SCOUSE Killing Eve actress Jodie Comer has called on Channel 4 bosses to bring back Brookside. Anna Friel, Actress: Land of the Lost. Anna Friel is an English actress, born in Rochdale. Born in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, she has been acting professionally since age 13. She is the recipient of several accolades, including an International Emmy Award, a Drama Desk Award, a National Television Award, an RTS Award She has been acting since the age of 13, appearing in a number of British television programmes. But Anna Friel's first same-sex storyline occurred 23 years earlier, when she made television history with her lesbian kiss on Brookside at the tender age of … “That’s literally all it was,” says Anna Friel, brushing the back of her hand with her lips. She rose to fame in the UK as Beth Jordache on the Channel 4 soap Brookside.

Anna Louise Friel (born 12 July 1976) is an English actress. Friel achieved fame with her portrayal of Beth Jordache on the British soap opera Brookside (1993–95), and came to international prominence when she played Charlotte "Chuck" Charles on ABC's Pushing Daisies (2007–09). Anna Louise Friel (born 12 July 1976) is an English actress.

The soap – which famously launched the career of British Hollywood actress Anna Friel … In the USA, she is probably best known for her movie work or as Charlotte "Chuck" Charles in Pushing Daisies.