{{short description|British actress (b. 1992)}} {{For|the German Roman Catholic saint|Anna Schäffer}} {{Use British English|date=November 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Anna Shaffer | image = Anna Shaffer - German Comic Con 2022.jpg | caption = Shaffer at the [[German Comic Con]] 2022 | birth_name = Anna Maureen Barth Shaffer | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|3|15|df=y}}{{cn|date=November 2025}} | birth_place = [[London]], England{{cn|date=November 2025}} | occupation = Actress | years_active = 2009–present | spouse = {{marriage|Jimmy Stephenson|2021}} }} [[File:Anna Shaffer.jpg |thumb|Anna Shaffer at the [[Notting Hill Carnival]] 2011]] '''Anna Maureen Barth Shaffer''' (born 15 March 1992){{cn|date=November 2025}} is an English actress. She gained prominence through her roles as [[Romilda Vane#V|Romilda Vane]] in the [[Harry Potter (film series)|''Harry Potter'' films]] (2009–2011) and [[Ruby Button]] in the [[E4 (TV channel)|E4]] soap opera ''[[Hollyoaks]]'' (2011–2018).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s13/hollyoaks/scoop/a318732/ruby-isnt-leaving-hollyoaks.html |title=Ruby isn't leaving 'Hollyoaks' |publisher=Digital Spy |date=10 May 2011 |access-date=30 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111201081210/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s13/hollyoaks/scoop/a318732/ruby-isnt-leaving-hollyoaks.html |archive-date=1 December 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news//2010/12/28/meet-the-new-hollyoaks-cast-members-set-to-sizzle-on-screen-50061-27893536/ |title=Meet the new Hollyoaks cast members set to sizzle on screen |publisher=[[Liverpool Echo]] |access-date=30 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011053956/http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news//2009/11/06/liverpool-s-welsh-cathedral-saved-by-echo-s-stop-the-rot-campaign-50061-25103002/ |archive-date=11 October 2012 }}</ref> As of 2019, she plays [[Triss Merigold]] in the Netflix adaptation of ''[[The Witcher (TV series)|The Witcher]]''.
==Early life== Shaffer was born in North London{{cn|date=November 2025}} to South African parents; her mother is of Zulu heritage and spent her childhood growing up on a Black Zulu farmland in South Africa, and her father is a Jewish South African of Sephardic and African descent whose father moved them to Israel for a year when he was a baby and was forced back to South Africa by his wife, Anna’s grandmother.<ref>{{Cite web |first=Anna|last=Shaffer|title=To post this again, two years later, verbatim, feels sort of unbelievable |date=29 October 2023|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/Cy-bP8ts8bD/?igsh=MWpkc3JjdGp0bXU2aA== |access-date=2025-11-11 |website=Instagram}}</ref> She has a brother. She attended [[Highgate Wood School]] and completed her [[A Levels]] at the [[Camden School for Girls]].{{citation needed|date=November 2025}}
==Career== On 19 December 2007, Shaffer was cast in the film ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)|Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'' as Romilda Vane, the fourth year student who tried to use a love potion on Harry. She reprised this role in ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1]]'' and ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2]]'' in 2010 and 2011.
In December 2010, the ''[[Liverpool Echo]]'' reported that eighteen-year-old Shaffer would be joining the cast of ''Hollyoaks'' as Ruby, the sister of [[Duncan Button]] ([[Dean Aspen]]).<ref name="sizzle">{{cite news|url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-entertainment/echo-entertainment//tm_headline=meet-the-new-hollyoaks-cast-members-set-to-sizzle-on-screen%26method=full%26objectid=27893529%26siteid=100252-name_page.html|title=Meet the new Hollyoaks cast members set to sizzle on screen|work=[[Liverpool Echo]]|date=28 December 2010|access-date=10 December 2011|first=Tina|last=Miles|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011181901/http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-entertainment/echo-entertainment//tm_headline%3Dmeet-the-new-hollyoaks-cast-members-set-to-sizzle-on-screen%26method%3Dfull%26objectid%3D27893529%26siteid%3D100252-name_page.html|archive-date=11 October 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> Shaffer originally auditioned for the role of [[Leanne Holiday]], but she was later cast as Ruby. Shaffer relocated to Liverpool, where ''Hollyoaks'' is filmed, for the role. She began filming her scenes in late 2010.<ref name="leaving">{{cite web|last=Kilkelly|first=Daniel|title=Ruby isn't leaving 'Hollyoaks'|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s13/hollyoaks/scoop/a318732/ruby-isnt-leaving-hollyoaks.html|publisher=Digital Spy|date=10 May 2011|access-date=3 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111201081210/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s13/hollyoaks/scoop/a318732/ruby-isnt-leaving-hollyoaks.html|archive-date=1 December 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> Shaffer made her first on-screen appearance as Ruby in the episode broadcast on 3 January 2011.<ref name="first">{{cite web|last=Kilkelly|first=Daniel|title=2986: Jason visits the clinic with Heidi|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s13/hollyoaks/spoilers/a294900/2986-jason-visits-the-clinic-with-heidi.html|publisher=Digital Spy|date=3 January 2011|access-date=3 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107103903/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s13/hollyoaks/spoilers/a294900/2986-jason-visits-the-clinic-with-heidi.html|archive-date=7 November 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2011, it was speculated that Shaffer would be leaving ''Hollyoaks''.<ref name="leaving"/> However, this was denied and a show spokesperson told [[Digital Spy]] "We don't want to spoil the storylines for the viewers, however we can confirm that Anna Shaffer is with ''Hollyoaks'' for the foreseeable future.".<ref name="leaving"/> Shaffer left Hollyoaks in 2014 but returned briefly in November 2017 and April 2018.
