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Badland was born on 26 August 1950 in Edgbaston, Birmingham. Her mother, originally from Loanhead, Scotland, relocated to Birmingham during World War II to work as a munitions and aircraft worker in the factories, where she met Badland's father. [2]
Annette Badland. Actress: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Annette Badland is an English actress known for a wide range of roles on TV, radio and film. She has played Margaret Blaine in the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who (2005), Doomsday Dora in The Sparticle Mystery (2011), Birdie Henshall in the drama series Cutting It (2002), Mavis ...
- August 26, 1950
- A Theatrical Start. After training at East 15 Acting School in London, Badland took the first steps in her professional career with Sir Ian McKellen’s Actors’ Company.
- Big Screen Debut. In 1977, Badland made her big-screen debut as Griselda Fishfinger in Jabberwocky. It would be almost a decade until she made her next movie (1986’s Knights & Emeralds), but since then, she’s enjoyed success in numerous productions, including the SAG nominated drama Little Voice (1998), Disney’s animated feature Valiant (2005), Tim Burton’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), the Oscar-nominated Wish 143 (2009), and the Emily Dickinson biopic, A Quiet Passion (2017).
- A Family Favorite. As well as building a reputation in adult-centric productions, Badland has appeared in a slew of children’s shows. Between 1990-1991, she featured as multiple characters in the BBC children’s series Happy Families, while her subsequent kid-friendly offerings have included the sci-fi series Mike & Angelo, the BAFTA-nominated children’s program Jackanory, the BBC’s children’s series The Demon Headmaster, and ITV’s The Worst Witch.
- A Voice for Radio. As happy to lend her voice to radio as she is to give her time to TV, Badland has been an almost permanent fixture on the airwaves since first starring in David Halliwell’s comedy Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs for BBC Radio 3 in 1992.
May 16, 2020 · The 20th series of the show saw Annette Badland take on the role of Midsomer’s chief pathologist and she soon made her mark as part of the team.
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Mar 14, 2023 · "I don't know which series it was, but she had a little part as a young girl. So I'd known her as a little thing and she came to me and said, 'We worked together when I was small,'" Badland...
Mar 30, 2023 · Badland, 72, was born in Edgbaston in 1950. Her mother was from Scotland but relocated to Birmingham during World War II. Her parents met at a factory here. Badland was interested in acting from a young age and Badland trained in acting at East 15 Acting School in Essex.
Annette Badland: William Hartnell and Patrick Troughton were my first Doctors. So I go way back to the beginning. I did the usual thing of hiding behind the sofa. It was very particular then as it is now. It’s evolved over the years, but it was very specific and very different from what we were watching on television.
