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Biography:Tall, slim, and possessing impossibly large cheekbones, English actress "Saffron Burrows" first came to the attention of international audiences with her role in "Circle of Friends" (1995). Burrows, who had made her screen debut two years earlier in "Jim Sheridan"'s "In the Name of the Father", was cast as one of "Minnie Driver"'s titular circle, an Irish girl who makes the mistake of getting involved with an older, morally suspect Englishman ("Colin Firth").

Thanks to the film's great success, Burrows found herself steadily employed, though not always in films of great quality. In 1999, she earned the label of "star on the rise" thanks to leading roles in four different films. Two of these, "Wing Commander" and "Deep Blue Sea", were big-budget action films, while the others were art-house dramas directed by "Mike Figgis". The first, "The Loss of Sexual Innocence", cast Burrows as identical twins... Full Biography

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Eric Bana as Hector and Saffron Burrows as Andromache in "Troy"
Daniel Mays, left, Saffron Burrows, Stephen Campbell Moore and Jason Statham in "The Bank Job"...
Actress Saffron Burrows arrives at the 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards held at the Shrine...
Actress Saffron Burrows arrives at the 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards held at the Shrine...
Actress Saffron Burrows arrives at the 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards held at the Shrine...
Actress Saffron Burrows arrives at the 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards held at the Shrine...
Actress Saffron Burrows arrives at the 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards held at the Shrine...
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