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Annabel Nugent
Annabel Nugent is a Features Writer and Commissioning Editor at The Independent, covering music, TV and film. She reguarly interviews Hollywood's biggest stars and reviews music's most talked-about concerts and releases. She first joined The Independent in 2020 as a culture reporter
Caroline Flack’s final months – and her mother’s fight for the truth
A new documentary led by the late TV presenter’s mother turns up harrowing revelations surrounding the events leading up to her death, writes Annabel Nugent
Lola Petticrew: ‘Calling it the Troubles minimises what it really was’
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James McArdle: ‘Listen, there’s ego in theatre too’
The Scottish star of ‘Playing Nice’ and ‘Sexy Beasts’ speaks to Annabel Nugent about his new play at the National, sexy accents, and whether fans can ever expect a second season of ‘Mare of Easttown’
How the queen of memoir ended up plotting to murder her girlfriend
The beloved author behind ‘Eat Pray Love’ returns with a beguiling tale of drug abuse, addiction, and co-dependent love. While it’s a notable shift in subject matter from the woo-woo spirituality of her most famous work, much more interesting is the book’s repositioning of Gilbert from everyday woman to wise guru, writes Annabel Nugent
Ewan McGregor on his return to the West End: ‘God it’s intense!’
JADE: ‘No one I know came off X Factor without a mental health issue’
As one quarter of Little Mix, Jade Thirlwall breathed fresh life into British pop. Now, newly solo with a debut electro-pop hit to her name, she speaks to Annabel Nugent about the other side of fame, why she loves to ‘poke the bear a bit’ – and the joy of embracing her Arab heritage after a decade hiding it
Zoe Saldaña: ‘The Oscars tend to overlook actors using CGI technology’
Tom Hanks has hit a low – where does he go from Here?
Cherry Jones: ‘Being transgender is sort of the last taboo’
Bernardine Evaristo: ‘A Black woman hasn’t won the Booker since me’
Natasha Lyonne, Elizabeth Olsen and Carrie Coon on His Three Daughters
Meet Gracie Abrams, the pop singer adored by Taylor Swift
The LA-based artist chose a different path to her Hollywood parents and has already developed her own devoted fanbase. She speaks to Annabel Nugent about lyrical honesty, connecting with her fans, and speaking out when it matters most
Glass Animals: ‘I had hoped Rihanna would sing Heat Waves’
The horrifying true story of the Andes disaster in Society of the Snow
Only 16 of the 45 passengers on board Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 survived the 1972 crash. Their story of survival and sacrifice is the subject of an Oscar-tipped drama now on Netflix. Annabel Nugent recounts the unbelievable true events that inspired it
J Balvin: ‘In the super macho man reggaeton world, I looked weak’
Lulu Wang on Expats: ‘I’ve realised that I can’t represent everyone’
The award-winning director of ‘The Farewell’ was personally tapped up by Nicole Kidman to make ‘Expats’. She speaks to Annabel Nugent about her initial reservations taking on the project, ‘mining the family story’ for material, and the perks of her relationship with Oscar-winning filmmaker Barry Jenkins
Christina Hendricks: ‘People always think I’m going to be such a lady’
The beloved star of ‘Mad Men’ and ‘Good Girls’ is swapping Sixties girdles for Victorian hosiery in Apple TV+'s charming Edith Wharton adaptation. On break from filming her new Irish comedy with Chris O’Dowd, the actor speaks to Annabel Nugent about feminism, staying true to her goth roots, and whether Joan could get her very own spin-off
Simon Pegg: ‘People always ask when I’m going on Strictly – never’
Paloma Faith: ‘It was worth losing our relationship for our children’
Netflix star Kate Berlant: ‘Culture is so sexless right now’
The US comedian is wowing London audiences with her metatheatrical one-woman show ‘Kate’. She speaks to Annabel Nugent about child stardom, being a ‘nepo baby’ (or at least being seen as one), and why critics won’t comment on her hotness
Weyes Blood: ‘I wanted to be an artist but I had no family money’
Ahead of the release of her much-anticipated fifth album, Natalie Mering speaks to Annabel Nugent about coming to terms with the reality of climate change, her ‘wild’ days performing with a metal band and living in the ‘underbelly of society’