Gabrielle Anwar

Actress

Birthday February 4, 1970

Birth Sign Aquarius

Birthplace Laleham, Surrey, England

Age 54 years old

Nationality United Kingdom

#5957 Most Popular

1970

Gabrielle Anwar (born 4 February 1970) is a British and American actress.

1975

Anwar attended Laleham C of E Primary and Middle School from 1975 to 1982; an end-of-term St Trinian's sketch in the school concert of 1982 gave an early indication of her theatrical leanings.

She studied drama and dance at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts in London.

1986

Anwar's acting debut was in the 1986 British miniseries Hideaway.

She also starred in the music video to Paul McCartney's "Pretty Little Head".

1988

Her film début was Manifesto (1988), which was followed by more British television productions including First Born, Summer's Lease, Press Gang, and The Mysteries of the Dark Jungle.

While working on films and television in London, she met American actor Craig Sheffer, and moved with him to Hollywood.

Anwar and Sheffer have co-starred in a number of American films together, such as In Pursuit of Honor, The Grave, Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal, Flying Virus, Save It for Later, Water Under the Bridge, and Long Lost Son.

Her first American film was If Looks Could Kill, in which she played the daughter of a murdered British agent (played by Roger Daltrey).

She also appeared in Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' music video for Into the Great Wide Open.

1991

Anwar is also known for the 1991 film Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken, for dancing the tango with Al Pacino in the 1992 film Scent of a Woman, and for the 1993 films Body Snatchers and For Love or Money.

Anwar was born in Laleham, Surrey, west of central London, England.

Her mother, Shirley Hills, is an actress, and her father, Tariq Anwar, is a film producer and editor.

Her paternal grandmother, Edith Reich, was an Austrian Jew, while her paternal grandfather was an Indian Muslim.

1992

In 1992, she made a guest appearance on Beverly Hills, 90210 as competitive ice skater Tricia Kinney, who has a brief romance with Brandon Walsh.

She starred in Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken (inspired by A Girl and Five Brave Horses), and one of her most memorable moments on screen was in 1992's Scent of a Woman, when she danced a tango with Al Pacino, whose character was blind.

She followed that with the films Body Snatchers, For Love or Money, and The Three Musketeers.

1993

Anwar was in a relationship with actor Craig Sheffer, with whom she has a daughter (born 1993).

1994

In 1994, People magazine named her one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world.

1995

In 1995, she starred in Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead.

2000

In 2000, Anwar played Sophie in The Guilty.

From 2000 to 2005, she was married to actor John Verea, with whom she has a son and a daughter.

Sheffer is godfather to Anwar's two children with Verea.

2002

She also appeared in the television series John Doe (2002-2003) and acted in The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines (2006).

2007

She is known for her television roles as Sam Black in the second series of Press Gang, as Margaret Tudor in the first season of The Tudors, as Lady Tremaine in the seventh season of Once Upon a Time, and for her starring role as Fiona Glenanne on the USA network television series Burn Notice (2007–2013).

In 2007, she played Princess Margaret, sister of King Henry VIII, on Showtime's The Tudors.

After that, she starred as Fiona Glenanne in the television series Burn Notice from 2007 to 2013.

2008

In 2008, Anwar made an appearance as Eva Sintzel, a woman trying to get pregnant through the fictitious Hudson Cryobank in the Law & Order: SVU episode "Inconceivable".

She also played a role in the seventh season of Once Upon a Time.

Anwar became a U.S. citizen in 2008.

2010

In April 2010, Anwar began dating Shareef Malnik, son of Alvin Malnik.

2015

In August 2015, they were married in Montana.

They live in Palm Island, Florida.