Emily Woof

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| birth_name =| birth_place = Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England

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| occupation = Actress and author

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| parents = Dr Robert Woof

| alma_mater = Oxford University

| spouse = Hamish McColl

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Emily Woof (born January 1, 1967) is an English actress and author, best known for film and TV roles including Nancy in Oliver Twist, The Full Monty, an ITV adaptation of The Woodlanders, Velvet Goldmine, Wondrous Oblivion, Silent Cry and The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse.

Early life

Woof was brought up in Newcastle upon Tyne. Her father was Wordsworth Trust Director Dr. Robert Woof. Woof went on to study at Oxford University.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2010/mar/21/once-upon-life-emily-woof|title=Once upon a life: Emily Woof|first=Emily|last=Woof|date=20 March 2010|accessdate=2 September 2017|newspaper=The Guardian}}

Acting

Her first stage work was a trilogy of one-woman plays: Sex, Sex 2, and Sex 3.{{cite web|url=http://film.guardian.co.uk/Player/Player_Page/0,,45441,00.html|title=Emily Woof – - guardian.co.uk Film|website=The Guardian|accessdate=2 September 2017}}

Parts in The Full Monty (1997), Photographing Fairies (1997), Velvet Goldmine (1998) and The Woodlanders (1998) established Emily Woof as one of Britain's leading young actresses.

She has also appeared in several television roles, ranging from period dramas (Middlemarch; Oliver Twist) to contemporary drama (Killer Net) and comedy (The Ronni Ancona Show).http://www.hamiltonhodell.co.uk/page.asp?partid=69f{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}> In 2016, she appeared in Coronation Street as the detective investigating the murder of Callum Logan (Sean Ward).

Author

Image:Emily Woof Revolver – ticket stub & performance info.jpg

For theatre she has written Sex, Sex II, Sex III,{{Cite web |title=Emily Woof |url=https://www.stellartheatre.co.uk/actors/emily-woof |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=Stellar Theatre |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Dramatist: Emily Woof |url=https://www.alanbrodie.com/dramatist-emily-woof |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=Alan Brodie Representation |language=en}} and Revolver. For radio, she wrote Pianoman, Baby Love, and Home to The Black Sea. She has written and directed two short films, Between The Wars, and Meeting Helen.

Her first novel, The Whole Wide Beauty ({{ISBN|9780571253999}}), was published in May 2010 by Faber & Faber.{{cite web |url=http://www.faber.co.uk/work/whole-wide-beauty/9780571253999/ |title=Faber & Faber : The Whole Wide Beauty [Emily Woof, 9780571253999] |accessdate=8 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100728224328/http://faber.co.uk/work/whole-wide-beauty/9780571253999/ |archivedate=28 July 2010 }}

Her second novel The Lightning Tree was also published by Faber, in March 2015.

Personal life

Woof is married to fellow actor/writer Hamish McColl. The couple have two children and live in North London.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/one-minute-with-emily-woof-1933481.html|title=One Minute With: Emily Woof – Features, Books – The Independent|accessdate=8 September 2010 | location=London|date=2 April 2010}}

Filmography

;Film

class="wikitable"
Year ! Film ! Role ! Notes
rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" \| 1997 \| The Full Monty \| Mandy \|
Photographing Fairies \| Linda \|
The Woodlanders \| Grace Melbury \|
style="text-align:center;"\| 1998 \| Velvet Goldmine \| Shannon \|
rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" \| 1999 \| This Year's Love \| Alice \|
Fast Food \| Letitia \|
Passion \| Karen Holten \|
style="text-align:center;"\| 2000 \| Pandaemonium \| Dorothy Wordsworth \|
style="text-align:center;"\| 2002 \| Silent Cry \| Rachel Stewart \|
style="text-align:center;"\| 2003 \| Wondrous Oblivion \| Ruth Wiseman \|
style="text-align:center;"\| 2004 \| School for Seduction \| Kelly \|
style="text-align:center;"\| 2005 \| The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse \| Lindsay \|
2021 \| Mothering Sunday \| Mrs. Sheringham \|

class="wikitable"

Year

! Film

! Role

! Notes

rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" | 1997

| The Full Monty

| Mandy

Photographing Fairies

| Linda

The Woodlanders

| Grace Melbury

style="text-align:center;"| 1998

| Velvet Goldmine

| Shannon

rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" | 1999

| This Year's Love

| Alice

Fast Food

| Letitia

Passion

| Karen Holten

style="text-align:center;"| 2000

| Pandaemonium

| Dorothy Wordsworth

style="text-align:center;"| 2002

| Silent Cry

| Rachel Stewart

style="text-align:center;"| 2003

| Wondrous Oblivion

| Ruth Wiseman

style="text-align:center;"| 2004

| School for Seduction

| Kelly

style="text-align:center;"| 2005

| The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse

| Lindsay

2021

| Mothering Sunday

| Mrs. Sheringham

;Television

class="wikitable"
Year ! Film ! Role ! Notes
style="text-align:center;"\| 1994 \| Middlemarch \| Lydgate's Maid \| 3 episodes
style="text-align:center;"\| 1995 \| Casualty \| WDC Dawn Morris \| Season 10, Episode 7 – "Turning Point"
style="text-align:center;"\| 1997 \| New Voices \| Jane \| Episode: "Dance for a Stranger"
style="text-align:center;"\| 1998 \| Killer Net \| Susie \| Miniseries – 4 episodes
style="text-align:center;"\| 1999–2000 \| Oliver Twist \| Nancy \| Miniseries – 3 episodes
style="text-align:center;"\| 1999–2000 \| Daylight Robbery \| Paula Sullivan \| 2 Miniseries – 8 episodes
rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" \| 2005 \| Nova \| Lise Meitner \| Season 33, Episode 3 "Einstein's Big Idea"
Ian Fleming: Bondmaker \| Ann Fleming \| BBC docudrama
rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" \| 2006 \| The True Voice of Rape \| {{N/a}} \| Short television film
Born Equal \| Sandra \| Television film
Midsomer Murders \| Janet Bailey \| Season 10, Episode 2 "The Animal Within"
style="text-align:center;"\| 2007 \| Ronni Ancona & Co. \| Various roles \| Season 1, Episode 2
style="text-align:center;"\| 2009 \| Agatha Christie's Marple \| Rowena Waddy \| Season 3, Episode 4 – "Nemesis"
style="text-align:center;"\| 2012 \| Vera \| Janice Ronson \| Season 2, Episode 1 – "The Ghost Position"
style="text-align:center;"\| 2013 \| Jo \| Olivia Roquin \| Season 1, Episode 5 – "Place Vendôme"
style="text-align:center;"\| 2014 \| The Smoke \| Nina \| 2 episodes
style="text-align:center;"\| 2015 \| Inspector George Gently \| Tina Hall \| Season 7, Episode 1 – "Gently with the Women"

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Year

! Film

! Role

! Notes

style="text-align:center;"| 1994

| Middlemarch

| Lydgate's Maid

| 3 episodes

style="text-align:center;"| 1995

| Casualty

| WDC Dawn Morris