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fast facts about anna

Full Name: Anna Katherine Popplewell

Birthdate: December 16th, 1988

Birthplace: London, England, United Kingdom

Zodiac: Sagittarius

Chinese Zodiac: Dragon

Height: 5ft 3.5in (approx. 161 cm)

Current Residence: Oxfordshire, England (for university); Highbury, Central London (time-off)

Parents: Andrew (father) and Debra (mother)

Siblings: Laura "Lulu" Popplewell (sister; b. 1991), Freddie Popplewell (brother; b. 1994)

Education: attended the all-girls North London Collegiate School [official site] in Middlesex; now attends the University of Oxford and studies English Literature at the Magdalen College [official website] campus in Oxford.

favorite things

Actors: Sir Anthony Hopkins, Dustin Hoffman, Jake Gyllenhal, Johnny Depp
Actresses: Dame Judi Dench, Meryl Streep, Natalie Portman
Animal: Horse
Books: Alice in Exile (by Piers Paul Read), Wuthering Heights (by Emily Bronte)
Color: Blue
Director: Ingmar Bergman (film/stage)
Food: Sushi
Hobby: Working with young children to encourage education in art and theatre
Instrument: Cello
Movie: The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Musicians: Coldplay, Gavin DeGraw, Kaiser Chiefs, Regina Spektor
Stage Show: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (also called Chitty the Musical)

notes of interest

- Anna is one of the 13 grandchildren of Sir Oliver Bury Popplewell (b. 1927), former High Court Judge (retired in 2000) and Cambridge University cricket player. Sir Oliver Popplewell released part one of his autobiography Benchmark: Life, Laughter and the Law in 2003, followed by the second part Hallmark: A Judge's Life at Oxford in 2009.

- Anna and her parents are members of the famous Anglican St Bride's Church on Fleet Street in London. Though rebuilt after The Blitz in 1940, the original church was designed in the 17th century.

- During the promotional tours for the Chronicles of Narnia films in 2005 and 2008, Anna was able to meet many internationally famous people, such as Charles, Prince of Wales, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, and former Prime Minister of New Zealand Helen Clark.

- Anna started attending the University of Oxford's Magdalen College to study English Literature in 2007. Author C.S. Lewis, who wrote the Chronicles of Narnia books, attended the Magdalen College in his youth before teaching as a fellow from 1925 to 1954. The Narnia books were written during his last five years teaching at the college.

- Freddie Popplewell, Anna's younger brother, starred as Michael Darling in the 2003 live-action version of Peter Pan, while Anna's younger sister Laura "Lulu" played Daisy - the daughter of Emma Thompson's character Karen - in the 2003 film Love Actually.

- Anna auditioned for the part of Wendy Darling in Peter Pan (2003) but the role was given to fellow British actress Rachel Hurd-Wood. Hurd-Wood was later cast as Sibyl Vane alongside Anna's Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian costar, Ben Barnes, in the 2009 film Dorian Gray.

Information gathered from online sources and compiled by the webmistress.