MyAnna Buring

MyAnna Buring (Swedish: [mʏ²anːa ²bʉːrɪŋ]; born 22 September 1979 as Anna Margaretha My Rantapää) is a Swedish-English actress, known for her roles in The Descent; The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 and Part 2; and Ripper Street. Early life Buring was born 22 September 1979, in Sundsvall, Sweden, as Anna Margaretha My Rantapää, but grew up in the Middle East. She attended secondary school at the American British Academy in Muscat, Oman, with her childhood friend Stegath Dorr, who is a character actor and a prolific horror filmmaker. When she turned 16, she moved to Great Britain and graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in 2004. She is the associate director of the MahWaff Theatre Company. Career Television In 2006, Buring guest-starred in "The Impossible Planet", the first episode of a two-episode Doctor Who story. Her character, Scooti, perished in the vacuum of space. Also in 2006, Buring played Olivia in a production of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night by Exeter's Northcott Theatre Company, and appeared in a new play, Seduced, at London's Finborough Theatre. In 2008, Buring starred as Alice in the independent film Credo, also known as The Devil's Curse. Buring also starred as Debbie in Much Ado About Nothing (BBC One), Midsomer Murders (ITV), Casualty (BBC One) and Murder Prevention (Channel 5). For MahWaff Theatre Company, she starred in Guardians, Monologue For An Ensemble and An Inspector Calls. Buring played the role of the CND peace activist and student Adriana Doyle in series three, episode two, of Inspector George Gently, which was screened in the UK on BBC One in October 2010. In 2012, Buring had significant supporting roles in the BBC drama serials Blackout and Ripper Street. She also joined the cast of Downton Abbey, playing the role of the maid Edna Braithwaite in the 2012 Christmas special episode and the fourth season. In December 2012, Buring played protagonist Karen Clarke, a woman who is haunted by her past which eventually catches up with her, in a two-part drama called The Poison Tree that was broadcast on ITV1. In 2013, Buring appeared in an episode of NBC's Crossing Lines, playing villainess Anika Hauten. In July 2017, she played the lead role of Manchester police Detective Inspector Helen Weeks in BBC 4-part drama In the Dark. Film In her first film role, Buring starred in a leading role in the 2005 horror film The Descent, as one of the main characters among the women who ventured down into an uncharted cave system. Buring also appeared in the film's sequel, The Descent Part 2, in the form of flashbacks. She also starred in Doomsday in 2008. Buring appeared as the female lead in the film Lesbian Vampire Killers, released to UK cinemas on 20 March 2009. In May 2010, she appeared as Jozefa in Witchville for the SyFy channel. Buring played the role of Tanya of the Denali Coven in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 and Part 2. In 2011, Buring appeared in the horror film Kill List, in which she acted the part of the protagonist's wife. Personal life In May 2017, she gave birth to a son. Buring has been noted as being very private about her personal life.