A biography for Annabelle Wallishasn’t been written yet.
“I need to put myself out in the world and be brave and be uncomfortable. When I do, it means I can enjoy life so much more.”
“I was born in Oxford. I grew up in Cascais, Portugal.”
“I love 'Breaking Bad,' and the fact that my friend Aaron Paul is in it makes it all the more special to watch.”
“I'm a tomboy naturally; I grew up hanging up with boys.”
“I'm a shape shifter.”
“I would never get married in a conventional way; I'd have the 'Curb' music as the union music.”
“I'm interested in Patti Smith and women who were iconic in a very hedonistic way.”
“Most women I know are not actresses, but they work for the U.N. or are documentary filmmakers, anthropologists.”
“I'm really cocky. Or - I've been thinking about this word a lot - I'm 'mischievous,' and I want to make light of things and push the boundaries.”
“I love putting myself in sink-or-swim situations. You realize the human spirit is built to survive.”
“I like to think that I represent myself as a strong woman, so to work with other strong women I find very inspiring.”
“I'm a blagger by trade.”
“'The Tudors' was ground-breaking in the sense that it did ruffle the feathers of classical historians and alter the way people did period drama at the time.”
“There's something amazing that happens when you don't have to think about how you look so much.”
“I was never an ingenue. I've traveled the globe, I've backpacked through South America, I've done conservation work in Africa. I was never the girl who knew nothing of the world.”
“I have way more bravery than common sense, but you always assume things are going to be so difficult, and then when you're actually faced with them, you prevail. It's human nature.”
“People are so ready to cut you down if you take a risk and leave your comfort zone.”
“British period drama is always seen as kind of perfect and beautiful and lovely, but I don't think subcultures have been shone a light on like 'Peaky Blinders' has done.”
“I wanted to be an anthropologist and travel.”
“People in L.A. think I'm so posh. They think I live in 'Downton Abbey.'”