Anne Boleyn on Stage and Screen
Giuditta Pasta in the Teatro Carcano‘s production of the opera Anna Bolena (this was the original production of this opera and the title role was written specifically for her voice) — 1830
Apollonia Bertucca in the New York premiere of Anna Bolena — 1850
Violet Vanbrugh in the Lyecum Theatre’s production of Shakespeare’s Henry VIII — 1892
Clara Kimball Young in a short film about Cardinal Wolsey — 1912
Henny Porten in the film Anna Boleyn — 1920
Merle Oberon in the film The Private Life of Henry VIII — 1933
Vivien Leigh in the Open Air Theatre’s production of Shakespeare’s Henry VIII — 1936
Sara Scuderi in Gran Teatre del Liceu‘s production of Anna Bolena — 1947
Joyce Redman in the Broadway production of Anne of the Thousand Days — 1949
Elaine Stewart in the film Young Bess — 1953
Maria Callas in La Scala’s production of Anna Bolena — 1957
Gloria Davy in the American Opera Society’s production of Anna Bolena — 1957
Leyla Gencer in Anna Bolena — 1965
Vanessa Redgrave in the film A Man For All Seasons — 1966
Genevieve Bujold in the film Anne of the Thousand Days — 196
Dorothy Tutin in the BBC miniseries The Six Wives of Henry VIII — 19
Charlotte Rampling in the film Henry VIII and His Six Wives — 197
Beverly Sills in the New York City Opera’s production of Anna Bolena - 1973
Marisa Galvany in the New York City Opera’s production of Anna Bolena — 1974
Barbara Kellerman in the BBC production of Shakespeare’s Henry VIII — 1979
Joan Sutherland in the San Francisco Opera’s production of Anna Bolena — 1984
Oona Kirsch in the film God’s Outlaw — 1986
Edita Gruberová in Anna Bolena — 1994
Jean Marsh in the film Monarch —2000 (this is not a depiction of Anne Boleyn, specifically, but rather an amalgamation of all six wives)
Julia Marsen in the documentary The Six Wives of Henry VIII — 200
Jodhi May in the BBC TV movie The Other Boleyn Girl — 2003
Helena Bonham Carter in the ITV TV movie Henry VIII — 2003
An uncredited actress (as young Anne) in the documentary Kingdom of Scandal — 2003
An uncredited actress (as adult Anne) in the documentary Kingdom of Scandal — 2003
An uncredited actress in the History Happened Here segment Henry VIII & Anne Boleyn — 2007
Mariella Devia in Anna Bolena — 2007
Natalie Dormer in the Showtime series The Tudors — 2007-2008, 2010
Natalie Portman in the film The Other Boleyn Girl — 2008
Karen Peakes in the Folger Theatre’s production of Shakespeare’s Henry VIII — 2010
Miranda Raison in Howard Brenton’s play Anne Boleyn — 2010
Hasmik Papian in the Dallas Opera’s production of Anna Bolena — 2010
Miranda Raison in the Globe Theatre’s production of Shakespeare’s Henry VIII — 2010
Anna Netrebko in the Vienna State Opera’s and Metropolitan Opera’s productions of Anna Bolena — 2011
Emma Connell in the documentary Henry & Anne: The Lovers Who Changed History — 2011
Keri Alkema in the Minnesota Opera’s production of Anna Bolena — 2012
Jo Herbert in the UK tour of Howard Brenton’s Anne Boleyn — 2012
Rochelle Hart in the Opera Seria UK’s production of Anna Bolena — 2012
Anna Jullienne in the Auckland Theatre Company’s production of Howard Brenton’s Anne Boleyn — 2013
Serena Farncocchia in the Welsh National Opera’s production of Anna Bolena — 2013
Fleur Keith in the play Fallen in Love: The Secret Heart of Anne Boleyn performed at the Tower of London — 2013
Tara Breathnach in the documentary The Last Days of Anne Boleyn — 2013
Kathryn Myles in the Actors Shakespeare Project’s production of Shakespeare’s Henry VIII — 2013-2014
Miou Kazune in the Japanese musical Lady Bess — 2014-2017
Sondra Radvanovsky in several productions of Anna Bolena including at The Lyric Opera of Chicago and the Metropolitan Opera, among others — 2014-2015
Claire Foy in the BBC miniseries Wolf Hall — 2015
Harriet Green in the documentary Inside the Court of Henry VIII — 2015
Lydia Leonard in both the West End and Broadway productions of Wolf Hall Parts One & Two — 2015
An unknown actress in the Spanish TV series Carlos, rey emperador — 2015
Claire Cooper in the documentary Six Wives with Lucy Worsley (also known as Secrets of the Six Wives) — 2016
Fleur Keith in the short film I Am Henry — 2016
Harriet Green in the documentary The Six Queens of Henry VIII (also known as Henry VIII and His Six Wives) — 2016; Archive footage of Green in this documentary was also featured in the documentary series Elizabeth I — 2017
Krystin Pellerin in the CW series Reign, season 3 episode “To the Death” — 2016
Anastasia Drew in the documentary The Private Lives of the Tudors — 2016
Gemma Whalen in an episode of the CBBC series Horrible Histories — 2017
Ashleigh Weir in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival production of the musical Six — 2017
Christina Modestou in the Off-West End production of Six — 2017
Millie O’Connell in the original West End production of Six — 2018-2019
Angela Meade in several productions of Anna Bolena throughout the years, most recently in ABAO Bilbao’s production — 2019
Hazel Karooma-Brooker in the Norwegian Cruise Line production of Six — 2019
An uncredited actress in the Starz series The Spanish Princess, season 1 episode “All Is Lost” — 2019
Andrea Macasaet in the North American tour and original Broadway productions of Six — 2019-2020
Courtney Bowman in the West End production of Six — 2019-202
Maddison Bulleyment in the UK tour of Six — 2019-2020
Kala Gare in the Australian tour of Six — 2020
Alice Nokes in The Spanish Princess part 2 — 2020
Jodie Turner-Smith in the Channel 5 miniseries Anne Boleyn — 2021
Rafaelle Cohen in the BBC docuseries The Boleyns: A Scandalous Family — 2021
Amy Manson in the film Spencer — 2021
Amy James-Kelly in the Netflix docudrama Blood, Sex and Royalty — 2022
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