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‘And yes, it meant I had to sacrifice certain jobs, maybe even going to America, but I don’t think I’d ever have felt comfortable there anyway. Ms Martin had been with film and theatre director Roger Michell for 16 years and they have two girls together: Maggie, ten, and Nancy, seven. I tell her that she seems to know exactly what she wants and how to get it. The 42-year-old had been with film and theatre director Roger Michell for 16 years and they have two girls together: Maggie, ten, and Nancy, seven. ‘And you know, my kids hate Julia. ‘And then… Well, I’m going to drink. Mr Michell has two other children from his former marriage to actress Kate Buffery. If you’ve got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the Metro.co.uk entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@metro.co.uk, calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we’d love to hear from you.

‘Our marriage has ended and we’ve been separated for quite some time. There’s lime in margaritas. Roger was divorced with two children, and 20 years older. But they did,' she says.

‘Who knows? Connect with friends faster than ever with the new Facebook app. 'It wasn't Motherland that really changed everything,' she says. Then in between filming I sit with Diane Morgan [who plays fellow slummy mummy Liz] and we talk about our saggy jowls, and sit in front of a mirror pulling our faces back to see what we'd look like with plastic surgery. She studied World War I at Liverpool University before getting her big break in “His Dark Materials”. People born in the Year of the Snake are a symbol of wisdom and wit, often seen as humorous and gifted in literature and art.

It's taken an enormous amount of time, but we are all getting through it in a healthy way.'.

Earrings, Vicki Sarge. I was so uptight, just incredibly uptight, and these lovely, funny kids changed that just by being themselves. And having children hasn't stopped me working. She pulled out of her next job because she needed to deal with her grief and be there for her family and ended up working in a burger bar to pay her rent, worrying that she'd never be able to resume life as an actress. ‘God no,’ she replies quickly. Can a rewilding retreat really help your mental health? 'He is great and we also have a brilliant nanny and my mum helps out with the girls, so all is fine.

But unlike in the sitcom, the father of her two daughters is an ‘amazing’, ‘supportive’ presence, she tells You magazine today. I was fed up with auditions; I was thinking, ‘Do I actually want to do this or shall I just be at home with the girls?’. Right: In the film Poppy Shakespeare, 2008. We are no longer accepting comments on this article.

Her father, Ivan, was a pharmaceutical company director and her mother, Rosalind, a research scientist who gave up work to look after their children.

I did used to worry that I wouldn't work because I didn't have a pretty face, but luckily the industry has changed.

Kate Middleton Just Wore Another Pantsuit — But Are Her Chic Outfits Breaking Royal Protocol? Check back often as we will continue to update this page with new relationship details. I had no idea that Line of Duty was such a huge deal. ‘I’ve grown into my face. By the age of 11 she thought she might have a career singing in working men's clubs.

Then she drops a bombshell.

', Our pick of Anna's most watch-worthy roles, Left: Playing Suki Macrae Cantrell in the first series of the rebooted Doctor Who, 2005. 'I had no idea that Line of Duty was such a huge deal. Anna, who stars in BBC comedy’s Motherland, met 63-year-old Notting Hill director Michell – who has two children with ex-wife Kate Buffery – in 2003 when he cast her in a National Theatre production. In the BBC comedy Motherland, she plays a parent struggling to bring up her children with little help from her estranged husband.

laughs Anna. So, well… It's all OK.', Is she ready to start dating?

I mean, otherwise, what is it all for?'.

Middle: Her portrayal of Esther Summerson in the BBC adaptation of Charles Dickens’s Bleak House in 2005 earned Anna her first Bafta. Motherland and Line of Duty actor Anna Maxwell Martin has revealed she has split from her husband. Her father, Ivan, was a pharmaceutical company director and her mother, Rosalind, a research scientist who gave up work to look after their children.

I feel incredibly supported.

It changed me – in a good way.’.

I've just done a film that Harry has written and directed called Ilkley [a black comedy about a murder at a literary festival, also starring Derek Jacobi]. She fell in love with Roger then, the following year, he cast her opposite Daniel Craig in the film adaptation of Ian McEwan’s Enduring Love.

‘I made dreadful mistakes with his children at the start, so many I can’t remember. ‘Bonkers, isn’t it?’ says Anna. A friend is setting up a studio in her home so she can do voiceovers, so I could see if I can use that too. Nobody does right now. It will make me happy if this show can lift a few spirits, even for a few hours.’. In celebrity terms, Anna is something of an anomaly. I tell her that she seems to know exactly what she wants and how to get it. 'My parents had no idea where I came from, but they let me get on with it. 'And you know, my kids hate Julia. 'It was playing Patricia Carmichael in Line of Duty [in series five]. The pair met when director Michell cast her in a National Theatre production in 2003. Roger cast her to play Sophie at the National Theatre opposite the late Corin Redgrave in the Australian play Honour in 2003. “Our marriage has ended and we've been separated for quite some time. But they did,’ she says. ‘Isn’t she awful?’ laughs Anna.

We are here for her new Sky show, Code 404, in which she plays Kelly, the wife caught between her husband – a reckless British cop called John Major (played by Daniel Mays) – and his more sensible partner, Roy Carver (Stephen Graham).

Anna Maxwell Martin has a winning line in self-deprecation. Devoted mother-of-four, 31, dies from brain cancer after her chemotherapy was stopped for three months due... Heartbroken father pleads with NHS hospitals not to delay lifesaving treatments due to Covid after his... Support for your immune health from an innovative supplement - a story of gut instinct. She shakes her head. She shakes her head. Anna Maxwell Martin, sometimes credited as Anna Maxwell-Martin, is an English actress who is noted for her performances as Lyra in His Dark Materials at the Royal National Theatre, as Esther Summerson in the BBC’s 2005 adaptation of Bleak House, and as “N” in Channel 4’s 2008 adaptation of … 'Thank God he got to see me perform in the theatre before he died is all I can say,' she states before quickly moving on to another subject. Clearly very smart, Anna does not give herself limits – she is planning to do stand-up comedy and has been commissioned to write ‘a very dark’ comedy. “Roger was and is very special in my life… When I met him he felt like my person, although things don't always work out.

You become public property, and I wasn’t used to that. 'And yes, it meant I had to sacrifice certain jobs, maybe even going to America, but I don't think I'd ever have felt comfortable there anyway. Like many celebrities and famous people, Anna keeps her personal and love life private.

‘I’m definitely not a single working mother. She rarely attends red-carpet events and doesn't do social media. I haven't really spoken about it because it isn't fair on all the people involved. Let’s find out!

When I met him he felt like my person, although things don’t always work out.

Right: In the film Poppy Shakespeare, 2008. My Secret Life: Anna Maxwell Martin, 35, actress 'I can dance like Rihanna' Holly Williams. Line of Duty’s Anna Maxwell Martin announced her split from husband of 16 years, Roger Michell. ‘Roger is amazing.