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All's fair in love Anwar
October 27th 2007
By Russell Baillie.
She may have died in this week's penultimate episode of The Tudors, in which she played King Henry's sister Princess Margaret, but Gabrielle Anwar will soon be back on our screens in new espionage-comedy series, Burn Notice.
In the hit show, Anwar plays a former IRA operative turned freelance saboteur who finds herself back in the life of ex-boyfriend Jeffrey Donovan when he's fired and blacklisted by his US Government spymasters. Probably still best known for being Al Pacino's tango partner in 1992's Scent of A Woman, the Los Angeles-based, English-born actress' career is on a roll again due to television - even if she doesn't own one.
Click the link above for more.
Thanks to Christopher.
USANetwork.com - 6 Part Video Interview.
Gabrielle talks about Burn Notice, children and Scent of a Woman.
Click the link above!
Thanks to Christopher.
Star-Portraits.com - Fan Artwork.
If you click the picture below you will find the full version of Gabrielle's portrait by Amortik!
Thanks to Christopher.
TV.com - The Librarian II.
Unknown 2006
Gabrielle tells us about her character, what attracted her to the project and what it's like working with director Jonathan Frakes.
Click the link above for the video interview!
Thanks to Christopher.
The Hollywood Interview - Burn Notice - The Tudors - and the fine art of resurfacing.
February 9th 2008
By Terry Keefe.
It was one of those true 'a star is born' moments when Gabrielle Anwar tangoed with Al Pacino in Scent of a Woman back in 1992. While Anwar was only in the film for one scene, it was perhaps the most memorable of the film. She was, for all intents and purposes, the woman of the title in a movie heavy on the testosterone, and her star quality wasn’t lost on the audience, or the powers that be at Hollywood. This writer recalls working at an Orion Pictures production company at the time and hearing people rave about Pacino, the also newly-arrived Chris O’Donnell, and that great girl, who soon found herself on casting lists across town.
When asked during our interview how dramatically her life changed after Scent of a Woman, Anwar explained that it didn’t really all that much, due to the fact that she was simultaneously embarking on the journey of motherhood, which was to take up much of the time that would have otherwise been spent basking in the starlet spotlight. She certainly didn’t disappear, making memorable appearances in Abel Ferrara’s remake of Body Snatchers, For Love or Money, and The Three Musketeers in 1993, and Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead in 1995. She’s continued to work regularly in the years since, with leads in numerous film and television projects. But it’s only been in the last year or so that those projects have started to be as high-profile as Showtime’s new series 'The Tudors', where Anwar stars as Princess Margaret, alongside Jonathan Rhys-Meyers young take on Henry VIII. Next up, she’ll be seen in the USA series 'Burn Notice,' and 2006 saw her adventuring alongside Noah Wyle in the second film in the popular 'Librarian' series for TNT.
Thanks to Christopher. Click the link for more.
New York Post - Flirting with Danger
August 19th 2007
By Paige Albiniak.
In "Burn Notice," fighting is Gabrielle Anwar's favorite form of foreplay. Stealing cars, blackmailing government agents and conning con men are all just part of the fun for Fiona, the former IRA operative she plays with feline grace.
"Fiona is terribly impulsive, not to mention dangerous and extremist," says the petite Anwar, who is perhaps best known for the steamy tango she did with Al Pacino 15 years ago in "Scent of a Woman." More recently, she played the doomed Princess Margaret Tudor in "The Tudors" on Showtime.
Thanks to Christopher. Click the link for more.
OCRegister.com - Burning up the Screen
June 19th 2007
By Luaine Lee.
Actress Gabrielle Anwar has always been a rebel. It plunged her into trouble when she was a teenager and again as an adult.
She's the first to admit that with a laugh. "I've been hounded by a reputation of being difficult when really what I'm being is truthful and honest," says Anwar, alighting on a mahogany chair in a dining room at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Pasadena.
"And I think that's been a thorn in my side. I auditioned for a lot of work and got some good feedback, and then was told I wasn't the choice."
Thanks to Christopher. Click the link for more.
Creators.com - Madness to her Method
Unknown 2007
By Marilyn Beck and Stacy Jenel Smith.
