Anastasia Hille

Anastasia Hille is an English film, television and theatre actress and ceramicist.

Early life

Born in Lambeth, London, her mother was Finnish. Hille was a student at London's Drama Centre and won second prize at the Ian Charleson Awards in 1994 for her performance as Isabella in Measure for Measure.

Career

Stage

She has twice been nominated for the Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress, for The Master Builder at the Almeida Theatre in 2011, and for The Effect at the National's Cottesloe Theatre in 2013.

Television

Hille was nominated for the 2013 BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actress for the 2012 miniseries The Fear.
Her other TV roles include Kavanagh QC: The Sweetest Thing, Trial & Retribution, as Carole Lombard in RKO 281, The Cazalets, Agatha Christie's Poirot: Three Act Tragedy, and The Missing.

Film

Her film roles include The Hole, The Abandoned, Snow White & the Huntsman, and A United Kingdom.

Personal life

She is also a ceramicist known for her minimalist orb-shaped pieces. As a studio potter, she creates making simple, impactful ware that is both striking and functional, and porcelain pots from her studio in rural East Sussex. While travelling extensively as an actress she studied ceramics in museums around the world. learning clay technique in Sussex studios where she runs her own studio.