Annabelle Wallis

Annabelle Wallis (born 5 September 1984) is an English actress.

Wallis was born on 5 September 1984 in Oxford.

Her maternal great uncle was Irish actor Richard Harris.

Her English first cousins once removed include actors Jared Harris, Jamie Harris, and director Damian Harris.

On her father's side, she is a descendant of English singer Marie Lloyd.

Her older brother Francis is a director who has worked for fashion designer Michael Kors and singers Pixie Lott and Birdy.

She was raised in the Portuguese municipality of Cascais, where her family emigrated when she was 18 months old.

As a result of attending international schools, she speaks fluent English, Portuguese, French and Spanish.

In Portugal, Wallis appeared in several short films before she moved to London to pursue a career in film.

In London, she did some advertisements and looked into drama schools before ultimately deciding to find an agent.

In 2005 she landed a lead role in the Indian film Dil Jo Bhi Kahey..., but it did not fare well at the box office.

She landed small parts in True True Lie (2006) alongside Jaime King; and Body of Lies (2008), playing Mark Strong’s girlfriend.

She starred in the B-movie Steel Trap (2008).

She is known for her roles as Jane Seymour in Showtime's period drama The Tudors (2009–2010), Grace Burgess in the BBC drama Peaky Blinders (2013–2022), Mia Form in the supernatural horror film Annabelle (2014), Jenny Halsey in the supernatural adventure film The Mummy (2017), Sandra in Silent Night (2021) and Madison Mitchell in the horror film Malignant (2021).

In television, her breakthrough was in season three of the Showtime drama series The Tudors (2009) as Jane Seymour, where she replaced actress Anita Briem.

In the following years, she starred in the television film The Lost Future (2010) alongside Sam Claflin; and in the ABC series Pan Am (2011), which was cancelled after one season.

In 2011, she was directed by Madonna in W.E.: Wallis & Edouard and had a small part in X-Men: First Class.

In 2012, she appeared in Jared Leto's documentary, Artifact, and in Snow White and the Huntsman, but was not credited.

Wallis starred as Grace Burgess in the BBC drama Peaky Blinders from 2013 to 2016.

Her role allowed her to be "believable in a strong, female, alpha role."

The series received critical and public acclaim.

In 2014, she joined The Conjuring Universe with a leading role in the horror film Annabelle, directed by John R. Leonetti and produced by James Wan.

The film was a box-office success and received negative reviews.

In 2014, she also portrayed Muriel Wright, the original Bond girl, on the mini-series Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond alongside actor Dominic Cooper.

Critics praised Wallis's performance, and she was nominated at the 2015's MTV Movie & TV Awards for Best Scared-As-S**t Performance.

In 2016, she starred in the action comedy film The Brothers Grimsby, the drama Come and Find Me and the psychological thriller war film Mine.

She returned as Mia Form in Annabelle: Creation (2017).

In 2017, Wallis joined the Dark Universe created by Universal Pictures and starred as archaeologist Jenny Halsey in The Mummy, a reboot of The Mummy franchise.

Wallis did almost all of her stunts herself including a Zero-G scene that almost killed her.

The film received negative reviews and was a box office bomb.

The same year she joined Guy Ritchie's King Arthur: Legend of the Sword.

In 2018, Wallis landed a lead in the American comedy Tag as Rebecca Crosby.

Later that year, she reunited with film director Alex Kurtzman for the Star Trek: Short Treks episode "Calypso", where she voiced the artificial intelligence Zora.

She later reprised the character in a recurring role on Star Trek: Discovery.

In April 2018, she was announced as Cartier's ambassador for jewellery and the new face of the Panthère de Cartier watch.

In 2019, Wallis joined Showtime's mini-series The Loudest Voice as Laurie Luhn, Head of Booking at Fox News Channel and Roger Ailes's long-time "mistress".

Luhn is one of Ailes's first victims to break silence and denounce him, alongside Gretchen Carlson.

The series received generally favourable reviews and was nominated at the Golden Globe Awards for Best Limited Series or Television Film.

Wallis's performance was praised and seen as "heartbreakingly powerful work" by the Chicago Sun Times.

Later that year, Wallis reprised her role as Grace Shelby in the fifth season of Peaky Blinders.