Biography
Maria Friedman (née Freedman; born 19 March 1960) is a British actress and director, best known for her work in musical theatre.
She is an eight-time Olivier Award nominee, winning three. Her first win was for her 1994 one-woman show, By Special Arrangement. She has also twice won Best Actress in a Musical for the original London productions of Passion and Ragtime.
She played Elaine Peacock on EastEnders from 2014 to 2017. In 2023 the role was recast with Harriet Thorpe taking over the role of Elaine.
Friedman was the narrator in the 1999 straight to video version of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
Filmography
all 21
Movies 16
self 5
TV Shows 5
Director 2
Narrator 1
Self / Stage Director
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends (2022)
Movie
Mother Abess
The Sound of Music Live! (2015)
Movie
Rebecca
Unforgotten (2015)
TV
4.33
Herself - Performer
BBC Proms: Sondheim's 80th Birthday (2010)
Movie
Mother
Ragtime (2002)
Movie
Candy Dagenham
Frank Stubbs Promotes (1993)
TV
Young Muriel
Black Daisies For The Bride (1993)
Movie
Eva Braun
Heil Honey I'm Home! (1990)
TV
Waitress
Red Dwarf (1988)
TV
5.75
Trish Baynes / Trish Barnes
Casualty (1986)
TV
Lily-May
Me and the Girls (1985)
Movie
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1960-03-19 (64 years old)
Birth PlaceSwitzerland
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
ResidencesLondon, United Kingdom
AwardsTheatre World Award, Laurence Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival, Laurence Olivier Award for Best Entertainment, Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical
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