Roger Mitchell in 2004, after she jokingly claimed she 'groomed' him to fall in love with her, despite him being ...

Anna was keen to find out more about her paternal grandparents. However, she previously revealed in an interview with You magazine in April 2020 that she and Roger “aren’t together anymore”, but refused to divulge any more details of the split for the sake of his children. The Motherland star joked that she “groomed” him to fall in love with her before the director, who was already father to Harry and Rosanna from his first marriage to actress Kate Buffery, expanded his brood with the addition of two daughters - Maggie and Nancy.

BBC Who Do You Think You Are star Anna Maxwell Martin's famous ... (Birmingham Live)

Anna was married to TV and film director Roger Michell for 18 years. Roger was the director behind the legendary romantic comedy, Notting Hill, which starred ...

Anna was married to TV and film director Roger Michell for 18 years. The Line of Duty actress, 45, travels to a small town in Northern Ireland to learn more about where her father grew up. The penultimate episode of season 19 will air on Thursday (June 23), with Anna Maxwell Martin's family tree in the spotlight this time.

Who Do You Think You Are? review — Anna Maxwell Martin's ... (The Times)

Who Do You Think You Are? review — Anna Maxwell Martin's ancestors found kindness after the darkness. Also reviewed — Taskmaster: Champion of Champions. Carol ...

Line of Duty's Anna Maxwell Martin in tears after learning ... (The Scottish Sun)

And she was shocked to find out her grandfather was abandoned at a Scottish orphanage aged five alongside his four sisters on the BBC's genealogy series. Anna ...

"He did go on to do well and be loving, really actively loving of his children. We pay for your stories and videos! And he was five. Visibly disgusted, the TV star said: “He must have been terrifying to her and the children." “The reality is he was abandoned and he would have been terrified and alone, and scared. He’s only five, that’s not very nice.

Line of Duty's Anna Maxwell Martin breaks down in tears whilst ... (Daily Mail)

The actress, 45, learned of a family tragedy while appearing on Who Do You Think You Are on Thursday - as it was revealed her grandfather, Maxwell, ...

Heartbreaking: She learned that Maxwell was abandoned at the Scottish orphanage at the age of five alongside his four sisters, but due to strict gender rules, was separated from his siblings - Rachel, Rhoda, Nettie and Isaclena And I find that very moving, when little people are able to rise above. - She learned that Maxwell was abandoned at the Scottish orphanage at the age of five alongside his four sisters, but due to strict gender rules, was separated from his siblings - Rachel, Rhoda, Nettie and Isaclena

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