Anna Brewster

Anna Brewster is an English model and actress. Her last role was on the 2022 series El Presidente:The Corruption File.

Early life Anna Brewster is from Moseley, Birmingham to school teacher parents. She attended St Bernard's RC School, Kings Heath Junior School and Queensbridge School in Moseley before studying for her A levels at Solihull Sixth Form College. She has also studied at the Birmingham School of Speech and Drama.

Career Acting Brewster starred as Anita Rutter in Anita and Me (2002), and played Doris in Mrs Henderson Presents (2005). In 2007, she portrayed the starring role of Kate Sherman in the E4 miniseries Nearly Famous, and appeared as "Anna Buckingham", a composite daughter of the ill-fated Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham in the television series The Tudors. In 2010, she played supermodel Lydia Kane in the BBC series Material Girl. In 2012, Brewster played Georgina, one of the lead roles in the short film Volume, directed by Mahalia Belo.

In December 2015, Brewster appeared as Bazine Netal, a First Order spy in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. From 2015 to 2018, she portrayed Françoise-Athénaïs, Marquise de Montespan in the Canal+ series Versailles.

In 2020, Brewster starred as Shelby Dupree in the action thriller film The Last Days of American Crime. She portrayed Jane Boleyn in the 2021 TV series Anne Boleyn.

Modelling Brewster was signed to Union Models at the age of 15. She modelled a range of women's clothing for designer label Ben Sherman; she was seen in the autumn/winter 2007 range throughout the UK. She appeared in a campaign for Aquascutum, Hermes for two seasons, Jigsaw A/W 2011, Sportsgirl and was the face of Links of London for a season. She has shot editorials for UK and American Glamour, Dazed & Confused, Italian Vogue, Japanese Vogue, Hercules, Plastique and Russian Vogue. During her career, she was signed to Hive Management in London, Marylin Agency in Paris, Next Models Paris, Monster Models in Milan, Muse Models in New York, Place Models, Hamburg, Scoop Models Copenhagen, Jills Management Belgium, House of Orange Amsterdam and Stockholmsgruppen in Stockholm. She is currently signed to MOT Models in London.

Personal life Brewster has a daughter, born in 2022.

Filmography

Film +YearTitleRoleNotes 2002 Anita & Me Anita Rutter 2005 Mrs Henderson Presents Doris 2010 The Reeds Laura 2011 Archaeology Noah's Girlfriend Short film 2012 Volume Georgiana Short film 2015 Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens Bazine Netal 2018 L'Ariel Elma Short film 2019 Hurt By Paradise Tessa 2020 Lola Ruby Short film 2020 The Last Days of American Crime Shelby Dupree 2020 LX 2048 Reena Bird

Television +YearTitleRoleNotes 2007 The Tudors Anna Buckingham 2 episodes 2007 Katy Brand's Big Ass Show 2007 Nearly Famous Kate Ryman 6 episodes 2009 The Royal Cynthia Grant 1 episode 2010 Material Girl Lydia Kane 6 episodes 2011 Luther Abby 1 episode 2012 Mr and Mrs Jones Lisa 1 episodes 2013 Silent Witness Deanna Collier 2 episodes 2014 Only Human Danielle Lang Television film 2015–2018 Versailles Montespan / Madame de Montespan 21 episodes 2021 Anne Boleyn Lady Rochford / Jane Boleyn Miniseries 2022 El Presidente: The Corruption Game Faye Bossard 7 Episodes