Annabelle Wallis

Biography

Annabelle Wallis is a British TV & Movie actress, Singer. She is known for playing- Jenny Halsey in The Mummy (2017), Mia in Annabelle(2014), Grace Burgess in Peaky Blinders , Jane Seymour in The Tudors.

Her recent appearances include playing Zora(voice) in Star Trek: Discovery, Nina in Warning(2021), Sandra in Silent Night(2021), Madison Mitchell in Malignant (2021) among others.

Childhood- Family

Annabelle Wallis was born on 5th September 1984 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England to Arthur Wallis(father) and Marie Wallis(Mother)

When she just 18 months old, her family moved to Cascais, Portugal. She attended an international school, in one year, of the 44 students, there were 42 different nationalities. Speaking in different accents comes naturally to her. It helped her play Americian/ Irish/ English/ South African characters flawlessly. She was in Portuguese until she was 17.

Because of her upbringing on the Portugese farm, she can speak Portuguese, French, Spanish and English fluently.

Brother- Francis Wallis

[Annabelle's brother Francis Wallis]

She has an older brother in Francis Wallis. Francis is a versatile director who has worked on fashion films, music videos and epic commercials. Some of the commercials he has worked are: BMW Sky-Arts. BMW Skylounge, BMW Entrance Moment, The North Face: Built for the trail and others. [2]

Relatives

She is of English & Irish descent. Her mother and Irish, and father an English. She is the niece of Irish actor Richard Harris via her mother. Actors Jared Harris, Jamie Harris, and director Damian Harris are her first cousins once removed.

On her father's side, she is a descendant of English singer Marie Lloyd. 

Education

• Saint Dominic's International School: Annabelle was brought up in Portugal till she was 19. She was born in London though. She studied at the St. Dominic's International School- an international school with students from different continents and about 50 countries.

Relationships

Chris Pine

[Annabelle Wallis with Chris Pine]

Annabelle was in a 4 year relaionship with Star-Trek actor Chris Pine, they lived together in UK during the COVID pandemic. 

The two had been together since March 2018 to Early 2022.

Chris Martin

Annabelle started seeing Coldplay artist Chris Martin in 2015. He visited her in Vancour while she was on work, the two were very jolly and those close to them said "they couldn't keep their hands of each other.". The two were famously covered in magazines singing and waltzing on the road.

Their busy work schedule kept them away and slowly drifting apart. The two tried to rekindle their relationship in June 2017, eventually the relationship ended in 2017.

It was during theire time together that she sang vocals on Coldplay album "A Head Full of Dreams" song "Up and Up" (track 11).

James Rousseau

Annabelle dated model James Rousseau from 2011-2013

[Annabelle Wallis with then Boyfriend James Rousseau]

Facts & Trivia

• Acting career: Annabelle did lot of short movies in Portugal in her initial years as an artist, She later moved to London to seek a career in acting. She acted in dramas and commercials before landing on a proper acting gig.
• Kissing Tom Cruise: There was originally a kissing scene between Annabelle and Tom Cruise in The Mummy(2017), Tom scrapped the scene on the sets, Annabelle was very excited to Kiss Tom and show off to her friends.
• When she was young, she wanted to be an anthropologist and travel the world. [3]
• When off the work, she likes to wear skinny jeans, T-shirts, Capes.
• Her life motto is: Enjoy Life, Life will enjoy you, that is how I try to live everyday. If you put energy out it will come back.
• She has been covered in magazines like- Envy, Angel Magazine
• The Mummy was shot in Zero Gravity it was the first time for her as well as for Tom Cruise.
• She likes Black, Brown and earthly colors for her eye liners.
• When she was acting in the Bollywood movie, she learnt 3 words in Hindi for survival- Khana(food), Pani(Water), "Me Tum Se Pyar Karti Hoon"(Love); as time went on she got familiar with Shukriya, Namaste..
• Awkward moment: She once watched an episode of Peaky Blinders with her parents, that particular episode had Annabelle having sex and it was uncomfortable.
• She loves the 60s costumes with nipped waists, pencil skirts; which according to her celebrate   femininity
• She supported Hillary Clinton in the 2016 elections.
• She is a left-hander.
• She has appeared on the cover page of GQ magazine 2013
• 25th September is not her birthday (as wrongly printed on wikipedia and other online portals) she personally clarified it on twitter.
• Annabelle Wallis Nose Job: She went through a Nose correction surgery in May 2017, some think it has done her face good.
• Fashion designer Georgia Hardinge is a close friend of Annabelle.

