Saffron Burrows

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Born
Saffron Domini Burrows

Citizenship
  • British
  • U.S.
Occupations
  • Actress
  • model
Years active1991–present
Spouse
Alison Balian
(m. 2013;div. 2020)
Children2

Saffron Domini Burrows is a British and American actress who has appeared in films such as Circle of Friends, Wing Commander, Deep Blue Sea, Gangster No. 1, Enigma, Troy, Reign Over Me , and The Bank Job . On the small screen she starred as Lorraine Weller on Boston Legal, Dr. Norah Skinner on My Own Worst Enemy, Detective Serena Stevens on Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and Victoria Hand on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. . She appeared as Cynthia Taylor on the Prime Video series Mozart in the Jungle and as Dottie Quinn in the Netflix series You .

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Early life

A Londoner, Saffron Burrows was born in St Pancras in central London and grew up in Stoke Newington, her mother is a trade unionist and primary school teacher in Hackney and her father is an architect and teacher. Her parents and stepfather were Socialist Workers Party members, and Burrows was politically active from a young age. [1] [2]

Burrows attended William Tyndale Primary School in Islington and then Stoke Newington School in Stoke Newington. When asked for her preference of a school in Hackney or Hampstead, she said she wanted to be in a multicultural and inclusive environment. She enrolled in acting classes at the Anna Scher Theatre in Islington when she was 11. [3] [4]

Burrows had a successful modelling career after she was discovered at age 15 in Covent Garden by fashion photographer Beth Boldt. [5] [6] For five years she divided her time between London and Paris, where she learned French. [7] She found the modelling world's "obsession with the ideal of the body" troubling. [5] [2]

Career

Acting

Burrows made her film debut in 1993 with a small role in Jim Sheridan's In the Name of the Father . Her first significant acting roles came in 1995, as an ambitious young Irishwoman in Circle of Friends, and in Ngozi Onwurah's Welcome II The Terrordome. [8] In 1996 she starred in the BBC production of Dennis Potter's Karaoke [9] and in Hotel de Love ; the next year she was seen in Lovelife , Nevada , The Matchmaker and Mike Figgis' One Night Stand . [10] In 1999 she appeared in Figgis' experimental film The Loss of Sexual Innocence , in which she played twins – one raised in England, the other in Italy. [11] In 1999, she appeared in the thriller Deep Blue Sea, and had the title role in Figgis' film adaptation Miss Julie , which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. [12] She starred for Figgis again alongside Stellan Skarsgård in Timecode (2000), a split-screen digital experimental film shot in a single take with no edits. She followed it with Gangster No. 1 , starring Malcolm McDowell, Paul Bettany and David Thewlis. [10] She next co-starred with Kate Winslet and Dougray Scott in Michael Apted's 1940s drama Enigma [13] [14] and starred in Tempted , an improvised thriller set in New Orleans, with Burt Reynolds and Peter Facinelli. [15]

Figgis' ensemble feature Hotel followed, reuniting Burrows with colleagues from Timecode including Salma Hayek and Danny Huston on location in Venice, where she played the Duchess of Malfi. She had a cameo in Frida , Hayek's 2002 biopic of artist Frida Kahlo. Burrows performed in Spanish in The Galindez File, a film written by Spanish novelist Vazquez Montalban, about a woman seeking the truth about the disappearance of a critic of the Dominican dictator Trujillo. [16] In 2004, she played the part of Andromache in Troy .

Burrows dedicated herself to stage work in the early 2000s. She appeared at the Royal National Theatre in Jeanette Winterson's The Powerbook, directed by Deborah Warner; the play also went on tour, visiting the Theatre National Du Chaillot in Paris and the Teatro Argentina in Rome. In January 2005, she created the role of Janey Morris in the world premiere of Earthly Paradise at the Almeida Theatre. [17] The play centered on the love triangle of Janey, her husband William Morris (the writer and proponent of the Arts and Crafts movement), and the Pre-Raphaelite painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti. [18] London theatre critic Nicholas De Jongh said of her performance: "Burrows takes to the stage like a swan to water... She deserves no end of watching." [19] On 30 October 2005, she appeared on stage at the Old Vic theatre in London in a rehearsed reading of the 24-hour play Night Sky, alongside Christopher Eccleston. [20] [21] Burrow has since participated in the "24 Hour Plays" in New York and Los Angeles. [22]

In 2006, Burrows was the female lead in the New Zealand thriller Perfect Creature , appeared in Hal Hartley's film Fay Grim , and co-starred in Klimt , Chilean director Raoul Ruiz' cinematic portrait of Gustav Klimt. Burrows played opposite John Malkovich as the artist's lover, a woman of many personalities and nationalities. [10] Onstage in 2006, she starred opposite David Schwimmer in the world premiere of Neil LaBute's Some Girl(s) at the Gielgud Theatre, London. [23] She then appeared in Mike Binder's film Reign Over Me with Don Cheadle and Adam Sandler. Burrows also had lead roles in the Indian thriller Broken Thread and in director Peter Howitt's drama Dangerous Parking. [10] On television, she played attorney Lorraine Weller on ABC's Boston Legal (season 4) from 2007 to 2008. She starred in the NBC series My Own Worst Enemy in 2008.

