Lady Anne — Richard III Character Profile

About Lady Anne

The widow of Prince Edward. Richard deceives and marries her to consolidate power. She later dies from an apparent drug overdose after Richard uses rumors of her illness to pursue a marriage with the Queen.

Character Facts

Played by

Kristin Scott Thomas

Appears in

Richard III (1995)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (2)

• Lady Anne — Family Spouse — Richard III (Ian McKellen)
• Lady Anne — Conflict Rival In Marriage Plans — Queen Elizabeth (Annette Bening)

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• Richard III (Ian McKellen)
• Queen Elizabeth (Annette Bening)
• The Duke of Buckingham (Jim Broadbent)
• Earl Rivers (Robert Downey Jr.)
• Lord Hastings (Jim Carter)
• 2nd Subaltern (David Antrobus)
• Archbishop Thomas (Roger Hammond)
• Brackenbury (Donald Sumpter)
• Prince Edward (Christopher Bowen)
• Princess Elizabeth (Kate Steavenson-Payne)
• James Tyrrell (Adrian Dunbar)
• Sir Richard Ratcliffe (Bill Paterson)