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Annabelle Wallis is an English actress who played Grace Burgess in Peaky Blinders from 2013 to 2019. She also starred in The Mummy, Annabelle, and other films and TV shows. See her biography, awards, photos, videos, and more on IMDb.
- January 1, 1
- 1.70 m
- Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
She is known for her roles as Jane Seymour in Showtime's period drama The Tudors (2009–2010), Grace Burgess in the BBC drama Peaky Blinders (2013–2019), Mia Form in the supernatural horror film Annabelle (2014), Jenny Halsey in the supernatural adventure film The Mummy (2017), Rebecca Crosby in Tag (2018), Sandra in Silent Night (2021) and ...
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Frances Wallis (born 5 September, 1984) is an English actress best known for the roles of queen Jane Seymour in the historical drama The Tudors (2009-2010), Mia Form in the horror film Annabelle (2014), Grace Burgess in the crime drama Peaky Blinders (2013-2019) and Jenny Halsey in the supernatural adventure film The Mummy (2017).
Annabelle Wallis was born in Oxford, Oxfordshire, in England but she grew up in Cascais, Portugal. Her mother is the niece of Richard Harris (Harry Potter), therefore, Annabelle is the cousin of actors Jared Harris (Mad Men) and Jamie Harris and director Damian Harris. On her father's side, she is related to Marie Lloyd, a music-hall singer in the early 1900s.
She attended the Saint-Dominic's International School and she is polyglot; she speaks fluent English and Portuguese as well as French and Spanish.
Wallis started in 2005, in the Bollywood movie Dil Jo Bhi Kahey and appeared in a few B movies before her breakthrough in 2009 as queen Jane Seymour in Showtime's The Tudors, alongside Jonathan Rhys-Meyer. She appeared in X-Men: First Class, Madonna's debut movie W.E: Wallis and Edouard and she also starred in the first and only season of ABC's drama series Pan Am, alongside Margot Robbie.
In 2012, she landed the part of Grace Burgess, an Irish barmaid and agent of the Crown, in the critically acclaimed crime drama Peaky Blinders. Alongside actors Cillian Murphy, Sam Neill and Helen McCrory, her performance corroborates her status of promising actress. In 2014, she played Muriel Wright in the mini-series Fleming: the man who would be Bond and joined the Conjuring universe by getting the leading role of Mia Form in the horror film Annabelle. She left Peaky Blinders in 2016, after three seasons and starred in three films: The Brothers Grimsby, Come and Find Me and Mine. In 2017, she joined the Dark Universe of Universal studios by portraying the archeologist Jenny Halsey in the supernatural adventure film The Mummy, with Sofia Boutella and Tom Cruise. The same year, she was directed by Guy Ritchie in the epic fantasy film
In 2018, she portrayed journalist Rebecca Crosby in the comedy film Tag. That same year, Wallis lent her voice to Zora, an artificial intelligence, in Calypso, the second episode of the mini-series Star Trek: Short Treks.
In 2019, she landed the role of Sheriff Alice Gustafson in Robin Pront's thriller The Silencing, with Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. She will star in two science-fiction films: Boss Level, directed by Joe Carnahan, with Mel Gibson and Naomi Watts and Warning, directed by Agata Alexander, alongside actresses Laura Harrier and Charlotte Le Bon. The actress will also return to television in Showtime's drama series The Loudest Voice and reprise her role as Grace Shelby in fifth season of
Annabelle Wallis lives between London and Los Angeles.
She is an activist and uses her platform to speak up against gender inequalities, the Brexit referendum and to show her support towards minorities, the LGBTQ+ community and refugees. She participated to various campaigns: #DontFuckMyFuture, #ChooseLove for Help Refugees and #ChristmasJumper for Save the Children. She is a feminist and helped raising money for Women for Women International at the Letters Live event in 2017.
Nov 30, 2022 · Why Annabelle Wallis Wanted To Be A Part Of Peaky Blinders. Netflix. By Fatemeh Mirjalili Nov. 30, 2022 7:33 am EST. Before Annabelle Wallis' Grace Burgess fell in love with Tommy Shelby...
Interview with Annabelle Wallis, who plays Grace Burgess in BBC Two's Peaky Blinders. Everyone’s so feisty and strong and so different and so complex. I just fell in love with [the Peaky ...
Wallis was drawn to the characters and took her role as a personal challenge, revealing that “Peaky Blinders” allowed her to experiment with her craft.
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Apr 28, 2016 · Published: 28 April 2016. Steven builds characters with so many shades of grey, and writes women who are multi-layered with strong story arcs. — Annabelle Wallis. Annabelle Wallis plays...
