| Ellie Kendrick | |
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| Born | Eleanor Lucy V. Kendrick 6 June 1990 London, England, UK |
| Occupation | actress |
Ellie Kendrick (born 6 June 1990) is a British actress best known for playing Anne Frank in the BBC's 2009 miniseries The Diary of Anne Frank.
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Kendrick attended Benenden School in Kent and is a former member of the National Youth Theatre.[1][2] In October 2009, she took up a place to study English at the University of Cambridge.
Kendrick has played roles in Waking the Dead (2004), Doctors (2004), In 2 Minds (2004), Prime Suspect: The Final Act (2006), Lewis (2007) and the film An Education, scripted by Nick Hornby[3] and which premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.[2]
Kendrick played Anne Frank in the 2009 miniseries The Diary of Anne Frank. She said that her approach to playing Frank was to "peel back the layers of idolisation and to think of the characters just as normal people." Her performance was praised for "bringing fresh realism to an iconic role."[3]
In 2009, she made her stage debut as Juliet in a Shakespeare's Globe production of Romeo and Juliet.[4] In December 2010, she played maid Ivy Morris in BBC One's revival of Upstairs, Downstairs.