Friel Determined Daughter Will Drop American Accent

6 months ago 02nd May 06:30

Anna Friel's UK return to rid her daughter of Americanism's

Anna Friel is bringing her daughter back to Britain - in a bid to rid Gracie of the American accent she has picked up Stateside.

The Pushing Daisies star has lived in the U.S. for two years and her three-year-old daughter with Harry Potter actor David Thewlis has picked upa strong accent - even using American words instead of their British equivalents.

You know how we say handbag? They (Americans) say purseAnna Friel

But Friel is determined her child will stay true to her roots, and is taking Gracie home to the U.K. to surround her with her mother tongue.

She explains, "Gracie has a little American accent now, it's just started to creep in. You know how we say handbag? They (Americans) say purse. She went, 'Mummy, do you know where your purse is?' I said, 'My What?!' 'Purse'. "I'm bringing her back to England so she'll become very British again very soon.

We've got a northern nanny so we get her to go (in a British accent), 'under', 'bath', 'grass'".