SINCE shooting to fame with British telly’s first pre-watershed lesbian kiss, Anna Friel often found herself stripping off to play sexy screen sirens – until hit ITV thriller Marcella came along.
Her role as the tomboy sleuth didn’t require her to remove any of her clothes, which were always a dowdy mix of jumpers, boots and her trademark parka.
But now her character, Marcella Backland, is about to go undercover as blonde bombshell Keira in the third series, which starts this month.
And that meant Anna, 44, had to return to filming steamy scenes — and found the best thing about it was her striking new shade.
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