Saffron Burrows - Details

Biography

Saffron Burrows worked with Mike Figgis in Time Code as well his adaptation of Miss Julie, starring as the title character, a strong, sensuous, sexually predatory aristocrat driven to the edge of sanity. She also starred in Figgis' One Night Stand and The Loss of Sexual Innocence. Burrows most recently was seen by American audiences in Renny Harlin's hit thriller Deep Blue Sea with Samuel L. Jackson. She made her film debut as Jodie in Ngozieah Onwurah's Welcome to the Terra Dome before taking a small role in Jim Sheridan's In The Name of the Father. Her first major role was in Pat O'Connor's Circle of Friends with Minnie Driver and Colin Firth, followed by Craig Rosenberg's Hotel de Love. Her other films include Gary Tieche's Nevada, Mark Joffe's Matchmaker and Chris Roberts' Wing Commander. Burrows has also appeared on European television, including the French productions "Meutre En Ardeche" and "Extreme Limits," and the British productions "Full Stretch," directed by Amonia Bird, "The Big One" for Granada TV, Ngozieah Onwurah's "I Bring You Frankincense" and Dennis Potter's final work, "Karaoke." For the stage, she recently appeared in Tasmin Oglesby's "Two Lips Indifferent Red."