Background
Anna Ryder Richardson was born in Swansea in 1964. Her father was a Malaysian student, and her mother Welsh.
Anna Ryder Richardson was born in Swansea in 1964. Her father was a Malaysian student, and her mother Welsh.
She is known for being a designer on the British Broadcasting Corporation shows Changing Rooms, House Invaders and Staying Put and for her role in CBBC"s Hider in the House, along with Cameron Biswas. She runs Manor House Wildlife Park wildlife park in Pembrokeshire. Her adoptive father, Colin, was a wartime Evacuee who survived the sinking of the Steamship City of Benares by a German U-Boat.
After an early career in modeling, she became a fitness instructor.
In 2008 she purchased Manor House Wildlife Park, Street Florence, near Tenby, Pembrokeshire, and kept a video diary of its redevelopment which was made into the 2008 television movie Chaos at the Zoo.