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My Take
Anna Maxwell Martin is the kind of actor I trust on sight. Two BAFTA television awards, for Bleak House and Poppy Shakespeare, tell you the industry agrees, but what strikes me is her range without vanity. She can carry Dickensian tragedy with a stillness that aches, then pivot to comedy and steal entire scenes as a passive-aggressive nightmare. Stage-trained, Liverpool-educated, and apparently uninterested in celebrity for its own sake, she represents the British character-actor tradition at its best: the craft is the point. I would watch her read a phone book, and I suspect she would find the subtext in it.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Anna Maxwell Martin
- Name (Japanese)
- アンナ・マックスウェル・マーティン
- Reading
- あんな・まっくすうぇる・まーてぃん
- Born
- May 10, 1977 (age 49)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Snake
- Origin
- Beverley, United Kingdom
- Occupation
- actor / stage actor / film actor
2. Background
- High school
- Beverley High School
- University
- University of Liverpool
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Anna Maxwell Martin born?
Born May 10, 1977 (age 49).
Where is Anna Maxwell Martin from?
Anna Maxwell Martin is from Beverley, United Kingdom.
What does Anna Maxwell Martin do?
Anna Maxwell Martin works as actor, stage actor, film actor.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.