Gabrielle Anwar

Gabrielle Anwar
Gabrielle Anwar at the 2009 Genesis Awards.
Born	(1970-02-04) 4 February 1970 Laleham, Surrey, England
Citizenship	United Kingdom United States
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1986–present
Spouse(s)	John Verea (divorced) son, daughter Shareef Malnik (2015-present)
Partner(s)	Craig Sheffer (1990-1993) daughter
Parent(s)	Shirley Hills Tariq Anwar

Gabrielle Anwar (born 4 February 1970) is an English actress. She is known for her role as Margaret Tudor on The Tudors, for dancing the tango with Al Pacino in Scent of a Woman, and for her role as Fiona Glenanne on USA's Burn Notice.

Early life

Anwar was born in Laleham, Surrey. Her mother, Shirley Hills, is an actress, and her father, Tariq Anwar, is an award-winning film producer and editor.^[1] Her father was born in Delhi, India, to an Austrian Jewish mother and an Indian father.^[2] Gabrielle 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.

Career

Anwar's acting début was in the British miniseries Hideaway. She made her film début in Manifesto, 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). In 1992, she made a guest appearance on Beverly Hills, 90210 as Tricia Kinney. She followed that with the films Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken (inspired by A Girl and Five Brave Horses), Scent of a Woman, Body Snatchers, For Love or Money, The Three Musketeers, and Things to do in Denver When You're Dead. In 1994, People magazine named her one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world.^[3]

One of her most memorable moments on screen came in 1992's Scent of a Woman, when she danced a tango with Al Pacino, whose character was blind.

Anwar appeared in the television series John Doe and acted in The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines. Anwar played Princess Margaret, sister of King Henry VIII, on Showtime's The Tudors in 2007. She later played Fiona Glenanne in the long-running television series Burn Notice. 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 played Eddie's (Johnny Depp) girlfriend in Tom Petty's Into the Great Wide Open music video.

Personal life

Anwar has a daughter, Willow, by actor Craig Sheffer, born in 1993, with whom she appeared in the film Daddy Who? aka Kimberly (1999). Anwar was later married to actor John Verea with whom she had a son, Hugo, and daughter, Paisley, before divorcing.^[4] Craig Sheffer is godfather to Anwar's children from her relationship with Verea.^[5]

Since April 2010, Anwar has been in a relationship with Shareef Malnik.^[6] Anwar has become an American citizen.^[7] In August 2015, Anwar and Malnik married in Montana.^[8]

Filmography

References

External links

• Gabrielle Anwar at the Internet Movie Database
• Gabrielle Anwar on Twitter