Anna Hope

Anna Hope (born 1974) is an English writer and actress from Manchester. She is perhaps best known for her Doctor Who role of Novice Hame, who first appeared in the webcast TARDISODE 1 - "New Earth" before appearing in the television episodes "New Earth" and "Gridlock".

She has also appeared as the character of detective inspector Patricia Menzies in the 6th Doctor audio plays The Condemned, The Raincloud Man, and The Crimes of Thomas Brewster.

Anna grew up in the village of Edgworth, Lancashire where she attended Edgworth Primary School and Turton High School before moving to Manchester aged 16.

She was educated at Wadham College, Oxford, The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London, and Birkbeck College, London. She studied English at Wadham College and graduated in 2001 from Birkbeck College with an MA in Creative Writing.

Anna began acting in small plays that she should put on with her sisters at home, before eventually joining the Octagon Youth Theatre, in Bolton, aged 10.

Anna auditioned alongside 20 different actresses for the role of Novice Hame, and she was rewarded the role she admitted that she felt nervous that the role might demand complex cat choreography and gestures.

Anna has also appeared in Crime and Punishment, The Long Firm, Love Me Still, Waking the Dead, and Coronation Street.

...
Wikipedia