Anne-Marie Duff (born 8 October 1970) is an English actress known for playing Fiona Gallagher in Shameless, and Elizabeth I in The Virgin Queen. Read full biography of Anne-Marie Duff →
I'm always dancing in my kitchen. And I love to sing. I've always sung. My father was a lovely singer. Always sang Jim Reeves at parties.
I'm not a great beauty. That's not me.
I just would like to keep going. If I kept getting the kind of work that I've been getting for the last 20 years for the next 20, I'd be a... →
I've been shocked by film actors - 25 and under - having such confidence and cockiness to rewrite a scene. My background is more about the... →
I admire people who overcome obstacles or who have to commit - I've always really admired commitment, whether it be a commitment to living or a... →
I sometimes think it's like a weird elastic band. The more tragic your work is, the quicker you snap back. There's a catharsis in telling a... →
I think creative people need to do a bit of, you know, tuning into every radio station - you just do, otherwise you don't know much about other... →
It's never enjoyable watching yourself. Because you're never as good looking as you hope you are. You're not expecting to be Penelope... →
That's the thing - you do a job like 'Shameless,' and suddenly that's why you can get a job like 'The Virgin Queen', not... →
The first thing that attracts me to any script is the writing. If I find myself becoming lost in a good yarn, then I feel certain that others will... →
The level of sacrifice in the world of dancing is incredibly intense, that work ethic if nothing else - get up, go to class, rehearsal, performance... →
When my baby was born, I felt like somebody had spiked my drink, and I suddenly was so full of love that it was a little bit as if I was drugged. I... →
I think it helps to have a good old-fashioned trajectory, plodding along. Obviously one has an ego and it's really easy to have that ego tickled... →
Anne-Marie Duff (born 8 October 1970) is an English actress known for playing Fiona Gallagher in Shameless, and Elizabeth I in The Virgin Queen.