Anna Katherine Popplewell is an English actress. Popplewell is known for playing

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in the

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'' ''The Chronicles of Narnia'''' (2005–2010), which grossed an excess of US$1.5 billion and earned her a number of accolades. Asides from her ''The Chronicles of Narnia'' role, Popplewell played the role of Chyler Silva in the

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'' Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn'' (2012) which is based on the video game of the same name, and starred as Lady Lola in the

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series ''

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'' (2013–2016), which is her first leading role in a television series. She has sporadically worked in acting since ''Reign''.

Early life

Popplewell, the oldest of three children, is the daughter of the Court of Appeal judge

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and Debra Lomas, a dermatologist who studied at

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Cambridge. She was born in London. Her siblings are actress

Lulu Popplewell Lulu Popplewell is an English comedian and actress. She was a finalist in the Leicester Square New Comedian Of the Year Award and the Chortle Student Comedy Award 2018. She is the daughter of Lord Justice Andrew Popplewell and Dr. Debra Loma ...

, who starred as Daisy in ''

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'', and Freddie Popplewell, who starred as Michael Darling in the film ''

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''. Her paternal grandfather, Sir

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, is a former judge, and her uncle is former cricketer

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. She attended

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and was a senior student in 2006–07. She was admitted to

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in 2007 where she studied English Language and Literature at

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Career

Popplewell began acting at the age of six, taking classes at the Allsorts Drama School. She began acting professionally in the TV production '' Frenchman's Creek'' in 1998. She made her film debut in 1999 in the film '' Mansfield Park'', and followed up with supporting roles in the films '' The Little Vampire'' (2000) and '' Girl with a Pearl Earring'' (2003), with

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. In 2001, she appeared as Victoria in the BBC serial ''

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''. Her first major role was in the film '' The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe'' (2005) where she played

at the age of 15. She has a fear of mice, requiring a double to undertake part of her scene at the Stone Table in ''The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe''. She reprised her role in the sequel, '' The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008)'', in which she acted with William Moseley,

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, Georgie Henley and Ben Barnes. She also made a cameo appearance in the third ''Narnia'' film, '' The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010).'' In 2012, she played the character Chyler Silva in the live action 5-part mini series '' Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn''. In 2013, Popplewell played Lola, a friend of

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, in the CW television series ''

''. Filming took place in Ireland and Canada. She played the role until 2016, After her character was killed off in the season 3 finale. Beginning in 2018, Poppelwell has narrated the audiobooks ''Dear Mrs. Bird'' and its sequel ''Yours, Cheerfully'' for

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, ''London's Number One Dog-Walking Agency'', for HarperAudio, and ''Queen of Coin and Whispers'' for ''Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd'', all of which are available on

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Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Popplewell, Anna Living people 20th-century English actresses 21st-century English actresses Actresses from London Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford English child actresses English film actresses English television actresses English stage actresses People from Finchley People educated at North London Collegiate School Year of birth missing (living people)