During 2012, she appeared in the music video for YDEK by Warehouse Republic, then in October 2013, Shaffer said she would be leaving Hollyoaks in the new year in an interview with Digital Spy on 23 November, saying "I've loved my time at Hollyoaks and playing Ruby, but I've just got itchy feet and I want a new, fresh beginning. Obviously we film up in Liverpool and I miss London, my parents, my brother, so I'm ready for a change but I'll be really sad to leave".<ref name="Hollyoaks' Anna Shaffer on Ruby exit: 'I want a fresh start">{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s13/hollyoaks/news/a533377/hollyoaks-anna-shaffer-on-ruby-exit-i-want-a-fresh-start.html|title='Hollyoaks' Anna Shaffer on Ruby exit: 'I want a fresh start'|publisher=Digital Spy|date=2013-11-23|access-date=16 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131226220321/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s13/hollyoaks/news/a533377/hollyoaks-anna-shaffer-on-ruby-exit-i-want-a-fresh-start.html|archive-date=26 December 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> Shaffer made her on screen exit from ''Hollyoaks'' as Ruby on 13 February 2014. In 2014 she appeared in one episode of ''[[Glue (TV series)|Glue]]'' as "Heather", and, in 2016, played Rachel in two episodes of ''[[Class (2016 TV series)|Class]]''.
Shaffer plays the role of [[List of The Witcher characters|Triss Merigold]] in the Netflix series ''[[The Witcher (TV series)|The Witcher]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/19/20698340/witcher-trailer-netflix-sdcc-comic-con-henry-cavill-roach|title=The Witcher's first trailer brings Henry Cavill's Geralt to life|first=Julia|last=Alexander|date=19 July 2019|website=The Verge|access-date=3 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721081244/https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/19/20698340/witcher-trailer-netflix-sdcc-comic-con-henry-cavill-roach|archive-date=21 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Filmography== ===Film=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ |- ! Year ! Title ! Role |- | 2009 |''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)|Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'' | rowspan="3" |[[Romilda Vane]] |- | 2010 | ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1]]'' |- | 2011 |''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2]]'' |- | 2018 | ''[[I Am Vengeance]]'' |Sandra |}
===Television=== {| class="wikitable" |+ |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 2011–2014, 2017–2018 | ''[[Hollyoaks]]'' | [[Ruby Button]] | Regular role |- | 2014 | ''[[Glue (TV series)|Glue]]'' | Heather | 1 episode |- | 2016 | ''[[Class (2016 TV series)|Class]]'' | Rachel Chapman | 2 episodes |- | 2017 | ''[[Fearless (UK TV series)|Fearless]]'' | Leila | 4 episodes |- | 2019–present | ''[[The Witcher (TV series)|The Witcher]]'' | [[List of characters in The Witcher series#Triss Merigold|Triss Merigold]] | 19 episodes |}
===Music videos=== {| class="wikitable" |+ |- ! Year ! Title ! Notes |- |2012 |''YDEK by Warehouse Republic'' |Girl |}
==Awards and nominations== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Award ! Category ! Result ! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |- | 2013 | [[British Soap Awards]] | Sexiest Female | {{longlisted}} | align="center" |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/scoop/a464745/british-soap-awards-2013-voting-opens-nominations-revealed.html|title=British Soap Awards 2013 voting opens, nominations revealed|publisher=Digital Spy|last=Kilkelly|first=Daniel|date=11 March 2013|access-date=11 March 2013|archive-date=1 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101015643/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/scoop/a464745/british-soap-awards-2013-voting-opens-nominations-revealed.html|url-status=live}}</ref> |}
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