Anna Maxwell Martin was born in 1977 in the East Riding of Yorkshire. First came to public attention for the BBC drama series “North & South” in 2004. Won rave reviews for her performance in “South Riding” in 2011. Recently she has starred on TV in “The Bletchley Circle” and “Death Comes to Pemberley”. In 2013 she featured as Judi Dench’s daughter in “Philomena”.