Anneika Rose

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Anneika Rose
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Glasgow, Scotland
OccupationActress

Anneika Rose is a Scottish actress. She is known for her roles in the Channel 4 series Ackley Bridge (2017) and Deadwater Fell (2020), the BBC series Line of Duty (2020) and Crossfire (2022), and the crime drama Shetland (2021).

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Early life

Rose has family from Sri Lanka. She was born and grew up in Glasgow, the second oldest of six children. [1] Rose trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. [2]

Career

Rose has appeared on UK television shows including Shetland, The Midwich Cuckoos, Line of Duty, Deadwater Fell and Ackley Bridge . [3] She also appeared in successful theatre productions of Romeo And Juliet, Behind The Beautiful Forevers and The Empress. Indeed, such was her string of hits in a short space of time The Sunday Post said that her "name on the credits seems to signal a jewel in the television schedules and theatre listings." Rose told the paper "I think I am fortunate, I have to say. I'm drawn to scripts that are gripping. It’s a good sign if I start reading a script, and I want to keep reading… All of those TV shows, they all had great scripts, it was the main draw." Rose has also been able to work with a number of high-profile Scottish actors, including David Tennant (Deadwater Fell), Mark Bonnar (Guilt) and Kelly MacDonald (Line of Duty). [4] She also appeared in The Cry which The National called “the best TV drama Scotland has ever produced”. [5]

Partial filmography

Key
†Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearTitleRoleNotes
2010 Taggart 2 episodes
2017 Silent Witness 2 episodes
2017 Apple Tree Yard Dr. Sadiq
2017 Ackley Bridge Lila6 episodes
2017 Electric Dreams Mary1 episode
2018 The Cry Jean-Louise Talbot2 episodes
2019 Guilt Nicola2 episodes
2019 The Feed Natalie6 episodes
2020 Deadwater Fell Nicky4 episodes
2020 Line of Duty PC Farida Jatri9 episodes
2021 Shetland Maggie9 episodes
2022 The Midwich Cuckoos Amrita3 episodes
2022 Crossfire Abhi4 episodes
TBA Fear †In production [6]

Partial theatre work

DatesTitleRoleCompanyVenueRef.
October - November 2008 (tour);
27 November 2008 - 24 January 2009		 Romeo and Juliet Juliet Royal Shakespeare Company Tour; The Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon [7]
1 - 27 June 2009 Much Ado About Nothing HeroNew Shakespeare CompanyOpen Air Theatre, London [8]
22 October - 17 November 2012 A Midsummer Night's Dream Hermia Royal Lyceum Theatre [9]
21-23 June 2013A Midsummer Night's DreamingHermia Royal Shakespeare Company [10]
11 July - 18 October 2015 Richard II Queen Isabel Shakespeare's Globe [11]
2021Behind the Beautiful ForeversMeena National Theatre at Home [lower-alpha 1] [12]

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References

  1. ↑ "The Archers: Anisha Jayakody". BBC.co.uk.
  2. ↑ "Anneika Rose". nationaltheatre.org.uk.
  3. ↑ "Meet the cast of Crossfire". Radio Times .
  4. ↑ "Shetland actress Anneika Rose on her luck with scripts, being an outsider, and those difficult Line Of Duty scenes with Kelly Macdonald". sundaypost.
  5. ↑ "The Cry is the best TV drama Scotland has ever produced". The National. 28 October 2018.
  6. ↑ "Film crews to descend on Glasgow for new TV thriller". Herald Scotland. 9 March 2024. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  7. ↑ "Romeo and Juliet". bbashakespeare.Warwick.ac.uk.
  8. ↑ "Much Ado About Nothing". bbashakespeare.Warwick.ac.uk.
  9. ↑ "A Midsummer Night's Dream". bbashakespeare.Warwick.ac.uk.
  10. ↑ "A midsummers night dream". bbashakespeare.Warwick.ac.uk.}
  11. ↑ "RICHARD II". bbashakespeare.Warwick.ac.uk.
  12. ↑ "A taste of real India and it's not pleasant". londonnewsonline.co.uk. 7 May 2021.
  1. ↑ Recorded performance
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