Saffron Burrows began studying acting as a child in youth theatre, before making her major film debut in Jim Sheridan's In the Name of the Father, starring Daniel Day-Lewis. She came to the attention of international audiences with her second role, as an Irish girl seduced by a morally suspect Englishman (Colin Firth) in Circle of Friends, starring Minnie Driver and Chris O'Donnell.
Burrows' film work ranges from art-house dramas such as Miss Julie and Timecode, to Deep Blue Sea and the mob drama Gangster #1 starring Malcolm McDowell, Paul Bettany and David Thewlis. Most recently, she starred in Michael Apted's box office hit Enigma, and appeared in the critically praised Frida.
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