Gabrielle Anwar tells us she got herself into trouble experimenting with method acting recently, but clams up fast when asked for details. The beautiful English actress, who's also in Showtime's "The Tudors" series, plays Fiona, a former IRA terrorist, in USA Network's June 28-debuting drama, "Burn Notice." She recounts, "I took it upon myself to see what would happen if I really did believe I was a fearless IRA terrorist and started staying in character at the end of the day."
The show shoots in Florida, where Anwar says, "I started staying at the notorious Shore Club Hotel in South Beach, which is inevitably troublesome, and some days I wasn't exactly sure whether I woke up as Fiona or Gabrielle. I think there were a couple of instances where I was making choices that would not have come from a single mother of three living in a mountain community in California." Like what, for instance? "Things that I will never, ever tell you," she says with a wicked laugh, then adds, "Now I'm quite happy leaving my character with my costume and my shoes when I go home at the end of the day. It's called acting."
Thanks to Christopher. Click the link for more.
EW.com - Death Becomes Her
August 16th 1996
"I may as well have been a big rubber doll with a hole strategically placed," says Gabrielle Anwar of her role as Andy Garcia's love interest in the soon-to-video Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead. And while the actress is pleased with her work as a woman with a mysterious past in The Grave, she's unhappy about the 'princesses and ineloquent bimbettes' she's agreed to play along the way. "I've made my own bed," she says. "I'm only now regretting it." Says Grave director Jonas Pate, "She's always cast as the beautiful woman. But she has this incredibly funny, dark sensibility."
Thanks to Christopher. Click the link for more.
AskMen.com - Gabrielle Anwar
September 17th 2007
We’ve long been enchanted by Gabrielle Anwar’s beauty. But we’re just as impressed with her poise as an actress as we are by her spunky personality - our only real complaint is that we don’t get to see more of both those sides of Gabrielle on the big screen.
"I always thought it was about as cheesy as it gets. And it remains... the plastered-on smiles, the glitter, the glam - it’s kind of like wrestling to me." - Gabrielle, on ballroom dancing.
Thanks to Gionatan at AskMen.com - please click the link above to read more!
BuddyTV.com - Gabrielle Anwar
August 2nd 2007
by John Kubicek
Now your two co-stars on Burn Notice, Jeffrey Donovan and Bruce Campbell, they seem like very fun-loving, kind of like humorous guys. Always causing trouble on the set, is that anything like what they are?
Yeah, you've called it pretty accurately, they are hysterical. I mean, I come home the other day, and my cheeks ache from smiling consistently for hours and hours at a time. We have a fantastic time, I don't actually know how Jeffrey can maintain such joy with that much pressure in carrying a show. There's pages and pages of dialogue that we shoot everyday, and still managing to have a blast. I don't know how he does it, but I'm really grateful that he does.
Has there been one thing or one moment from the show that you've enjoyed doing the most?
You know, I'm surprising myself with my capacity to enjoy violence. I always thought I was a pacifist at heart, but now I'm beginning to wonder.
Causing violence, or..?
Inflicting pain on others (laughter). It's fantastic, you should try it!
Thank you to Royce at BuddyTV.com. You can read and HEAR more by clicking the link above.
Variety
June 20th 2007
by Brian Lowry
In "Burn Notice," USA delivers a pleasant surprise, if only because so little about the concept indicates how much fun the 90-minute premiere is. Recognizing the star quality in Jeffrey Donovan (last showcased in the channel's short-lived 2004 drama "Touching Evil"), he returns as a spy who, for unexplained reasons, suddenly can't come in from the cold and must survive on his wits. Graced with a sly voiceover and strong supporting characters, it's the kind of breezy romp that dovetails nicely with the cabler's most popular fare and which manages to look more effortless than it surely is.
Donovan is Michael Westen, a resourceful spy inexplicably given a "burn notice" by his handlers that essentially severs any ties to him. As a consequence, he's stranded in Miami without a clue as to why he's been cut loose. In desperation, he occupies a vacant loft, turning for help to an old girlfriend (Gabrielle Anwar) who has former ties to the Irish Republican Army, and a semi-retired intelligence officer pal (Bruce Campbell) whose favorite pastimes are drinking and ogling women.
