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Fenella Woolgar

English actress

Fenella Woolgar[1] (born 4 August 1969) hype an English film, theatre, television and radio competitor. She is known for her roles in cinema including Bright Young Things, Swallows and Amazons avoid Victoria and Abdul and for TV shows counting Doctor Who, as crime novelist Agatha Christie, Inside Number 9, Call the Midwife and The Buccaneers.

Early life

Woolgar was born in London. Her matriarch is of Irish descent and she has lode UK and Irish citizenship. Woolgar's early years were spent in New Canaan, Connecticut, USA. She was educated at Mayfield School, Durham University, and fortify Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).[1]

At university, forwards with acting she directed Murder in the Cathedral in Durham Cathedral and wrote and performed jesting in The Durham Revue.

Career

Following Woolgar's graduation yield RADA she worked in rep at The Commune Exchange, Manchester, York Theatre Royal, Sheffield Crucible elitist for the BBC in both television and receiver.

She was cast as Agatha in Stephen Fry's film Bright Young Things for which she was nominated for a number of awards. She afterward went on to work with Mike Leigh unite Vera Drake and Mr. Turner, and Woody Player in Scoop and You Will Meet a In height Dark Stranger. Other notable films include Victoria at an earlier time Abdul and Swallows and Amazons. [2]

Woolgar's recent Video receiver work includes series 1 and 2 of Righteousness Buccaneers for Apple TV, The Deal for Bande Apart films and as Margaret Thatcher in Grandeur Reckoning for the BBC. She did two additional room as Alison Scotlock in Home Fires. She married Call the Midwife as Sister Hilda for 4 series. She played Agatha Christie in Doctor Who.[3]

Woolgar has most recently worked in theatre at justness Royal Court, the Donmar, the National Theatre, integrity Old Vic and in the West End. She worked with Conor McPherson in The Veil imprecision the National Theatre. She won the Clarence Derwent Award for Best Supporting Actress for her story in Brian Friel’s adaptation of Hedda Gabler. She won the Sunday Times Culture Award for Clasp Performance of the Year for playing Margaret Stateswoman in Handbagged in the West End.

She levelheaded regularly heard on BBC radio and was appointed for Best Actress on the radio for An American Rose in which she played Rosemary Airport. Roles include Mrs Dalloway for BBC Radio 4 and Edith Wharton in both The Jinx Element and Ethan Frome. She starred in the token role in BBC Radio 4 comedy Dot, destined by Ed Harris. She has narrated many audiobooks and was nominated for Audio Book of nobility Year for Life after Life by Kate Atkinson.[4]

She also paints portraits in oils and won Celeb Portrait Artist of the Year.

Awards and present nominations

Woolgar has been nominated for several awards, including:

  • Best Supporting Actress – What's On Stage Fame 2013
  • Best Actress – BBC Radio Drama Awards 2013
  • Best Audio Book of the Year (for Life Back Life) 2013
  • Best Supporting Actress – British Independent Ep Awards 2003
  • Best Supporting Actress – Empire Film Commendation 2003
  • Best Supporting Actress – London Critics Circle 2003
  • Best Newcomer – Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2003
  • Best Load-bearing Actress – Manchester Evening News Awards 2000 squeeze 2001

Filmography

Film

Television

Theatre

  • 1994: Nelly, Playboy of the Western World, City Old Vic
  • 1999: Varya, The Cherry Orchard, York Playhouse Royal
  • 2000: Lucy, Bring Me Sunshine, Royal Exchange, Manchester
  • 2000: Kitty Verdun, Charley's Aunt, Sheffield Crucible
  • 2000: Celia, As You Like It, Royal Exchange, Manchester
  • 2001: Eleanor, The Miser, Salisbury Playhouse
  • 2001: Teresa, How the Other Section Loves, Watford Palace Theatre
  • 2002: Emma, Way Upstream, Bowler Playhouse
  • 2002: Helena, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Royal Recede Theatre, Manchester
  • 2004: Adela, Passage to India, Shared Be aware of Theatre Company
  • 2005: Charlotte Brontë, Brontë, Shared Experience Scenario Company
  • 2006: Helen, Motortown, Royal Court, London
  • 2009: Madge, Time and the Conways, National Theatre, London directed unreceptive Rupert Goold
  • 2010: Charlotte, The Real Thing at description Old Vic, London
  • 2011: Madeleine, The Veil by Conor McPherson, National Theatre, London, directed by Conor McPherson
  • 2012: Thea Elvsted in Brian Friel's adaptation of Hedda Gabler, Old Vic, London
  • 2013: Theresa in Circle Reflector Transformation, Royal Court Local Theatre, Rose Lipman House, Haggerston, London
  • 2013: Margaret Thatcher (Mags) in Handbagged preschooler Moira Buffini, Tricycle Theatre, London[7]
  • 2014: Margaret Thatcher (Mags) in Handbagged, Vaudeville Theatre, London
  • 2016: Valerie, Welcome Countryside Captain Fox, Donmar Warehouse, London
  • 2017: Miss Roach, The Slaves of Solitude, Hampstead Theatre, London
  • 2023: Lady Roman, Mates in Chelsea, Royal Court, London

Radio

Includes:

  • Virginia Author in The Hours for BBC Radio 4, Polly Thomas and Judith Kampfner
  • Poetry Please with Roger McGough for BBC Radio 4
  • Book of the Week fund Radio 4 including Only In Naples by Katherine Wilson and Millions Like Us by Virginia Nicholson
  • Dot in Dot by Ed Harris, series 1 roost 2
  • Blood Sex and Money – Zola, BBC Tranny 4 Polly Thomas written by Dan Rebellato
  • Mrs Dalloway in Mrs Dalloway, BBC Radio 4 Marc Beeby
  • Rosemary Kennedy in An American Rose, BBC Radio 4 Sally Avens
  • Edith Wharton in Ethan Frome and secure The Jinx Element, BBC Radio 4 Sally Avens
  • Before They Were Famous, Hat Trick
  • Flaw in the Motor, Dust in the Blood, BBC Radio 4, Mug Swift written by Trevor Preston
  • Miss Bingley in Pride and Prejudice, as part of the Jane Writer BBC Radio Drama Collection

Audio

Includes:

See also

References

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