Ana was born in London but she grew up in Spain and England. Her mother is Spanish and her father is English and she was raised bilingually.Ana's first lead role was on a Spanish TV show shot in Madrid. She then went on to star on American boarding school drama House of Anubis.She was nominated for a Kids' Choice award as favorite UK actr...
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Ana was born in London but she grew up in Spain and England. Her mother is Spanish and her father is English and she was raised bilingually.Ana's first lead role was on a Spanish TV show shot in Madrid. She then went on to star on American boarding school drama House of Anubis.She was nominated for a Kids' Choice award as favorite UK actress alongside Emma Watson in 2012. Show less «
You'd think that it was really hard for me to turn into North Carolina prostitute, but I didn't thin...Show more »
You'd think that it was really hard for me to turn into North Carolina prostitute, but I didn't think of her like that. I just thought there were a lot of similarities. She loves art and she loves beautiful things, and in that regard, she's a girl, I'm a girl. We love beautiful things, we want adventure, we just want to be loved. She just really wants a family and to be safe. I think everyone wants that. I just came from it from that point of view rather than, "Oh, this girl is so different from me. How on Earth am I going to play her?" Show less «
I'm not afraid of doing anything. I have no fear. It's made me pretty confident in that I can have a...Show more »
I'm not afraid of doing anything. I have no fear. It's made me pretty confident in that I can have a plane flown over my head or I can go head-to-head with an alligator or with a python, and it's all okay and it's so fun. Show less «
I like to see the positive. I went to Madrid when I was 18 and did a TV show there. Really, my first...Show more »
I like to see the positive. I went to Madrid when I was 18 and did a TV show there. Really, my first job was in Madrid and I was on my own. I think it teaches you how to be independent and survive on your own and not really need anyone, although I definitely needed help in Madrid. It was kind of a disaster. I ended up living with nuns, but that's a whole other story. Show less «
I think the best things happen when you just let go and see what comes in. I find that that's always...Show more »
I think the best things happen when you just let go and see what comes in. I find that that's always the most satisfying. Show less «
I think I can adapt quite easily from having a Spanish mother and an English dad and growing up in b...Show more »
I think I can adapt quite easily from having a Spanish mother and an English dad and growing up in both places. I feel like I've got two lives - that Spanish life, which was so free, and then I lived in England and went to an all-girls, private school and had to fit in with that. That switching out and becoming someone else, I find it quite liberating, actually. Show less «
I think it's unhealthy to listen to what people say. My dad used to always say, "Don't believe in yo...Show more »
I think it's unhealthy to listen to what people say. My dad used to always say, "Don't believe in your own hype!" I was confused at the time: "Dad, there is no hype on me." But now I understand what he was saying. If someone says, "I think you're amazing" and someone says, "I think you're awful," I would like to have the same reaction to both, to be confident and calm enough to be able to take both of those and not be affected by either. Show less «
I don't think about competition. I am definitely attracted to not just playing a regular character -...Show more »
I don't think about competition. I am definitely attracted to not just playing a regular character - I don't know there's any such thing as "regular. In American Crime, I get to play a runaway who's living with her pimp in North Carolina and she's a prostitute, but she's a victim of human trafficking because she's under 18. I like those roles. That's what I wanted; I wanted to play someone that was a challenge. Show less «
I would love to be considered Zen, but I'm not sure that I am. Maybe just with animals and babies an...Show more »
I would love to be considered Zen, but I'm not sure that I am. Maybe just with animals and babies and in tough situations. Show less «
My one piece of advice to anyone trying to do acting - this would just be to keep going. It sounds r...Show more »
My one piece of advice to anyone trying to do acting - this would just be to keep going. It sounds really basic, but I went to 121 auditions my first year in L.A. That is no exaggeration, because I keep lists - I know it's a little psychotic - of every audition that I have ever been to. I went to 121 auditions and I got none. But who cares? Show less «
