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Saffron Burrows
Burrows at the 2008 Karlovy Vary Film Festival
Born	Saffron Domini Burrows 22 October 1972 (1972-10-22) (age 37) London, England, UK
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1993—present

Saffron Domini Burrows (born 22 October 1972)¹² is an English actress and former fashion model. She also starred in the 2008 NBC series, My Own Worst Enemy.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 5 Awards and nominations 6 References 7 External links

Early life

Burrows was born in London, England, to a politically active family; both of her parents are socialists.³ Her father is an architect and teacher and her mother, Susie,⁴ is a teacher and feminist.¹ At age fifteen, she was discovered by Beth Boldt, a modelling talent scout (she stands about 6 feet tall), and she began a successful modelling career.

Career

Burrows made her film debut in In the Name of the Father (1993). Her first significant acting role was as an ambitious Irish woman in Circle of Friends (1995). Subsequently she appeared in Hotel de Love (1996). In 1999, she appeared in the sci-fi Wing Commander (1999), the thriller Deep Blue Sea, and the experimental film The Loss of Sexual Innocence. The following year she appeared in Miss Julie and Timecode.

In 2001, she had roles in Enigma, and Tempted. In 2004 she played the part of Andromache in the big-budget movie Troy. In January 2005 she created the role of Janey in the world premiere of Earthly Paradise at the Almeida Theatre,⁵ and on 30 October 2005 she appeared on stage at the Old Vic theatre in London in a 24-hour play, Night Sky, alongside Christopher Eccleston, Bruno Langley, David Warner, Navin Chowdhry and David Baddiel.

Burrows played attorney Lorraine Weller on ABC's Boston Legal (Season 4) from 2007-2008. She starred on NBC's new series, My Own Worst Enemy until its cancellation.

In 2008, she appeared in the independent film The Guitar, which made its debut at the Sundance Film Festival, as well as in a starring role in the heist film The Bank Job.

Since 2009 she is starring as Det. Julia Porter on Law & Order: Criminal Intent, where she replaced Julianne Nicholson; who played the character of Det. Megan Wheeler until the end of season 8.

Personal life

Burrows is a close friend of politician Tony Benn.⁶ She is also a socialist and has spoken of her admiration for French Socialist politician Ségolène Royal.⁷ She joined an anti-racism group when she was 11 years old and she went on to become the Vice President of the National Civil Rights Movement⁸ and she is a campaigner for disabled rights and equality.

In a 1999 interview with Film Unlimited, Burrows revealed that she has had female lovers.⁹ For a number of years, she was involved with film director Mike Figgis, and she starred in some of his films, including Miss Julie - one of the first films to experiment with multi-camera views, and Figgis' quad-screen film, Timecode.

Since the ending of that relationship, she has been romantically linked with actress Fiona Shaw.⁸¹⁰¹¹ Neither actress has publicly confirmed or denied the relationship. The two appeared together in the National Theatre's production of The PowerBook,¹² a play based on the novel of the same name by Jeanette Winterson, in which they played lovers. In 2006 the Independent on Sunday listed Burrows as the 90th most influential gay person in the UK,¹³ despite her having not apparently categorized herself as either lesbian or bisexual.

Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Other notes
1993	In the Name of the Father	Girl in Commune
1995	Welcome II the Terrordome	Jodie
	Circle of Friends	Nan Mahon
1996	The Shaman		Short film
	I Bring You Frankincense	Sarah Brown	Short film
	Hotel de Love	Melissa Morrison
1997	Lovelife	Zoey
	Nevada	Quinn
	One Night Stand	Supermodel
	The Matchmaker	Moira Kennedy Kelly
1999	Wing Commander	Lt. Cmdr. 'Angel' Devereaux
	The Loss of Sexual Innocence	English/Italian Twin
	Deep Blue Sea	Dr. Susan McCallister
	Miss Julie	Miss Julie
2000	Assumptions		Short film
	Timecode	Emma
	Gangster No. 1	Karen
2001	Enigma	Claire Romilly
	Tempted	Lily LeBlanc
	Hotel	Duchess of Malfi
2002	Frida	Gracie
	Hideous Man		Short film
2003	El Misterio Galíndez	Muriel Colber
	Peter Pan	Story Narrator	Voice Role
2004	Troy	Andromache
	Terrible Kisses	Woman	Short film
2006	Perfect Creature	Lily
	Klimt	Lea de Castro
	Fay Grim	Juliet
2007	Broken Thread	Jenny
	Reign Over Me	Donna Remar
	Dangerous Parking	Claire
2008	The Guitar	Melody Wilder
	The Bank Job	Martine Love
	T Takes: Saffron Burrows	Herself	Short film
	T Takes: Room 117	Herself	Short film
2009	Shrink	Kate Amberson
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Les cinq dernières minutes	Daisy	Episode: Meurtre en Ardèche
1995	The Big One	Jules	TV-Movie
1996	Karaoke	Sandra Sollars	4 episodes
	Cold Lazarus	Sandra Sollars	4 episodes
2001	The Seventh Stream	Mairead	TV-Movie
2002	Flashpoint	Dara	TV-Pilot Alternative title: E.I.S.: Epidemiologic Intelligence Service
2007	Marple: Towards Zero	Audrey Strange	TV-Movie
2007–2008	Boston Legal	Lorraine Weller	20 episodes
2008	Wainy Days	Lucy	Web series Episode: Nan and Lucy
	My Own Worst Enemy	Dr. Norah Skinner	9 episodes
2009	Kings	Death	Episode: The Sabbath Queen
	The Eastmans	Dr. Anna Eastman	TV-Pilot
2010–present	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Julia Porter

Awards and nominations

Blockbuster Entertainment Award

• 2000: Nominated, "Favorite Newcomer Actress" - Deep Blue Sea

Screen Actors Guild Awards

• 2008: Nominated, "Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series" - Boston Legal
• 2009: Nominated, "Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series" - Boston Legal

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Saffron Burrows

• Saffron Burrows at the Internet Movie Database
• Saffron Burrows biography and filmography at the British Film Institute's Screenonline
• Articles written by Saffron Burrows for the New Statesman UK
• Saffron Burrows' Guest DJ Set on KCRW KCRW Guest DJ Set