Anna Daniels
MyAnna Buring has made a name for herself among UK television watchers in recent years with several major comedic, dramatic, and genre roles. In 2015 alone, Buring was cast in three shows, including crime-thriller Prey as a female prisoner named Jules Hope, who gets her police transport caught up in a kidnapping. She also appeared in the historical drama Banished alongside The Good Liar and Being Human star Russell Tovey, as well as the fourth season of Dag, a Norwegian comedy series about a marriage counselor who hates spending time with people. But one of her most significant small screen parts was a 34-episode run as “Long” Susan Heart, alongside Succession star Matthew Macfadyen and Harry Potter’s Matthew Lewis.
Buring portrays the daughter of a shipping magnate who marries her husband in secret before fleeing to Whitechapel, London. Buring’s character is eventually in a similar position as her Witcher one, leading a group of women — though, in the BBC series, it’s as the mistress of a brothel and not as a trainer of sorceresses. Her charming but calculating character navigates a sea of hurdles, from motherhood and execution to murder cases and an expanding business empire. It’s one of Buring’s strongest performances and most prominent roles to date, with Long Susan serving as yet another example of the actress’s penchant for taking on complicated and often dichotomous female leads.
This role on BBC’s Ripper Street was not only pivotal to confirming Buring’s talent but certainly helped her land and deliver on her powerful and complicated Witcher character.
Written by: Looper