Westen is even forced to interact with his nagging mom (Sharon Gless), and take a private eye-type gigwhile seeking to unravel his fall from grace.
What really sparks "Burn Notice" is Donovan's Rockford-like mix of comedy, action and roguish charm, augmented by a dry narration through which he delivers a kind of "how-to" guide to spying -- explaining his preference for fighting in bathrooms, for example, because they have "lots of hard surfaces" into which one can slam an opponent; it's easier on the knuckles.
Donovan plays Westen with an arched eyebrow, but series creator Matt Nix adds several humanizing touches, from the spy teaching a bullied kid how to defend himself to lamenting how his well-honed combat skills haven't equipped him to handle mom. (Bruce Willis was a producer on "Touching Evil," and Donovan exhibits a similar flair for tossing off one-liners in between dispatching bad guys.)
The opener kicks off with a strong introductory sequence set in Nigeria, in which Westen discovers at the worst possible moment that his support system has abruptly evaporated. After that, it's fun in the sun, prompting the fallen spook to compare his initial Miami digs to a "Girls Gone Wild" video.
USA has labored to replicate the wry rewards of "Monk" in fulfilling its "Characters welcome" campaign, and if the network can market a series graced with an understated premise and mediocre title, "Burn Notice" comes closer than most of its recent offerings to achieving that whimsical tone, featuring a leading man who lives up to the slogan -- one with charisma to burn. [Link]
Broadcasting & Cable
April 3rd 2007
by Anne Becker
Showtime scored big with its April 1 premiere of The Tudors. The show, the pay cable network's most expensive to date, drew 1.28 million viewers to its 10 p.m. premiere and 11 p.m. repeat combined. The premiere night was Showtime's best in three years, the network says.
Tudors, which stars Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Henry VIII, pulled in 869,000 for its 10 p.m. premiere - 44% better than that of the network's Dexter and 78% better than its Weeds. The 11 p.m. episode averaged 404,000 viewers.
Showtime, which has about 14.5 million subscribers, pumped more money into making The Tudors than it has for any previous original. The co-production with Reveille and Working Title cost about $2 million an episode to make. [Link]
The Boston Globe
December 10th 1994
Q. Who is the father of actress Gabrielle Anwar's baby daughter, Willow? G.Y., Cambridge A. The father, from whom 24-year-old Anwar has kept Willow in hiding, is film producer Reyn Hubbard, 31. Anwar was pregnant with Willow during filming of "The Three Musketeers," in which she plays a sulking Queen Anne. Herself the daughter of an Indian father and English mother, Anwar won overnight fame for her seven-minute tango with Al Pacino in "Scent of a Woman." Her latest film is a black comedy, "Things To Do in Denver When You're Dead," co-starring James Caan and Andy Garcia. Other Anwar movies: "For Love or Money" with Michael J. Fox and "Invasion of the Body Snatchers."
News supplied to us by Dan.
People, The Insider
November 7th 1994
by Mitchell Fink
Actress Gabrielle Anwar, best known for the sensuous 7-minute tango she did with Al Pacino in 1992's Scent of a Woman, is stepping out these days with a new man. Anwar, 24, recently ended a relationship with an actor she has steadfastly refused to name, the father of her year-old daughter, Willow, and is now romantically involved with actor Craig Sheffer, 34, who played Brad Pitt's older brother in the film A River Runs Through It. Sheffer and Anwar are presently in Queensland, Australia, where they are costarring with Don Johnson in Fiddler's Green, a fact-based military drama for HBO. A source tells us that Anwar's relationship with Sheffer "predates" the HBO project, which began shooting Oct.17.
News supplied to us by Dan.
The People
June 19th 1994
Sexy British film actress Gabrielle Anwar is locked in a vicious feud with her ex-boyfriend over their baby daughter. And she has even accused him of being a drug-crazed Satanist and threatening her with voodoo. She claims film producer Reyn Hubbard, 31, once broke into her Los Angeles house after they had split - and built an evil voodoo shrine from skulls, candles and dead flowers. The 24-year old beauty, who shot to fame performing a sizzling tango with Oscar-winner Al Pacino in the hit movie Scent Of A Woman, is accused by Hubbard in a lawsuit of being an "unfit mother".
