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
|known_for =
|television =
|family = John Woodvine (father)
|spouse =
|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 |
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2000
| Maisie's Catch | Unknown | Short |
2006
| The 12 Inch Pianist | The Delivery Woman | Short |
rowspan="4"| 2007
| Cafe Owner | |
Dressing Granite
| Jenny | |
The Lark
| Niamh | |
New Boots
| Susan | Short |
2011
| 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 |
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1991
| Shrinks | Sarah Neale | Episode: "Episode #1.4" |
1992–2006
| Cath Wainwright / Susie | 2 episodes |
1993
| 15: The Life and Death of Philip Knight | Margaret Harris's assistant | Television film |
1993–2003
| Mary / Melanie | 7 episodes |
1993–2006
| Casualty | Stella Snowden / WPC Gowell / Andrea | 5 episodes |
1994–1995
| Officer Aurelia Took | 25 episodes |
rowspan="3"| 1996
| 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
| Lynne Lamplighter | Episode: "Art Wars" |
Down to Earth
| Michelle | 2 episodes |
rowspan="2"| 2003
| Aggie Driscoll | 2 episodes |
The Bill
| Kim Galanski | Episode: "Twenty-Twenty Hindsight" |
2004–2015
| Joy Cronk | 4 episodes |
2005–2006
| Morag Hughes | 7 episodes |
rowspan="2"| 2006
| 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
| Nurse Victoria | Episode: "Death Comes to All" |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0940893|name=Mary Woodvine}}
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Category:20th-century British actresses
Category:21st-century British actresses
Category:Actresses from London
Category:People from Hammersmith
Category:British film actresses
Category:British soap opera actresses
Category:British stage actresses
Category:British television actresses
Category:Alumni of the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
Category:Actors from the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham