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Anna Russell-Martin

Anna Russell-Martin

Acting

Biography

Training Anna Russell-Martin trained at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and the Dance School of Scotland. Theatre For the National Theatre: Bacchae Other theatre includes: Macbeth for the RSC; No Love Songs at Soho Playhouse, Dundee Rep and on US and UK tour; Nora: A Doll’s House at the Young Vic; Life is a Dream and Keli at Edinburgh Royal Lyceum; Split the Air for Lepus; The Panopticon and Exodus at the National Theatre of Scotland; Wolfie, Me and My Sister Tell Each Other Everything, Colonel Mustard and the Big Bad Wolf and Bunny for Tron; Bloodbank and Toy Plastic Chicken for Òran Mór; and Nora: A Doll’s House, Cyrano de Bergerac and A Christmas Carol for Glasgow Citizens TV Karen Pirie, Annika and Casualty Film On Falling, Falling Into Place and Ghostlight Radio Venice Preserved, The Servant, The Portal, Rabbit Catcher, The Apple, The Tree and Contemporary Political Ethics Awards 2024 Rising Star Scotland two Ian Charleson Award commendations Theatre Scotland Critics’ Award for Best Performance Offie nomination (Published September 2025) Source: National Theatre

Known For

Casualty
6.2

Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional lives.

Casualty

1986
Annika
7.0

The sharp, witty and enigmatic DI Annika Strandhed, as she heads up a new specialist Marine Homicide Unit (MHU) that is tasked with investigating the unexplained, brutal, and seemingly unfathomable murders.

Annika

2021
Karen Pirie
6.9

When a 25-year-old murder in St Andrews becomes the subject of a provocative true-crime podcast, DS Karen Pirie is tasked with heading up a review. Digging up the past, Karen uncovers fresh evidence and a potential perpetrator. But when suspects start coming under attack, the cold case turns into an active investigation. Can Karen find the killer before it’s too late?

Karen Pirie

2022
On Falling
7.1

Aurora, a Portuguese migrant, works as an order picker in a warehouse in Edinburgh, Scotland. Caught between the walls of a huge distribution centre and the solitude of her own room, Aurora tries to seize every opportunity to resist the alienation and isolation that threaten her identity.

On Falling

2025
Falling into Place
6.6

Kira and Ian – both in their mid-30s – meet on a winter weekend on the Isle of Skye. Both are on the run – from their past as well as from the reality of their current lives. The 36 hours they spend together are characterized by fun and lightness. A deep, almost magical connection develops between the two strangers. Everything seems possible. But fate tears them apart again. They both return to London, unaware that they live in the same city. Often only a few minutes, meters and coincidences apart, Kira and Ian move through the pulsating city; they never meet. They first have to face their demons before they are ready to really meet.

Falling into Place

2023
National Theatre Live: Bacchae
N/A

Fierce and unstoppable, they are a chorus of wild energy ready to shake Thebes to its core — and liberate its women. But their god Dionysos has his own reckoning. In a showdown with his cousin, King Pentheus, family loyalty, political power and human desire are pushed to breaking point.

National Theatre Live: Bacchae

2025
Macbeth
N/A

When Macbeth meets three witches who predict he will become Thane of Cawdor and then King of Scotland, madness born of ambition sets in, and he and his wife seize power by all possible means, leading to murderous consequences.

Macbeth

2023
You Land
N/A

In the remote Scottish countryside, a downtrodden woman finds herself entangled in a newly discovered influencer culture, whilst in search of respite from the humdrum of rural living and the impending weight of her care-giving duties.

You Land

2023
The Shift
5.0

Anna, an agency worker, takes her dog for a morning walk before doing her shopping. Searching through the discounted items, Anna wanders through the supermarket trying to find the most affordable necessities. As her groceries edge towards the checkout, her agency calls; she has lost her shift. What will she do? The Shift aims to capture the vulnerable condition of a temporary worker and to reveal the immediate consequences of the dangerously short and ever-present distance separating employment and poverty, security and tumult.

The Shift

2020