From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia AnneMarie Duff born 8 October 1970 is an English stage and screen actress She rose to prominence playing Fiona Gallagher on the first two seasons of UK television series Shameless She then played Queen Elizabeth I in The Virgin Queen 2006 and also the lead role in the television series From Darkness in 2015 Duff has had roles in films such as Enigma 2001 The Magdalene Sisters 2002 Notes on a Scandal 2006 French Film 2008 The Last Station and Nowhere Boy both 2009 Before I Go to Sleep 2014 and Suffragette 2015 Her performances in Shameless The Virgin Queen Nowhere Boy and Suffragette earned her BAFTA nominations in the Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress categories and she was awarded the BAFTA Cymru Award for Best Actress for her work in the 2007 television film The History of Mr Polly