Besides brilliantly playing "Margaret Meldrew" on the acclaimed BBC Series One Foot in the Grave (1990), Annette is a tireless supporter of animal rights. Nothing enrages her more than cruelty to animals. She is a member of the Retired Greyhound Trust Charity and loves her three Greyhound dogs Tatti, Honey and Bonny.
She had a strict Scottish Presbyterian upbringing and did not get on very well with her parents who disapproved of her acting career. Despite parental opposition, Annette took up a scholarship with the Bristol Old Vic when she was 17. When she later came to London and joined the Old Vic company. She is divorced from actor Michael Griffiths and has two children, Owen Griffiths, 33 and Selina Griffiths, 31 (an actress). She lives in South West London.
