Annette Ekblom
Acting
Biography
Born in New Brighton in 1956, Annette Ekblom is a British actress whose credits include Brookside, Peak Practice and Fever Pitch. She was also an original cast member in the hit musical Blood Brothers and features on the original recording. She had previously been married to Alun Lewis and their daughter, Amelia Warner, is also an actress, married to Jamie Dornan.
Place of Birth: New Brighton, Cheshire, England, UK
Known For
Take Me
Take Me is the title of a 2001 British television drama miniseries on ITV, starring Robson Green and Beth Goddard. Take Me was produced by STV Productions and Coastal. It was filmed between October and December 2000 and first broadcast in the UK on 5 August 2001. Alex Pillai was the programmes' director.
Unforgivable
The Mitchell family deal with the devastating aftermath of an act of sexual abuse committed by a member of their own family who, after two years, is about to leave prison.
A Touch of Frost
Jack Frost is a gritty, dogged and unconventional detective with sympathy for the underdog and an instinct for moral justice who attracts trouble like a magnet. Despite some animosity with his superintendent, Norman “Horn-rimmed Harry” Mullett, Frost and his ever-changing roster of assistants manage to solve cases via his clever mind, good heart, and cool touch.
Playhouse
A one-hour anthology television series of one-off contemporary and classic dramas produced by the BBC.
Shoestring
Shoestring is a BBC detective drana set in Bristol and starring Trevor Eve as private detective Eddie Shoestring, who operatee his own show on Radio West, the local radio station. The programme ran between 30 September 1979 and 21 December 1980, in two series with 21 hour-long episodes. Eve opted not to return after two series, as he wanted to diversify into theatre, so the production team changed the setting to Jersey and created Bergerac, also following a detective returning to work after a bad period in his life.
Cracker
The wise-cracking Fitz is a brilliant but flawed criminal psychologist with a remarkable insight into the criminal mind.
Soldier Soldier
The daily lives of a group of soldiers in 'B' Company, 1st Battalion The King's Fusiliers.
Noah's Castle
The father, an ex-military man, sees the 'handwriting on the wall' as to where his country's economy is headed. In an effort to prepare for this, he moves his family of wife, two sons and two daughters out of the city to a secluded old mansion -- a fortress, a castle, as it were. In a confidence he shares only with his youngest son, he acquires stores, goods and foodstuffs, for the tough times he sees coming.
Fever Pitch
A romantic comedy about a man, a woman and a football team. Based on Nick Hornby's best selling autobiographical novel, Fever Pitch. English teacher Paul Ashworth believes his long standing obsession with Arsenal serves him well. But then he meets Sarah. Their relationship develops in tandem with Arsenal's roller coaster fortunes in the football league, both leading to a nail biting climax.
Brookside
The ground-breaking soap set in a housing estate on the outskirts of Liverpool.
Filmography
as Sheila Mitchell
as Sophie Viner
as Boy's Mum (segment "Steal Away")
as Mrs. Drayfield
as Jackie Cadwallader
as Robert's Mother
as Caroline
as Diane Nash
as Patricia Davey
as Fiona Monkton
as DI Amis
as Jill
as Annie
as Nessie Mortimer
as Jojo
as Kathleen
as Annie
as Kate Robinson