Anna Popplewell Biography
Anna Katherine Popplewell is an English actress.Popplewell began acting at the age of six, taking classes at the Allsorts Drama School. She began acting professionally in the TV production Frenchman's Creek in 1998. She made her film debut in 1999 in the film Mansfield Park and has since appeared in supporting roles in films like The Little Vampire (2000) and Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003). She is best known for portraying the role of Susan Pevensie in The Chronciles of Narnia series of films. Her first film role was in Patricia Rozema's 1999 adaptation of Mansfield Park, as Betsey Price.
Born on December 16th 1988, Anna Popplewell attended North London Collegiate School, and is now majoring in English at Magdalen College, Oxford, where she has appeared in student theatrical productions. She is currently living in Highbury, North London. Her younger siblings, Freddie and Lulu, are also actors.
Popplewell's character, Susan, does not appear in the next Chronicles of Narnia film, but the actress is continuing to develop her craft while attending university. She won an award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in a student production of Five Kinds of Silence, and played Lady Macbeth at the OFS Studio in Oxford. in 2008 she was nominated for Best Film Star at Nickelodeon UK Kids Choice Awards.