Anna Katherine Popplewell (born
16 December 1988) is an
English actress. She is best known for her role as
Susan Pevensie in
The Chronicles of Narnia film series.
Biography
Personal life
Popplewell, eldest of three children, is the daughter of Andrew Popplewell
QC and Dr. Debra Lomas, an
immunologist. Her paternal grandfather, Sir
Oliver Popplewell, is a distinguished former
judge. She attended
North London Collegiate School and was senior student 2006-2007.
Since 2007, Popplewell has been a student of English at Magdalen College, Oxford. She was awarded the Cuppers Prize in 2007, for Best Supporting Actress, in a student production of Five Kinds of Silence. In December 2007, she played Lady Macbeth in a student production of Macbeth at the OFS Studio in Oxford. Popplewell currently resides in Highbury, North London.
Career
Popplewell began acting at the age of six, taking classes at the Allsorts Drama School. She began acting professionally in the TV production
Frenchman's Creek in
1998. She made her film debut in
1999 in the film
Mansfield Park and has since appeared in supporting roles in films like
The Little Vampire (
2000) and
Girl with a Pearl Earring (
2003).
Her first major role was in the film
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) where she played
Susan Pevensie. She reprised her role in the sequel,
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, in which she acted with
William Moseley,
Skandar Keynes,
Georgie Henley and
Ben Barnes. The movie opened in theatres
May 16,
2008. She has
musophobia, which required a double to do part of her scene at the Stone Table in
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.
Awards and nominations
Filmography
| Year
| Film
| Role
| Notes
| Worldwide Gross |
| 2008
| The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
| Susan Pevensie
|
| $378,762,351 |
| 2005
| The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
| Susan Pevensie
|
| $744,813,301 |
| 2003
| Girl with a Pearl Earring
| Maetge
|
| $31,466,789 |
| 2002
| Thunderpants
| Denise Smash
|
|
|
| 2001
| Me Without You
| Young Marina
|
| $304,909 |
| 2000
| The Little Vampire
| Anna
|
| $27,965,865 |
| 1999
| Mansfield Park
| Betsey
|
| $4,775,847 |
References
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