Anna Brecon

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Anna Brecon
Born
Anna Juliet Davis [1]

1971 (age 5253)
Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
Occupation Actress
Years active1996present
Spouse Stephen Beckett

Anna Brecon (born 1971), or Anna Juliet Davis, is an English actress, best known for portraying Tara Reynolds ('Lady Tara') in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale .

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Early life

Born in Salisbury, [1] [2] Brecon attended South Wilts Grammar School for Girls in Salisbury. While at school, she was a contestant on the teen quiz show Blockbusters and did three "Gold runs". She went on to train at the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts. [3]

Career

Brecon played the part of Tara in Emmerdale between 1997 and 2002, with a year away from the show in 1999. She returned briefly to the role on 28 May 2007. [4] Her other television work includes Canary Wharf , Crime Traveller , The Bill and Doctors . Brecon has also appeared in two advertising campaigns for Ferrero Rocher. [3]

On 17 October 2000, while on her way from London to the Yorkshire Television Studios in Leeds, Brecon was a victim of the Hatfield rail disaster, suffering a minor injury, cuts and bruises. [2] [5]

Her film credits include Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis (1997), FairyTale: A True Story (1997), Only Darkness (1999), and Mixed Up and the horror film Exposé (both 2009). [6]

Brecon's theatre work includes Sugar Daddies , the title role in Miss Julie (2002), The Children's Hour , Between the Gods and the Gutter and Woman in Mind . [3]

Personal life

In February 2000, Brecon met the actor Stephen Beckett, in the rehearsals for a production of The Blue Room at the Octagon Theatre, Bolton, in which they had both been cast. They soon became a couple, going on holiday together to Italy. [7] They were engaged to be married in January 2003 [8] and have a daughter, Nancy, born in 2005, and a son, Wilfred, born in 2006. [9] In 2018 they were living in Brighton. [10]

Awards

Brecon won the Most Popular Newcomer Award at the 1998 National Television Awards, [11] and Best Soap Newcomer at the TV Quick Awards in the same year. At the 2000 Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards, she was the Best Actress winner for her performance in The Blue Room. [3]

Filmography

Television

YearShowRoleNotes
1996 Canary Wharf Claudia Soap opera
1997 Crime Traveller Journalist
- Fashion Shoot (1997)
TV series
The Bill Sharon McCarthy
- Tommy the Hero (1997)
TV series
The InvestigatorWarley Television film
Emmerdale Lady Tara Thornfield
(19971998, 20002002, 2007)
TV series
2009 Doctors Melissa Saywell
- First Love Last Love (2009)
Soap opera
2018 Doctors Zara's confidante on Surrogacy Soap opera

Film

YearShowRoleNotes
1997 Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis Reporter Feature film
FairyTale: A True Story Fairy Feature film
1999Only Darkness Feature film
2009Mixed UpAlice Feature film
Exposé (aka Stalker)Paula Martin Feature film

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  2. 1 2 Paul Marston, “I kept thinking about my little boy and that I might not see him again” in The Daily Telegraph, 8 February 2005, accessed 5 August 2009
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