The actress is now in hiding in Los Angeles with her daughter Willow, claiming that Hubbard is stalking her and planning to kidnap the child. Hubbard - who has never seen seven-month-old Willow - claims the actress repeatedly threatened to kill herself while they were together...and that she once vowed to "stab his eyes out" with a butcher's knife. "I am extremely worried about the health and safety of my daughter," said Hubbard in papers lodged in the Los Angeles Superior Court. "Her behaviour was very erratic and destructive." Hubbard is to seek sole custody of the child.
News supplied to us by Dan.
Daily Mail (London)
May 14th 1993
by Baz Bamigboye
GABRIELLE ANWAR, the young British actress who charmed Al Pacino in the Oscar-winning movie Scent Of A Woman, has had to have all the costumes her latest film let out because she is expecting a baby. Four-months-pregnant Anwar, who moved from her home in Staines, Middlesex, to find fame in Hollywood four years ago, had to persuade producers of the new £20million The Three Musketeers - which co-stars Keifer Sutherland and Charlie Sheen - to let her stay. The 22-year-old actress, in Cannes for the official competition screening of The Body Snatchers, said her figure would be hidden by billowing gowns. The father is an American cowboy and part-time actor. She is not revealing his name for public consumption, but I hear there are tentative plans for them to marry later in the year.
In The Three Musketeers, Anwar plays a virginal princess. To be sure she looks the part, her gowns were re-designed to keep her condition hidden. Stunt doubles were used in scenes where strenuous action was required. 'She's very slender, so it doesn't really show she's pregnant, but I can understand the concern about her safety and that she looks right for the part,' one of her agents told me. Gabrielle Anwar has moved up the Hollywood ladder fast. Her role in Scent Of A Woman, in which she dances a hot tango with Pacino, was small but got her noticed. She then starred opposite Michael J. Fox in The Concierge, which opens later this year. Gabrielle plans to rest after she finishes work on the Musketeers film. The baby is due in October.
News supplied to us by Dan.
October 27th 2007
By Russell Baillie.
She may have died in this week's penultimate episode of The Tudors, in which she played King Henry's sister Princess Margaret, but Gabrielle Anwar will soon be back on our screens in new espionage-comedy series, Burn Notice.
In the hit show, Anwar plays a former IRA operative turned freelance saboteur who finds herself back in the life of ex-boyfriend Jeffrey Donovan when he's fired and blacklisted by his US Government spymasters. Probably still best known for being Al Pacino's tango partner in 1992's Scent of A Woman, the Los Angeles-based, English-born actress' career is on a roll again due to television - even if she doesn't own one.
Click the link above for more.
Thanks to Christopher.
USANetwork.com - 6 Part Video Interview.
Gabrielle talks about Burn Notice, children and Scent of a Woman.
Click the link above!
Thanks to Christopher.
Star-Portraits.com - Fan Artwork.
If you click the picture below you will find the full version of Gabrielle's portrait by Amortik!
Thanks to Christopher.
TV.com - The Librarian II.
Unknown 2006
Gabrielle tells us about her character, what attracted her to the project and what it's like working with director Jonathan Frakes.
Click the link above for the video interview!
Thanks to Christopher.
The Hollywood Interview - Burn Notice - The Tudors - and the fine art of resurfacing.
February 9th 2008
By Terry Keefe.
It was one of those true 'a star is born' moments when Gabrielle Anwar tangoed with Al Pacino in Scent of a Woman back in 1992. While Anwar was only in the film for one scene, it was perhaps the most memorable of the film. She was, for all intents and purposes, the woman of the title in a movie heavy on the testosterone, and her star quality wasn’t lost on the audience, or the powers that be at Hollywood. This writer recalls working at an Orion Pictures production company at the time and hearing people rave about Pacino, the also newly-arrived Chris O’Donnell, and that great girl, who soon found herself on casting lists across town.
