Daniela Nardini

Born: 1968-04-26

A Scottish actress of Italian ancestry, Daniela Nardini first shot to fame in the mid 90s playing the part of the feisty and self-destructive Anna Forbes in BBC2 smash hit This Life. The role earned her a BAFTA Best Actress award in 1998 and also earned her a Scottish BAFTA. She received a second Scottish BAFTA in 2009 for her performance in Annie Griffin's New Town.


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The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

as Self
Released: 2007-02-03

Boasting an amazing selection of the most watched, most influential and most highly acclaimed...

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Sunset Song

as Jena Guthrie
Released: 2015-12-04

The daughter of a Scottish farmer comes of age in the early 1900s.

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Sunshine on Leith

as Chef
Released: 2013-10-03

Davy and Ally have to re-learn how to live life in Edinburgh after coming home from serving in...

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The Party's Just Beginning

as uncredited
Released: 2018-12-07

In a bleak Inverness midwinter, Luisaidh is careening off the rails after the suicide of her...

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Tube Tales

as Heroine (segment "Mouth")
Released: 1999-11-19

Nine short stories based on the true experiences of London Underground passengers: "Mr. Cool"...

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Festival

as Joan Gerard
Released: 2005-07-15

'Festival' is a black comedy set during the annual Edinburgh Fringe festival. The film is based...

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Your Cheatin' Heart

as uncredited
Released: 1990-10-11

In this fondly remembered mini series John Byrne, creator of Tutti Frutti, explores the country...

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Shiny Shiny Bright New Hole in My Heart

as Maya
Released: 2006-07-26

Drama about a woman who works as a personal shopper in a glamorous department store who becomes...

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This Life +10

as Anna Forbes
Released: 2007-01-02

A decade on, This Life's Egg, Milly, Warren, Anna and Miles meet again at Ferdy's funeral. Egg...

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Elephant Juice

as Daphne
Released: 1999-08-23

The story of Billy, Will, Jules, Daphne and Dodie, a group of people who prove that there are no...

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Two Doors Down

as Caroline
Released: 2013-12-31

Comedy set in a chaotic Hogmanay party. Beth and Eric Baird's Hogmanay goes horribly wrong as...

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The Fantastic Mr Feynman

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 2013-05-12

Richard Feynman is one of the most iconic, influential and inspiring scientists of the 20th...

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Rubenesque

as Bethann
Released: 2013-11-08

A cheeky tale of a female football referee whose life takes an interesting turn when, despite a...

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Bunny

as uncredited
Released: 2018-06-01

An emotionally repressed and traumatised young man is challenged by disruptive outsiders to face...

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New Town

as Meredith
Released: 2009-04-14

Starry architects Purves and Pekkala are offered the chance to redesign a Georgian church, but...

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Transsexual Stories

as uncredited
Released: 2015-08-24

Filmed over a year, Transsexual Stories follows the lives of Anne, Gladys, Carla, Bee and Jan –...

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Duck Daze

as Johnina
Released: 2019-10-04

Johnina seeks revenge on her childhood abuser and the community that enabled him, with the help...

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Priest School

as Narrator
Released: 2020-04-19

Documentary providing rare access to the inner workings, personnel, seminarians and history of...

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Waterloo Road

as Esther Fairclough
First aired: 2006-03-09

Waterloo Road is a UK television drama series the first broadcast was in the United Kingdom on...

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Lewis

as uncredited
First aired: 2007-02-18

Inspector Robert Lewis and Sergeant James Hathaway solve the tough cases that the learned...

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This Life

as Anna Forbes
First aired: 1996-03-18

Cult drama series about a group of aspiring young lawyers sharing a shabby house in London,...

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Timeshift

as self
First aired: 2002-10-10

Documentary series which ranges widely over Britain's social and cultural history, its...

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The Fades

as Helen
First aired: 2011-09-21

Seventeen-year old Paul can see the spirits of the dead. When one of these restless spirits...

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Gunpowder, Treason & Plot

as Lady Huntly
First aired: 2004-03-14

Mini series depicting the turbulent and bloody reigns of Scottish monarchs Mary, Queen of Scots...

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Reckless

as Vivien Reid
First aired: 1997-02-06

Owen is a Junior Doctor who falls for Anna - a sophisticated and glamorous older woman. Little...

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Your Cheatin' Heart

as uncredited
First aired: 1990-10-11

In this fondly remembered mini series John Byrne, creator of Tutti Frutti, explores the country...

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Big Women

as Layla
First aired: 1998-07-02

Drama series centring the establishment of a feminist publishing house from the 1970s to the 1990s.

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The Crash

as Susanna Grew
First aired: 2013-03-05

Drama inspired by real events that tells the story of a fatal car crash involving a group of...

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