MyAnna Buring (; born 22 September 1979 as Anna Margaretha My Rantapää) is a Swedish actress, known for her roles in ''
The Descent
''The Descent'' is a 2005 British horror film written and directed by Neil Marshall. The film follows six women who enter a cave system and struggle to survive against the humanoid creatures inside.
Filming took place in the United Kingdom. Ex ...
'', ''
Kill List
''Kill List'' is a 2011 British psychological horror crime film directed by Ben Wheatley, co-written and co-edited with Amy Jump, and starring Neil Maskell, MyAnna Buring and Michael Smiley.
When a British soldier returns home from Kyiv, h ...
'', ''
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1'' and ''
Part 2'', ''
Ripper Street
''Ripper Street'' is a British mystery drama television series set in Whitechapel in the East End of London starring Matthew Macfadyen, Jerome Flynn, Adam Rothenberg, and MyAnna Buring. It begins in 1889, six months after the infamous Jack the ...
'', ''
The Witcher
''The Witcher'' ( pl, Wiedźmin ) is a series of six fantasy novels and 15 short stories written by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski. The series revolves around the eponymous "witcher", Geralt of Rivia. In Sapkowski's works, "witchers" are be ...
'' and ''
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Blood and Wine''.
Early life
Buring was born 22 September 1979, in
Sundsvall, Sweden, as Anna Margaretha My Rantapää, but grew up in the Middle East.
She attended secondary school at the
American British Academy
The American British Academy (later renamed ABA - An IB World School, or simply ABA), established in September 1987, is a private, non-profit, co-educational international school in Muscat, Oman
Muscat ( ar, مَسْقَط, ) is the capital ...
in
Muscat
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, Oman, with her childhood friend
Stegath Dorr, who is a character actor and a prolific horror filmmaker.
When she turned 16, she moved to the United Kingdom and graduated from the
London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in 2004. She was the associate director of the MahWaff Theatre Company.
Career
Television
In 2006, Buring appeared in "
The Impossible Planet
"The Impossible Planet" is the eighth episode of the second series of the British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast on BBC One on 3 June 2006. It is the first part of a two-part story. The second part ...
", the first episode of a two-episode ''
Doctor Who'' story. Her character, Scooti, perished in the vacuum of space.
Also in 2006, Buring played Olivia in a production of Shakespeare's ''
Twelfth Night
''Twelfth Night'', or ''What You Will'' is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601–1602 as a Twelfth Night's entertainment for the close of the Christmas season. The play centres on the twins Vi ...
'' by Exeter's Northcott Theatre Company, and appeared in a new play, ''Seduced'', at London's
Finborough Theatre
The Finborough Theatre is a fifty-seat theatre in the West Brompton area of London (part of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea) under artistic director Neil McPherson. The theatre presents new British writing, as well as UK and world pr ...
. In 2008, Buring starred as Alice in the independent film ''
Credo
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'', also known as ''The Devil's Curse''.
Buring also starred as Debbie in ''Much Ado About Nothing'' (
BBC One
BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's flagship network and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television bulletins, ...
), ''
Midsomer Murders'' (
ITV), ''Casualty'' (BBC One) and ''Murder Prevention'' (
Channel 5). For MahWaff Theatre Company, she starred in ''Guardians'', ''Monologue for an Ensemble'' and ''An Inspector Calls''.
Buring played the role of the CND peace activist and student Adriana Doyle in series three, episode two, of ''
Inspector George Gently
''Inspector George Gently'' (also known as ''George Gently'' for the pilot and first series) is a 2008 British television crime drama series produced by Company Pictures for BBC One, set in the 1960s and loosely based on some of the Inspector G ...
'', which was screened in the UK on BBC One in October 2010.
In 2012, Buring had significant supporting roles in the BBC drama serials ''
Blackout'' and ''
Ripper Street
''Ripper Street'' is a British mystery drama television series set in Whitechapel in the East End of London starring Matthew Macfadyen, Jerome Flynn, Adam Rothenberg, and MyAnna Buring. It begins in 1889, six months after the infamous Jack the ...
''. She also joined the cast of ''
Downton Abbey
''Downton Abbey'' is a British historical drama television series set in the early 20th century, created and co-written by Julian Fellowes. The series first aired in the United Kingdom on ITV on 26 September 2010 and in the United States o ...
'', playing the role of the maid Edna Braithwaite in the
2012 Christmas special episode and the fourth season.
In December 2012, 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.
In 2013, Buring appeared in an episode of
NBC
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's ''
Crossing Lines
''Crossing Lines'' is a German-French-Italian-American action crime thriller television series created by Edward Allen Bernero and Rola Bauer. The series premiered on June 9, 2013, at the screening for the Opening Ceremonies of the 53rd editi ...
'', playing villainess Anika Hauten.
In July 2017, she played the lead role of Manchester police Detective Inspector Helen Weeks in
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In her first film role, Buring starred in a leading role in the 2005 horror film ''The Descent'', as one of the main characters among the women who ventured down into an uncharted cave system. Buring also appeared in the film's sequel, ''
'', in the form of flashbacks.
'', released to UK cinemas on 20 March 2009.
In May 2010, she appeared as Jozefa in ''
'' for the SyFy channel.
Buring played the role of Tanya of the Denali Coven in ''The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn'' ''
Buring played the lead as Vera in Mathilde Dratwa's 'Milk and Gall' in South London's
. The show ran from 2 to 27 November 2021.
In May 2017, she gave birth to a son. Buring is private about her personal life.