Anna Acton
Actor
Photographer: Ben Hull
Agent
Assistant
Biography
Anna is an established actress of British TV – most well known for her regular roles in staple shows including Eastenders (BBC), The Bill (BBC), Casualty and Doctors (BBC). Recent TV credits include, Rivals (Disney+) opposite David Tennant, Brassic (Sky One), alongside Michelle Keegan, and the critically-acclaimed Roadkill (BBC), opposite Hugh Laurie. Anna is soon to be seen in Most recently, McKenzie (New Pictures), a detective drama series directed by Richard Laxton, due to be released in 2026, and Amazon Prime’s upcoming feature Chasing Red opposite Gavin Casalegno and Madelaine Petsch.
In the world of film, Anna can be most recently seen in Don’t Die as well as appearing in the features, Degenerates and Silver Birches. She is soon to be seen in Gore Verbinski’s Good Luck, Have Fun.
An accomplished stage performer, Anna most recently performed in Blessings (Riverside Studios), the revival of The Permenant Way (Vaults Theatre) and also starred in The Crucible (Simmonds Theatre), Noises Off (Liverpool Playhouse) and as Betty in the Matthew Gould directed, The Gulf (Tristan Bates Theatre).
Gallery
Credits
Television
| Production | Character | Director | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gone | Phillipa Dyce | Richard Laxton | New Pictures |
| McKenzie | Phillipa Dyce | Richard Laxton | Ken Productions Ltd |
| Rivals | Mary | Various | Happy Prince / Disney |
| Casualty | Piper | Vicki Kisner | BBC |
| Doctors | Vicki | Steve Kelly | BBC |
| Roadkill | Stella Farber | Michael Keillor | The Forge Entertainment Ltd. |
| Brassic | Lydia McCann | Jon Wright | Sky One |
| Casualty | Nikki | Various | BBC |
| Eastenders | DC Emma Summerhayes | Various | BBC |
| Topsy & Tim | Joy (Mum) | Various | Darrall Macqueen/ CBeebies |
| Doctors | Dorothy Bale | Alex Jacob | BBC |
| Crime Stories | Polly Andrews | Claire Fryer | ITV/ Freemantle |
| Casualty | Alex | Simon Meyers | BBC Television |
| The Little House | Ruth's Mother | Jamie Payne | ITV |
| Harley Street | Claudia | Barnaby Southcombe | Carnival/ITV |
| The Wrong Door | Dorothy Tempest | Ben Wheatley | BBC3 Television |
| Doctors | Kira Chesterton | Adrian Bean | BBC Television |
| Holby Blue | Louise Martin | Various | Kudos/BBC Television |
| Hollyoaks | D.C Mullins | Penny Shales | Mersey Television |
| Doctors | Rachel Cook | Neil Adams | BBC Television |
| The Bill | Rochelle Barrat | Various | Thames Television |
| Family Affairs | Geri Evans | Various | Channel 5 |
| Harry and Cosh | Sally | Daniel Peacock | 2 Hats/Channel 5 |
| Eastenders | Jane | Paul Annett | BBC Television |
| Metropolis | Secretary | Gary Love | Granada Television |
Film
| Production | Character | Director | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chasing Red | Bev | Mackenzie Munro | Stampede Ventures & Webtoon Productions |
| Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die | Jillian | Gore Verbinski | 3 Arts Entertainment |
| Smudged Smile (Short Film) | Laura | Ella Greenwood | Candid Broad Productions |
| Mapped (Short Film) | Lizzie | Rachel Tilotson | RCSSD Film and Focus Films |
| Shapes (Short Film) | Mrs Roberts | Ethan McDowell | Big Deal Films Ltd. |
| Degenerates | Susan Moore | Callum Crawford | Cineglobe |
| Silver Birches | Jessica | Mark Freiburger | M6 Entertainment |
| The Killers | Danielle | Carlo Ortu | Sugar Spun Pictures |
| Little Deaths | Annabel | Oliver Merchant | Carbonark Films |
| Small Things Unsaid | Virginia | Joe Dixon | Agenda Films |
Stage
| Production | Character | Director | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blessings | Dorie | Sarah Shelton | |
| The Permanent Way | Various | Alexander Lass | The Vaults Theatre |
| The Gulf | Betty | Matthew Gould | Tristan Bates Theatre |
| The Hokey Cokey Man | Jenny/Eileen | Ninon Jerome | The New End Theatre |
| Noises Off | Brooke | Philip Wilson | Liverpool Playhouse |
| Cor Blimey! | Sally | Lawrence Till | Watford PalaceTheatre |
| Relatively Speaking | Ginny | Clifford Dean | The English Th Of Hamburg |
| Chez Le Boucher | The Mistress | John Wright | Simmonds Theatre |
| The Crucible | Abigail Williams | Sarah Esdaile | Simmonds Theatre |
| Daisy Pulls it Off | Trixie Martin | Helen Le Broq | The Wycombe Swan |
| Stage Fright | Lucy | Adrian Middleton | BAC |
| Cleo/Camping Emmanuelle & Dick | U/S Sally/ Imogen | Terry Johnson | Royal National Theatre |
Short Film
| Production | Character | Director | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tor Lewa (Short Film) | Joanne Perry | Paul Holbrook | |
| Of Four (Short Film) | Hayley | Saskia Steinberg | Blue Lobster Productions |
Other
| Production | Character | Director | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virgin TiVo- Presenter | Violet Kiteway | Mark Dymond | Zebra Crossing |
| Perplexcity | Violet Kiteway | David Varela | Mindcandy |
| Sense And Sensibility | Elinor | Paul Annett | Independent Video |
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