Mary Woodvine

{{short description|British television actress (born 1967)}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2013}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}}

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|name = Mary Woodvine

|birth_name = Mary Louise Woodvine

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|7|14|df=yes}}

|birth_place = Hammersmith, London, England

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|nationality = British

|occupation = Actress

| alma_mater = Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama

|years_active = 1991–present

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|television =

|family = John Woodvine (father)

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|website =

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Mary Louise Woodvine (born 14 July 1967) is a British television actress who appeared as Mary Harkinson in the BBC soap EastEnders in 2003. Her father is the actor John Woodvine.

Life and career

Woodvine was born in Queen Charlotte's Hospital, Hammersmith, London. She trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama and was a core member of Kneehigh Theatre.{{cite web |url=http://theincomers.co.uk/cast/|title=Cast | The Incomers|work=theincomers.co.uk|year=2013 |quote=a core member of Kneehigh Theatre |accessdate=27 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130516235257/http://theincomers.co.uk/cast/ |archivedate=16 May 2013 }} She has performed in Doc Martin, Born and Bred, Doctors, Noah's Ark, Our Friends in the North, Casualty, The Jury, Pie in the Sky, Grafters, Wycliffe, Down to Earth, Heartbeat and Murder City. In 1994, she played Aurelia Took in the science-fiction drama TV series Space Precinct. She also appeared as Miss Lamplighter in The Worst Witch (1998–2001), from 2005 to 2006, as Judge Morag Hughes in five episodes of Judge John Deed, and she also appears as Mrs. Teague in the 2015 TV series of Poldark.

In 2003, she starred as Evangeline Blight in the Cornish-language short film Blight, co-starring Richard Coyle.{{cite web |url= http://www.magakernow.org.uk/default.aspx?page=387 |title=Cornish Language Partnership : Blight |work=magakernow.org.uk |year=2013 |accessdate=27 May 2013}} Woodvine starred in the award-winning 2007 psychological thriller film The Lark which premièred at the Cambridge Film Festival.{{cite web |url= http://moorethanthis.wordpress.com/2008/09/22/cambridge-film-festival-review-the-lark/ |title=Cambridge Film Festival review – The Lark | Moore Than This |work=moorethanthis.wordpress.com |year=2013 |accessdate=27 May 2013}}

Woodvine, along with Rory Wilton, Jerome Wright and Kirsty Osmon, developed poet Murray Lachlan Young's first play, The Incomers, during a residency at The Space, Dartington Hall Trust.{{cite web |url= http://www.northdevongazette.co.uk/what-s-on/sassy_sexy_drama_comes_to_barnstaple_1_2013196 |title=Sassy sexy drama comes to Barnstaple – What's on – North Devon Gazette |last=Tony Gussin |work=northdevongazette.co.uk |year=2013 |accessdate=27 May 2013}} Woodvine created the role of Celia through a series of workshops and in the production's inaugural tour, which ran from April to May 2013.{{cite web |url=http://theincomers.co.uk/tag/mary-woodvine/ |title=Mary Woodvine | The Incomers |work=theincomers.co.uk |year=2013 |accessdate=27 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130316151056/http://theincomers.co.uk/tag/mary-woodvine/ |archivedate=16 March 2013 }}

Woodvine starred in the 2019 film Bait, a drama film written and directed by her partner Mark Jenkin{{Cite web |url=https://www.cornwalllive.com/whats-on/film/stunning-film-bait-shows-theres-3225217 |title=Stunning film shows there's more to Cornwall than Poldark |last=Trewhela |first=Lee |date=2019-08-20 |website=cornwalllive |access-date=2020-02-27}} and in 2022 played the lead role in his next film Enys Men.

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

! Film

! Role

! Notes

2000

| Maisie's Catch

| Unknown

| Short

2006

| The 12 Inch Pianist

| The Delivery Woman

| Short

rowspan="4"| 2007

| The Midnight Drives

| Cafe Owner

|

Dressing Granite

| Jenny

|

The Lark

| Niamh

|

New Boots

| Susan

| Short

2011

| Intruders

| Teacher

|

2015

| Bronco's House

| The Sister

| Short

2017

| Stalemate

| Liz

| Short

2019

| Bait

| Sandra Leigh

|

2021

| Why Would You?

| Brenda

|

rowspan="3"| 2022

| The Birdwatcher

| The Veteran

| Short

Mab Hudel

| Mam

| Short

Enys Men

| The Volunteer

|

TBA

| Daddy's Head

| Mary

| Post-production{{Cite web|url=https://www.amp-film.com/daddyshead|title=Daddy's Head|website=AMP}}

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

! Film

! Role

! Notes

1991

| Shrinks

| Sarah Neale

| Episode: "Episode #1.4"

1992–2006

| Heartbeat

| Cath Wainwright / Susie

| 2 episodes

1993

| 15: The Life and Death of Philip Knight

| Margaret Harris's assistant

| Television film

1993–2003

| Eastenders

| Mary / Melanie

| 7 episodes

1993–2006

| Casualty

| Stella Snowden / WPC Gowell / Andrea

| 5 episodes

1994–1995

| Space Precinct

| Officer Aurelia Took

| 25 episodes

rowspan="3"| 1996

| The Tide of Life

| Lizzie Rowan

| 3 episodes

Our Friends in the North

| Alison

| Episode: "1979"

Element of Doubt

| Lucy

| Television film

rowspan="3"| 1997

| McLibel!

| Jane Laporte

| Episode: "Episode #1.2"

Wycliffe

| Margaret Ezzard

| Episode: "On Account"

Pie in the Sky

| P.C. Jane Morton

| 7 episodes

rowspan="2"| 1998

| Noah's Ark

| Jan Richardson

| Episode: "Deep Waters"

Grafters

| Mary

| 3 episodes

2000

| Badger

| Mary Fletcher

| Episode: "Troubled Waters"

rowspan="2"| 2001

| The Worst Witch

| Lynne Lamplighter

| Episode: "Art Wars"

Down to Earth

| Michelle

| 2 episodes

rowspan="2"| 2003

| Born and Bred

| Aggie Driscoll

| 2 episodes

The Bill

| Kim Galanski

| Episode: "Twenty-Twenty Hindsight"

2004–2015

| Doc Martin

| Joy Cronk

| 4 episodes

2005–2006

| Judge John Deed

| Morag Hughes

| 7 episodes

rowspan="2"| 2006

| Murder City

| Erica Drummond

| Episode: "Wives and Lovers"

Coming Up

| Vicky

| Episode: "The Animator"

2007

| Doctors

| Sally West

| 4 episodes

rowspan="2"| 2011

| Nettlecatfish

| Mum

| TV short

The Jury

| Alison Lowther

| Episode: "Episode #2.2"

2015

| Poldark

| Mrs Teague

| 3 episodes

2016

| Delicious

| Nurse Victoria

| Episode: "Death Comes to All"

References

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