Saffron Domini Burrows (born 22 October 1982)^[1][2] is an English actress and former fashion model. She also starred in the 2008 NBC series, My Own Worst Enemy.

Burrows was born in London, England, to a politically active family; both of her parents are socialists.^[3] Her father is an architect and teacher and her mother, Susie,^[4] is a teacher and feminist.^[1] At age fifteen, she was discovered by Beth Boldt, a modelling talent scout (she stands about 6 feet tall), and she began a successful modelling career.

Burrows made her film debut in In the Name of the Father (1993). Her first significant acting role was as an ambitious Irish woman in Circle of Friends (1995). Subsequently she appeared in Hotel de Love (1996). In 1999, she appeared in the sci-fi Wing Commander (1999), the thriller Deep Blue Sea, and the experimental film The Loss of Sexual Innocence. The following year she appeared in Miss Julie and Timecode.

In 2001, she had roles in Enigma, and Tempted. In 2004 she played the part of Andromache in the big-budget movie Troy. In January 2005 she created the role of Janey in the world premiere of Earthly Paradise at the Almeida Theatre,^[5] and on 30 October 2005 she appeared on stage at the Old Vic theatre in London in a 24-hour play, Night Sky, alongside Christopher Eccleston, Bruno Langley, David Warner, Navin Chowdhry and David Baddiel.

Burrows played attorney Lorraine Weller on ABC's Boston Legal (Season 4) from 2007-2008. She starred on NBC's new series, My Own Worst Enemy until its cancellation.

In 2008, she appeared in the independent film The Guitar, which made its debut at the Sundance Film Festival, as well as in a starring role in the heist film The Bank Job.

Since 2009 she is starring as Det. Julia Porter on Law & Order: Criminal Intent, where she replaced Julianne Nicholson; who played the character of Det. Megan Wheeler until the end of season 8.

Burrows is a close friend of politician Tony Benn.^[6] She is also a socialist and has spoken of her admiration for French Socialist politician Ségolène Royal.^[7] She joined an anti-racism group when she was 11 years old and she went on to become the Vice President of the National Civil Rights Movement^[8] and she is a campaigner for disabled rights and equality she has said she is in her 20's.

In a 1999 interview with Film Unlimited, Burrows revealed that she has had female lovers.^[9] For a number of years, she was involved with film director Mike Figgis, and she starred in some of his films, including Miss Julie - one of the first films to experiment with multi-camera views, and Figgis' quad-screen film, Timecode.

Since the ending of that relationship, she has been romantically linked with actress Fiona Shaw.^[8][10][11] Neither actress has publicly confirmed or denied the relationship. The two appeared together in the National Theatre's production of The PowerBook,^[12] a play based on the novel of the same name by Jeanette Winterson, in which they played lovers. In 2006 the Independent on Sunday listed Burrows as the 90th most influential gay person in the UK,^[13] despite her having not apparently categorized herself as either lesbian or bisexual.

• Saffron Burrows at IMDb
• Saffron Burrows biography and filmography at the BFI's Screenonline
• Articles written by Saffron Burrows for the New Statesman UK
• Saffron Burrows' Guest DJ Set on KCRW KCRW Guest DJ Set