Also in 2008, Burrows starred in the independent film The Guitar as a woman who suffers several life setbacks all at once, including a cancer diagnosis and bankruptcy, and survives them all. Amy Redford's directorial debut, the film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. [24] She also had a starring role in Roger Donaldson's heist film The Bank Job , [25] and appeared opposite Kevin Spacey in Jonas Pate's Shrink . She contributed to an Actors Come Clean for Congo video for the Enough Project's campaign in support of conflict mineral issues. [26] In 2010, she starred as Detective Serena Stevens on Law & Order: Criminal Intent , [27] departing at the end of the ninth season. In September 2010, she took part in the documentary feature The People Speak, televised on the History Channel. The film was directed and produced by Colin Firth and Anthony Arnove. Burrows modeled for Marks & Spencer's autumn 2010 campaign for their Portfolio range. [28] In 2012, she performed opposite Rob Lowe in the political comedy Knife Fight. [10]

In 2013 and 2014, Burrows joined the ABC television show Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. , part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. She played agent Victoria Hand in a recurring role. [29] She also starred in the Amazon Video series Mozart in the Jungle as Cynthia Taylor, a cellist with the New York Symphony. The series ran for four seasons from 2014 to 2018. [30] In 2019, Burrows starred in the recurring role of Dottie Quinn on the second season of the Netflix thriller You . [31] She reprised her role in the third season, which was released in October 2021. [32]

Writing

Burrows has written diaries, book reviews and newspaper and magazine articles for The Guardian , The Independent , and The Times and the New Statesman . [33] [34]

Personal life

Burrows is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. [10] She is bisexual, and said that she "prefers the company of women". She was engaged to actor Alan Cumming in the 1990s and dated director Mike Figgis for five years until 2002. [35] She was previously in a relationship with actress Fiona Shaw.

Burrows married writer Alison Balian, her girlfriend of six years, in August 2013. Burrows gave birth to their son in 2012 and their daughter in 2017. [36] [37] Burrows and Balian separated in 2020. [38] Burrows has expressed sympathy for European style social democracies and for French Socialist politician Ségolène Royal. [39] She joined an anti-racism group when she was 11 years old and went on to become the Vice President of the National Civil Rights Movement. [40] Burrows is a campaigner for disabled rights and equality. [41] In 2009, she became an American citizen. [42]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1991The Body BeautifulModelShort film
1993 In the Name of the Father Girl in Commune
1995 Circle of Friends Nan Mahon
1995The Big OneJules
1995Welcome II the TerrordomeJodie
1996 Hotel de Love Melissa Morrison
1997 Lovelife Zoey
1997 Nevada Quinn
1997 One Night Stand Supermodel
1997 The MatchMaker Moira Kennedy Kelly
1999 Wing Commander Lieutenant Commander "Angel" Deveraux
1999 The Loss of Sexual Innocence English/Italian twin
1999 Deep Blue Sea Dr. Susan McCallister
1999 Miss Julie Miss Julie
2000AssumptionsRubyShort film
2000 Timecode Emma Green
2000 Gangster No. 1 Karen
2001 Enigma Claire Romilly
2001 Tempted Lilly LeBlanc
2001The Seventh StreamMairead
2001 Hotel Duchess of Malfi
2002 Frida Grace
2002FlashpointDara
2002Hideous ManShort film
2003 The Galíndez File Muriel Colber
2003 Peter Pan Narrator/Adult Wendy Darling Voice
2004KrugGrace KrugShort film
2004 Troy Andromache
2004Terrible KissesWomanShort film
2006 Perfect Creature Captain Lilly Squires
2006 Klimt Lea de Castro
2006 Fay Grim Juliet
2007Broken ThreadJenny
2007 Reign Over Me Donna Remar
2007 Dangerous Parking Claire Matteson
2008 The Guitar Melody Wilder
2008 The Bank Job Martine Love
2009 Shrink Kate Amberson
2009The EastmansDr. Anna Eastman
2010LawyersAnneShort film
2012 Small Apartments Francine
2012 Knife Fight Sophia Becker
2015 Quitters Veronica
2023 Dangerous Waters Alma [43]
2023 Baghead Catherine [44]
2024 Canary Black Elizabeth Mills

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1992Les cinq dernières minutesDaisy SmithEpisode: "Meurtre en Ardèche"
1993Full StretchEpisode: "Family Affairs"
1996 Karaoke Sandra Sollars
1996 Cold Lazarus Sandra Sollars
1996Crucial TalesSarah BrownEpisode: "I Bring You Frankincense"
2007–2008 Boston Legal Lorraine Weller 20 episodes
2008 Wainy Days LucyEpisode: "Nan and Lucy"
2008 Agatha Christie's Marple Audrey StrangeEpisode: "Towards Zero"
2008 My Own Worst Enemy Dr. Norah Skinner9 episodes
2009 Kings Death Episode: "The Sabbath Queen" (episode 8)
2009The EastmansDr. Anna EastmanUnsold pilot
2010 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Det. Serena Stevens 15 episodes (Season 9)
2011 Bones Ike LatulippeEpisode: "The Finder" (season 6 episode 19)
2013 The Crazy Ones HelenaSeason 1 Episode 5: "She's So European"
2013–2014 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Victoria Hand 4 episodes
2014–2018 Mozart in the Jungle Cynthia TaylorSeries regular
2019 Elementary Ruby CarvilleSeason 7 Episode 1: "The Further Adventures"
2019–2021 You Dottie Quinn Recurring role (Season 2); Main cast (Season 3) (11 episodes)
2022 Westworld Anastasia WhitneySeason 4 Episode 2: "Well Enough Alone"

Awards and nominations

Blockbuster Entertainment Award
Screen Actors Guild Awards

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