When asked during our interview how dramatically her life changed after Scent of a Woman, Anwar explained that it didn’t really all that much, due to the fact that she was simultaneously embarking on the journey of motherhood, which was to take up much of the time that would have otherwise been spent basking in the starlet spotlight. She certainly didn’t disappear, making memorable appearances in Abel Ferrara’s remake of Body Snatchers, For Love or Money, and The Three Musketeers in 1993, and Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead in 1995. She’s continued to work regularly in the years since, with leads in numerous film and television projects. But it’s only been in the last year or so that those projects have started to be as high-profile as Showtime’s new series 'The Tudors', where Anwar stars as Princess Margaret, alongside Jonathan Rhys-Meyers young take on Henry VIII. Next up, she’ll be seen in the USA series 'Burn Notice,' and 2006 saw her adventuring alongside Noah Wyle in the second film in the popular 'Librarian' series for TNT.
Thanks to Christopher. Click the link for more.
New York Post - Flirting with Danger
August 19th 2007
By Paige Albiniak.
In "Burn Notice," fighting is Gabrielle Anwar's favorite form of foreplay. Stealing cars, blackmailing government agents and conning con men are all just part of the fun for Fiona, the former IRA operative she plays with feline grace.
"Fiona is terribly impulsive, not to mention dangerous and extremist," says the petite Anwar, who is perhaps best known for the steamy tango she did with Al Pacino 15 years ago in "Scent of a Woman." More recently, she played the doomed Princess Margaret Tudor in "The Tudors" on Showtime.
Thanks to Christopher. Click the link for more.
OCRegister.com - Burning up the Screen
June 19th 2007
By Luaine Lee.
Actress Gabrielle Anwar has always been a rebel. It plunged her into trouble when she was a teenager and again as an adult.
She's the first to admit that with a laugh. "I've been hounded by a reputation of being difficult when really what I'm being is truthful and honest," says Anwar, alighting on a mahogany chair in a dining room at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Pasadena.
"And I think that's been a thorn in my side. I auditioned for a lot of work and got some good feedback, and then was told I wasn't the choice."
Thanks to Christopher. Click the link for more.
Creators.com - Madness to her Method
Unknown 2007
By Marilyn Beck and Stacy Jenel Smith.
Gabrielle Anwar tells us she got herself into trouble experimenting with method acting recently, but clams up fast when asked for details. The beautiful English actress, who's also in Showtime's "The Tudors" series, plays Fiona, a former IRA terrorist, in USA Network's June 28-debuting drama, "Burn Notice." She recounts, "I took it upon myself to see what would happen if I really did believe I was a fearless IRA terrorist and started staying in character at the end of the day."
The show shoots in Florida, where Anwar says, "I started staying at the notorious Shore Club Hotel in South Beach, which is inevitably troublesome, and some days I wasn't exactly sure whether I woke up as Fiona or Gabrielle. I think there were a couple of instances where I was making choices that would not have come from a single mother of three living in a mountain community in California." Like what, for instance? "Things that I will never, ever tell you," she says with a wicked laugh, then adds, "Now I'm quite happy leaving my character with my costume and my shoes when I go home at the end of the day. It's called acting."
Thanks to Christopher. Click the link for more.
EW.com - Death Becomes Her
August 16th 1996
"I may as well have been a big rubber doll with a hole strategically placed," says Gabrielle Anwar of her role as Andy Garcia's love interest in the soon-to-video Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead. And while the actress is pleased with her work as a woman with a mysterious past in The Grave, she's unhappy about the 'princesses and ineloquent bimbettes' she's agreed to play along the way. "I've made my own bed," she says. "I'm only now regretting it." Says Grave director Jonas Pate, "She's always cast as the beautiful woman. But she has this incredibly funny, dark sensibility."
Thanks to Christopher. Click the link for more.
AskMen.com - Gabrielle Anwar
September 17th 2007
We’ve long been enchanted by Gabrielle Anwar’s beauty. But we’re just as impressed with her poise as an actress as we are by her spunky personality - our only real complaint is that we don’t get to see more of both those sides of Gabrielle on the big screen.
"I always thought it was about as cheesy as it gets. And it remains... the plastered-on smiles, the glitter, the glam - it’s kind of like wrestling to me." - Gabrielle, on ballroom dancing.
Thanks to Gionatan at AskMen.com - please click the link above to read more!
