Anna Maxwell Martin

Anna’s prolific career has earned her two BAFTA awards—Best Actress for Bleak House and Poppy Shakespeare—alongside four further nominations, including Best Female Comedy Performance for the hit BBC series Motherland.  

Her most recent BAFTA nomination recognised her extraordinary portrayal of Delia Balmer in ITV’s Until I Kill You, which The Guardian hailed as “the best performance of her career.” For this role, Anna also won the International Emmy Award for Best Performance by an Actress, as well as a BAFTA Cymru Award for Best Actress.

Anna stars in the Apple TV+/Sony series Star City, which premiered globally at the 2026 Cannes International Series Festival ahead of its transmission on 29 May 2026.

She has recently wrapped on the independent feature film The Worst.  Directed by Simon Woods.

Her extensive theatre work includes leading roles in His Dark Materials, Consent, Honour and Three Sisters all at the National Theatre, Constellations for the Donmar Warehouse in the West End and in productions at the Almeida, The Royal Court, The Young Vic and The Old Vic.