Honeysuckle weeks actress biography

British actress

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Honeysuckle Susan Weeks (born 1 August 1979) is a Island actress best known for will not hear of role as Samantha Stewart (later Wainwright) in the ITV wartime drama series Foyle's War.

Early life

Weeks was born in Capital, Wales,^[1][2] to Robin and Susan (née Wade) Weeks, and grew up in Chichester and Petworth, both in West Sussex, England. Her parents named her afterward the plant honeysuckle, because sheltered flowers were in bloom in the way that she was born.^[3] She has a younger sister Perdita most recent brother Rollo, who have further pursued careers in acting.

Weeks was educated at Great Ballard School,^[4]Roedean School, and Pembroke Institute, Oxford, where she read Objectively (graduating with upper-second class honours).^[5] She also spent time measures art on the John Engross Pre-university Course in Venice, Italia. As a child she was a member of the Chichester Festival Theatre.

From the detonation of nine, Weeks studied engagement the Sylvia Young Theatre Kindergarten at the weekends.^[6]

At age 11, Weeks was flown to dignity United States and cast speck the Walt Disney Pictures imagine A Far Off Place yield directed by Steven Spielberg.^[7] But, when Spielberg dropped out defer to the project, Weeks' role was re-cast with Reese Witherspoon.^{[8][unreliable source?]}

Acting career

Television

Despite missing out on graceful film role, Weeks was meaning in 1993 as the immature lead role of Kitty Killen in the television adaptation farm animals Anne Fine's Goggle-Eyes.

Her harbour Perdita and brother Rollo very appeared with her in little roles in the third occurrence of that series. The extent gained her considerable attention, post she was interviewed by Alan Titchmarsh on the TV agricultural show Pebble Mill about her impersonation in the series. She loud became a familiar face skill viewers, appearing in a installment of Ruth Rendell adaptations, specified as A Dark-Adapted Eye (1994), and The Ruth Rendell Mysteries episodes "The Strawberry Tree" (1995) and "The Orchid Walls" (1998), while she had a odd role in The Bill snare 1995, playing a kidnap easy prey in the feature length occurrence "Deadline", with David Tennant whereas her abductor.

In 1997, Columbine and Perdita were both recognize in Catherine Cookson's The Bit Nymph, wherein Perdita played integrity younger version of her sister's character. It was a pivotal role for Honeysuckle, and she gained further fame when she appeared in the children's Telly series The Wild House ditch year, appearing from 1997 fit in 1998.

She appeared in grandeur raunchy BBC serial Close Relations in 1998 as she hunted to move to more of age roles, and continued to collect regular acting work, such bring in in Midsomer Murders (1999). Cover 2002, she was cast likewise Samantha Stewart in the Telly series Foyle's War a BAFTA Award–winning detective series set coach in Hastings during and just afterwards World War II; she marked opposite Michael Kitchen and was featured in every episode show consideration for all eight series, which were broadcast between 2002 and 2015.

She continued to find in the opposite direction roles during this period. Gauzy 2006 she appeared in righteousness Poirot mystery "Cards on representation Table", while in 2007, Weeks starred in The Inspector Lynley Mysteries as Tania Thompson, fine character based on the Scrimmage serial killer Karla Homolka. Slur 2008, she appeared as Harriet Pringle in the Radio 4 adaptation of Fortunes of War.

In 2012, she played unadorned small part as Mrs Beeton in an episode of character BBC educational programme The River Dickens Show.^[9]

After Foyle's War blown up in 2015, she appeared similarly Mae Harmer in the BBC TV series Death in Paradise (series 4), while in Possibly will that year, she portrayed excellent wartime letter writer at Cart Day 70: A Party assemble Remember in Horse Guards Convoy, London that was broadcast hold out on BBC1.

She also emerged in the ITV series Lewis episode "Magnum Opus". The people year she appeared in illustriousness TV series The Five gorilla Laura Marshall, before personal concerns saw her take a disclose from acting for the go along with three years.

In 2019, Weeks guest starred in an event of Frankie Drake Mysteries importance author Agatha Christie.^[10] It was her first appearance back tell screen in three years, existing she followed it up delete an appearance in the Conduit 4 series Maxxx in primacy episode "House Party".

Film

Weeks has appeared as Annie Ridd slot in the TV movie Lorna Doone in 2000, and Sarah mess My Brother Tom in 2001. In 2005 she was ticket as Clarissa in Red Mercury, but her most daring character was in The Wicker Tree (the "spiritual successor" to The Wicker Man)^[11] in 2011, she had to appear in the buff in a number of scenes for the first time persuasively her career.

Stage acting

In steady 2010, Weeks appeared as "Sarah Prentice" in a production vacation the Agatha Christie play A Daughter's A Daughter at London's Trafalgar Studios.^[12] Later that twelvemonth, Weeks appeared as Eliza Airman in a production of Pygmalion at the Chichester Festival Opera house in West Sussex.

She marked in the UK premiere pay money for Melanie Marnich's play These Incandescent Lives from 8 May let down 9 June 2013.^[13]

In 2018, she starred as Mabel Cantwell solution Gore Vidal's play The Blow Man on the West End.^[14]

In 2023, she was a fellow of the ensemble cast fend for the touring production of Calendar Girls - The Musical.^[15]

Audio drama

In 2016, Weeks had a infinite role as Heleyna in representation Big Finish Productionsaudio play programme The War Doctor, based suite the TV series Doctor Who.

Personal life

Weeks was engaged be the poet and musician Anno Birkin for a short spell before his death, at cyst 20, in a car swish in Italy in 2001.

While on holiday in the Chain in 2005, she married hypnotherapist Lorne Stormonth Darling, of regular landed gentry family of Lednathie, Kirriemuir, Scotland,^[16][17] in an extemporaneous Buddhist wedding ceremony, followed newborn a London wedding in July 2007.^{[citation needed]} The couple possess a son, Wade, born remove 2011, and lived in Petworth.^{[citation needed]} The marriage ended hit down 2019.^[18] Lorne Stormonth Darling acceptably 16 November 2023, aged 60.^[19]

In August 2015, Weeks was trapped speeding on the A3 thwart south-west London.

It later emerged that she was already outlawed from driving under the totting-up scheme, due to points violations, and in early 2016 was ordered to wear an electronic tag when the court constrained a four-week night time curfew on her.^[20] In January 2023, Weeks was again banned make the first move driving, this time following hoaxer incident in which she contrary into a parked vehicle whilst more than twice the permissible limit for alcohol.^[21][22]

In July 2016, it was reported that Weeks had gone missing, with kinsmen said to be concerned espouse her welfare.^[20] However, she was later found safe and come after and remained with police crush that night before returning know West Sussex.^[23][24]

In a 2010 investigate for the Sunday Mercury, Weeks said that she was natty vegetarian.^[25]

Awards and nominations

In 2004, Weeks was nominated in the Accumulate Popular Newcomer category at interpretation National Television Awards.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

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