BuddyTV.com - Gabrielle Anwar
August 2nd 2007
by John Kubicek
Now your two co-stars on Burn Notice, Jeffrey Donovan and Bruce Campbell, they seem like very fun-loving, kind of like humorous guys. Always causing trouble on the set, is that anything like what they are?
Yeah, you've called it pretty accurately, they are hysterical. I mean, I come home the other day, and my cheeks ache from smiling consistently for hours and hours at a time. We have a fantastic time, I don't actually know how Jeffrey can maintain such joy with that much pressure in carrying a show. There's pages and pages of dialogue that we shoot everyday, and still managing to have a blast. I don't know how he does it, but I'm really grateful that he does.
Has there been one thing or one moment from the show that you've enjoyed doing the most?
You know, I'm surprising myself with my capacity to enjoy violence. I always thought I was a pacifist at heart, but now I'm beginning to wonder.
Causing violence, or..?
Inflicting pain on others (laughter). It's fantastic, you should try it!
Thank you to Royce at BuddyTV.com. You can read and HEAR more by clicking the link above.
Variety
June 20th 2007
by Brian Lowry
In "Burn Notice," USA delivers a pleasant surprise, if only because so little about the concept indicates how much fun the 90-minute premiere is. Recognizing the star quality in Jeffrey Donovan (last showcased in the channel's short-lived 2004 drama "Touching Evil"), he returns as a spy who, for unexplained reasons, suddenly can't come in from the cold and must survive on his wits. Graced with a sly voiceover and strong supporting characters, it's the kind of breezy romp that dovetails nicely with the cabler's most popular fare and which manages to look more effortless than it surely is.
Donovan is Michael Westen, a resourceful spy inexplicably given a "burn notice" by his handlers that essentially severs any ties to him. As a consequence, he's stranded in Miami without a clue as to why he's been cut loose. In desperation, he occupies a vacant loft, turning for help to an old girlfriend (Gabrielle Anwar) who has former ties to the Irish Republican Army, and a semi-retired intelligence officer pal (Bruce Campbell) whose favorite pastimes are drinking and ogling women.
Westen is even forced to interact with his nagging mom (Sharon Gless), and take a private eye-type gigwhile seeking to unravel his fall from grace.
What really sparks "Burn Notice" is Donovan's Rockford-like mix of comedy, action and roguish charm, augmented by a dry narration through which he delivers a kind of "how-to" guide to spying -- explaining his preference for fighting in bathrooms, for example, because they have "lots of hard surfaces" into which one can slam an opponent; it's easier on the knuckles.
Donovan plays Westen with an arched eyebrow, but series creator Matt Nix adds several humanizing touches, from the spy teaching a bullied kid how to defend himself to lamenting how his well-honed combat skills haven't equipped him to handle mom. (Bruce Willis was a producer on "Touching Evil," and Donovan exhibits a similar flair for tossing off one-liners in between dispatching bad guys.)
The opener kicks off with a strong introductory sequence set in Nigeria, in which Westen discovers at the worst possible moment that his support system has abruptly evaporated. After that, it's fun in the sun, prompting the fallen spook to compare his initial Miami digs to a "Girls Gone Wild" video.
USA has labored to replicate the wry rewards of "Monk" in fulfilling its "Characters welcome" campaign, and if the network can market a series graced with an understated premise and mediocre title, "Burn Notice" comes closer than most of its recent offerings to achieving that whimsical tone, featuring a leading man who lives up to the slogan -- one with charisma to burn. [Link]
Broadcasting & Cable
April 3rd 2007
by Anne Becker
Showtime scored big with its April 1 premiere of The Tudors. The show, the pay cable network's most expensive to date, drew 1.28 million viewers to its 10 p.m. premiere and 11 p.m. repeat combined. The premiere night was Showtime's best in three years, the network says.
Tudors, which stars Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Henry VIII, pulled in 869,000 for its 10 p.m. premiere - 44% better than that of the network's Dexter and 78% better than its Weeds. The 11 p.m. episode averaged 404,000 viewers.