Philanthropy

• Save The Children Fund: In November 2018, she participated in the #ChristmasJumper campaign in support of Save the Children Fund, a UK organization working for the betterment of children worldwide.
• U.n.I (You and I): In September 2019, she participated in the UNICEF project U.n.I (You and I) 
• Choose Love: She supports the NGO "Choose Love" (AKA Help Refugees). They provide humanitarian aid to refugees. She attended their store opening in Los Angeles in December 2019
• She has worked on nature conservation in Botswana
• She promotes Green Peace Organization. She is involved with other animals rescue charities as well.
• Age UK: During the Covid pandemic of 2019/2020, she teamed with her friend and fashino designer Georgia Hardinge to raise funds for the charity organization AGE UK (a UK based non-profit organization working for the welfare of Aged people)
• #SaveWithStories: She participated in the #SaveWithStories movement by celebrities to help raise funds for "Save the Children" and "No kid Hungry", celebrities would read their favorite children stories from the books. The donations collected went towards providing under previliged children with books and study materials.

Activism

• Anti- Brexit: She was against Brexit (Withdrawal of UK from European Union), and campaigned activiely against it. she participated in the #DontFuckMyFuture campaign in 2016, to encourage young voters to stop Brexit.
• Feminism: 
  • Women for Women International: In February 2018, she red a letter from suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst to raise money for Women for Women International (a non-profit humanitarian organization that helps women rebuild their lives), the event "Letters Live" was organized by Italian fashion group "Net-à-Porter" in Los Angeles.

Career

She did some acting in school. She acted in a few short movies while in Portugal, and was also part of the theatre scene there. When she decided to pursue acting full time, she decided to move to London.

Music

In the audio album "A Head Full of Dreams" by British rock band Coldplay, she has provided vocals in the  song "Up&Up" (track 11).

Filmography

Movies

TV Series

Music Videos

Awards

Quotes

• In my work, I want to strive for better, to put myself in situations where I synchronize.
• This is great time for TV, especially the writers.
• You are always fascinated by things you don't understand.
• I love the idea of being an archaeologist, to unearth the mysteries of the past is very interesting.
• I love dancing
• You constantly try to do new things as an actor, to try and stretch yourself, challenge yourself, you are seeking characters in an environment you can do that.
• As an actor you expect to have people around you who support you, honor you and you honor them.
• Actors that are doing what they are doing because they are driven and passionate at what they are doing are the successful people.
• I've always known I wanted to act but I think it was hard for me to accept that it was a possibility.
• I have grown up in a very international community, I think throughout my life I picked up pieces of everyone and everything.
• I really don't like to follow one trend
• I love opulence and grandeur and like textures of fabrics and you know colors and accessories and I do love to indulge in that
• I definitely changed my stuff according to where I am
• I'm very fortunate that I'm around women who are inspiring they kind of keep me on trend, I I would definitely say that they rub off on, you know the way I think of my fashion
• Great stories are cyclical, they come back after some times to be made again in the modern times.
• [On working with Tom Cruise]: He puts his heart and love into the work, he brings the energy into the sets, we should all do that. Working with people like him is incredibly inspiring
• She has appeared in the background roles of movies like X-Men and Snow white and the Huntsmen.
• I believe in legends, I believe in monsters, being actors we constantly live in imaginary world.
• Something that works for me is "Less is More"
• You get spoilt when you have choices
• I don't like to go into situations too guarded, I'm emotionally intelligent enough to know when to hang back a bit.
• when you have people in your life that you care about, you get very protective of them
• When you start off as an actor you work to work, but later on it becomes about choices—tactical ones, passionate ones [3]
• I think in English, but I write a lot in Portuguese. It’s a far more descriptive language.
• I know that I am not believable in the role of a submissive wife because I don’t walk into a room as submissive female. I walk in with a brain and I have an opinion

Sources

1. Annabelle Wallis on wikipedia
2. Annabelle's brother- Francis Wallis
3. Annabelle on Interview Magazine
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