1. MyAnna Buring's father Klas was an orthopaedic consultant and surgeon, while her mother sold fur coats and Christmas trees in Kuwait.
19 Facts About MyAnna Buring
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MyAnna Buring attended secondary school at the American British Academy in Muscat, Oman with her childhood friend Stegath Dorr.
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MyAnna Buring then moved to England, where she completed the International Baccalaureate at a boarding school in Oxford.
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MyAnna Buring studied Drama and Spanish at the University of Bristol and went on to graduate from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in 2004.
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MyAnna Buring was the associate director of the MahWaff Theatre Company.
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In 2006, MyAnna Buring appeared in "The Impossible Planet", the first episode of a two-episode Doctor Who story.
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Also in 2006, MyAnna Buring played Olivia in a production of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night by Exeter's Northcott Theatre Company, and appeared in a new play, Seduced, at London's Finborough Theatre.
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In 2008, MyAnna Buring starred as Alice in the independent film Credo, known as The Devil's Curse.
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MyAnna Buring starred as Debbie in Much Ado About Nothing, Midsomer Murders, Casualty and Murder Prevention.
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MyAnna Buring played the role of the CND peace activist and student Adriana Doyle in series three, episode two, of Inspector George Gently, which was screened in the UK on BBC One in October 2010.
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In 2012, MyAnna Buring had significant supporting roles in the BBC drama serials Blackout and Ripper Street.
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MyAnna Buring joined the cast of Downton Abbey, playing the role of the maid Edna Braithwaite in the 2012 Christmas special episode and the fourth season.
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In December 2012, MyAnna Buring played protagonist Karen Clarke, a woman who is haunted by her past which eventually catches up with her, in a two-part drama called The Poison Tree that was broadcast on ITV1.
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In 2013, MyAnna Buring appeared in an episode of NBC's Crossing Lines, playing villainess Anika Hauten.
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MyAnna Buring played the role of Dawn Sturgess in the 2020 television series The Salisbury Poisonings.
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MyAnna Buring appeared in the film's sequel, The Descent Part 2, in the form of flashbacks.
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MyAnna Buring played the lead as Vera in Mathilde Dratwa's Milk and Gall in South London's Theatre503.
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MyAnna Buring is a Women for Women ambassador and became involved with SolarAid in 2014.
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MyAnna Buring is vocal on a number of social issues, such as climate change and the rights of refugees.