Narges rashidi naked - Anna Friel had lesbian kiss on Brookside aged just 17

In 2007 she received the award for Best Young Actress at the New York International Independent Film Video Festival for her role as Lolita in A2Z.

Elsewhere Anna has received critical acclaim for her most recent out as a talented but volatile detective.

Scroll down for video Common ground: Anna Friel returns to familiar territory in The Girlfriend Experience pictured , which sees her share lesbian love scenes, 23 years after the kiss that made defined her teenage role on Brookside Anna played the part of Beth Jordache on the soap - a teenager who discovers she's a lesbian and has an affair with her best friend Margaret Clemence Nicola In January 1994, the pair kissed in front of 6million viewers - the first ever pre-nine-o'clock watershed lesbian kiss.

The actress, now 41, and her co-star Nicola Stephenson were the first girls to pucker up on British Primetime television in 1994.