The single child of actress Annette Ekblom, Amelia Warner, who turned 18 in June 2000, learnt independence from a very early age after her parents split up shortly after her birth. Raised by her mother, she often found herself hanging around in stage dressing rooms and television studios. 'It was me and her against the world. It must in some ways have influenced me about acting.'

Best known on British television, Amelia was plucked from the stage in a Royal Court Youth Theatre production by a top agent. She made her television debut with Tom Courtenay and John Thaw in an episode of the prestigious "Kavanagh QC" series and went on to the hospital drama "Casualty" and the lavish BBC costumer "Aristocrats." In the U.S., she has been seen in the feature film "Mansfield Park" and in the Hallmark Production of "Don Quixote," starring with John Lithgow and Bob Hoskins in a new adaptation directed by Peter Yates.

Her most recent roles have been in the BBC adaptation of R.D. Blackmore's Lorna Doone (playing Lorna) and the movie "Quills" alongside Geoffrey Rush, Kate Winslet and Michael Caine.

As well as acting, Amelia has a place at Goldsmith's College in London to study History of Art. Her dream is apparently to open a little gallery on Portobello Road.