Showtime, which has about 14.5 million subscribers, pumped more money into making The Tudors than it has for any previous original. The co-production with Reveille and Working Title cost about $2 million an episode to make. [Link]
The Boston Globe
December 10th 1994
Q. Who is the father of actress Gabrielle Anwar's baby daughter, Willow? G.Y., Cambridge A. The father, from whom 24-year-old Anwar has kept Willow in hiding, is film producer Reyn Hubbard, 31. Anwar was pregnant with Willow during filming of "The Three Musketeers," in which she plays a sulking Queen Anne. Herself the daughter of an Indian father and English mother, Anwar won overnight fame for her seven-minute tango with Al Pacino in "Scent of a Woman." Her latest film is a black comedy, "Things To Do in Denver When You're Dead," co-starring James Caan and Andy Garcia. Other Anwar movies: "For Love or Money" with Michael J. Fox and "Invasion of the Body Snatchers."
News supplied to us by Dan.
People, The Insider
November 7th 1994
by Mitchell Fink
Actress Gabrielle Anwar, best known for the sensuous 7-minute tango she did with Al Pacino in 1992's Scent of a Woman, is stepping out these days with a new man. Anwar, 24, recently ended a relationship with an actor she has steadfastly refused to name, the father of her year-old daughter, Willow, and is now romantically involved with actor Craig Sheffer, 34, who played Brad Pitt's older brother in the film A River Runs Through It. Sheffer and Anwar are presently in Queensland, Australia, where they are costarring with Don Johnson in Fiddler's Green, a fact-based military drama for HBO. A source tells us that Anwar's relationship with Sheffer "predates" the HBO project, which began shooting Oct.17.
News supplied to us by Dan.
The People
June 19th 1994
Sexy British film actress Gabrielle Anwar is locked in a vicious feud with her ex-boyfriend over their baby daughter. And she has even accused him of being a drug-crazed Satanist and threatening her with voodoo. She claims film producer Reyn Hubbard, 31, once broke into her Los Angeles house after they had split - and built an evil voodoo shrine from skulls, candles and dead flowers. The 24-year old beauty, who shot to fame performing a sizzling tango with Oscar-winner Al Pacino in the hit movie Scent Of A Woman, is accused by Hubbard in a lawsuit of being an "unfit mother".
The actress is now in hiding in Los Angeles with her daughter Willow, claiming that Hubbard is stalking her and planning to kidnap the child. Hubbard - who has never seen seven-month-old Willow - claims the actress repeatedly threatened to kill herself while they were together...and that she once vowed to "stab his eyes out" with a butcher's knife. "I am extremely worried about the health and safety of my daughter," said Hubbard in papers lodged in the Los Angeles Superior Court. "Her behaviour was very erratic and destructive." Hubbard is to seek sole custody of the child.
News supplied to us by Dan.
Daily Mail (London)
May 14th 1993
by Baz Bamigboye
GABRIELLE ANWAR, the young British actress who charmed Al Pacino in the Oscar-winning movie Scent Of A Woman, has had to have all the costumes her latest film let out because she is expecting a baby. Four-months-pregnant Anwar, who moved from her home in Staines, Middlesex, to find fame in Hollywood four years ago, had to persuade producers of the new £20million The Three Musketeers - which co-stars Keifer Sutherland and Charlie Sheen - to let her stay. The 22-year-old actress, in Cannes for the official competition screening of The Body Snatchers, said her figure would be hidden by billowing gowns. The father is an American cowboy and part-time actor. She is not revealing his name for public consumption, but I hear there are tentative plans for them to marry later in the year.
In The Three Musketeers, Anwar plays a virginal princess. To be sure she looks the part, her gowns were re-designed to keep her condition hidden. Stunt doubles were used in scenes where strenuous action was required. 'She's very slender, so it doesn't really show she's pregnant, but I can understand the concern about her safety and that she looks right for the part,' one of her agents told me. Gabrielle Anwar has moved up the Hollywood ladder fast. Her role in Scent Of A Woman, in which she dances a hot tango with Pacino, was small but got her noticed. She then starred opposite Michael J. Fox in The Concierge, which opens later this year. Gabrielle plans to rest after she finishes work on the Musketeers film. The baby is due in October.
News supplied to us by Dan.