Actress Anne-Marie Duff ‘very grateful’ to be made an OBE for services to drama Bafta-winning actress Anne-Marie Duff has said she feels “incredibly lucky and privileged” to do a job she loves as she is made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the New Year Honours list.
After featuring in a number of TV shows in the 1990s, including police drama Trial And Retribution and period show Aristocrats, she gained attention for her role in 2002 drama film The Magdalene Sisters about teenage girls who are sent to Magdalene laundries.
The stage and screen star, 54, made her name in hit comedy drama series Shameless and further established herself playing regal roles such as Queen Elizabeth I and Lady Macbeth.
The following year in 2007, Duff was nominated again for the Bafta for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth I in BBC miniseries The Virgin Queen.
