Sarah Woodward

{{Infobox person

| name = Sarah Woodward

| image =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1963|4|3}}

| birth_place = London, England

| occupation = Actress

| yearsactive = 1983–present

| spouse = {{marriage|Patrick Toomey|2000}}

| children = 2

| parents = Edward Woodward
Venetia Barrett

| relatives = Tim Woodward (brother)
Peter Woodward (brother)
Michele Dotrice (stepmother)

}}

Sarah Woodward (born 3 April 1963) is a British actress who won an Olivier Award in 1998 for Tom & Clem and was Tony nominated in 2000 for The Real Thing. Sarah is the daughter of actor Edward Woodward and his first wife, actress Venetia Barrett. She is sister of actor Tim Woodward, and actor, voice artist, and screenwriter Peter Woodward, and half-sister to actress Emily Woodward, whose mother is actress Michele Dotrice.{{cite news|url=http://in.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idINIndia-43987820091116|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613085005/https://in.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idINIndia-43987820091116|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 June 2018|title=Edward Woodward, The Wicker man, dies|date=16 November 2009 |agency=Reuters India|quote=[Edward Woodward] married actress Venetia Barrett in 1952 and had three children, all of whom went into acting – Tim Woodward, Peter Woodward and Sarah Woodward. ... |accessdate=26 December 2009}}

Career

Woodward trained as an actress at RADA,{{cite news|url= https://www.rada.ac.uk/profiles/sarah-woodward/ |title=Rada Student & graduate profiles Sarah Woodward |work=rada.ac.uk|access-date= 26 March 2025}} graduating in 1983 with an Acting (RADA Diploma). She won the Bancroft Gold Medal at Rada {{CN|date=March 2025}}, before joining the Royal Shakespeare Company, where she appeared in Antony Sher's Richard III, Kenneth Branagh's Henry V, Roger Rees' Hamlet, and Frances Barber's Camille.

She returned to the RSC in 1993, in The Venetian Twins, Murder in the Cathedral, Love's Labour's Lost, and The Tempest, the latter directed by Sam Mendes. She has worked with Mendes in many other plays, including London Assurance, with Paul Eddington (Chichester/Haymarket Theatre); The Sea with Judi Dench (Royal National Theatre); Kean, with Derek Jacobi (Old Vic/Toronto); and Habeas Corpus with Imelda Staunton, Brenda Blethyn, and Jim Broadbent (Donmar). She won the Olivier Award for best performance in a supporting role in 1998 for her role in Tom & Clem by Stephen Churchett,{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/crowning-glory-for-lear-at-olivier-theatre-awards-1145255.html|title=Crowning glory for 'Lear' at Olivier theatre awards |last=Lister|first=David|date=17 February 1998|work=The Independent|quote=Other awards included: ... Best performance in a supporting role – Sarah Woodward in Tom & Clem; ...|accessdate=26 December 2009}} with Michael Gambon and Alec McCowen. She was also nominated for a Tony Award in 2000 for her role in the Donmar Warehouse production of Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing,{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/05/09/arts/kate-then-music-man-the-2000-tony-nominees.html|title='Kate,' Then 'Music Man': The 2000 Tony Nominees|date=9 May 2000|work=The New York Times|quote=FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY Blair Brown, Copenhagen Frances Conroy, The Ride Down Mount Morgan Amy Ryan, Uncle Vanya Helen Stenborg, Waiting in the Wings Sarah Woodward, The Real Thing |accessdate=26 December 2009}} which transferred to the Albery Theatre (now Noël Coward Theatre) and then Broadway.

Credits

=Film=

class="wikitable"

! Year !! Title !! Role !! Director !! Notes

1996

|Cries of Silence

|Young Dorrie

|Avery Crounse

|Also known as: "Sister Island". Elsian Pictures

1997

|The House of Angelo

|Elizabeth Angelo

|Jim Goddard

|BBC / Tripal Productions

2002

|Close Your Eyes

|Police Inspector Hilary Ash

|Nick Willing

|Original title: "Doctor Sleep". BBC Films / Kismet Film Company

rowspan="2"|2003

|I Capture the Castle

|Leda Fox-Cotton

|Tim Fywell

|BBC Films / Trademark Films

Bright Young Things

|Sister Clemency (uncredited)

|Stephen Fry

|The Film Consortium

2004

|Charlie

|Alison - Warehouse Secretary

|Malcolm Needs

|Enigma Pictures / Midas Films

2020

|Supernova

|Sue

|Harry Macqueen

|BBC Films / British Film Institute

=Television=

class="wikitable"

! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes

1987

|The Two of Us

|Nicola

|Episode: "Comparisons"

rowspan="2"|1988

|Gems

|Philippa Lyons

|Series 3, 6 episodes

The Bill

|Fiona

|Episode: "Personal Imports"

1991

|The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes

|Edith Presbury

|Episode: "The Creeping Man"

rowspan="2"|1992

|Poirot

|Jane Grey

|Episode: "Death in the Clouds"

Casualty

|Jo Daniels

|Episode: "Body and Soul"

1996

|The Bill

|Nina

|Episode: "Overstepping the Mark"

1998

|The Cater Street Hangman

|Sarah Corde

|TV film

rowspan="2"|2003

|Final Demand

|DS Brown

|TV film

Hear the Silence

|Headmistress

|TV film

2005

|The Bill

|CSE Pat Buchanan

|2 episodes: "To Catch a Killer: Parts 2 & 3"

2006

|New Tricks

|Audiologist

|Episode: "Bank Robbery"

2009

|Kingdom

|Head Teacher

|Series 3, 1 episode

2009{{ndash}}2010

|Doctors

|Marion Smithson

|2 episodes: "Someone to Watch Over Me" and "A Happy Ending"

rowspan="2"|2010

|DCI Banks

|Jessica Ford

|2 episodes: "Aftermath: Parts 1 & 2"

Law & Order: UK

|DS Jemma Fraser

|Episode: "Anonymous"

rowspan="2"|2012

|Loving Miss Hatto

|Birdy

|TV film

Outnumbered

|Mary

|Episode: Christmas Special 2012{{cite web|title=Christmas Special|website=British Comedy Guide |url=http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/outnumbered/episodes/2012/1/}}

2013

|The Politician's Husband

|Undercover Reporter 1

|TV miniseries, 3 episodes

2014

|Endeavour

|Hazel Wintergreen

|Episode: "Neverland"

2016

|New Blood

|Mrs Clayton

|Episode: "Case 1, Part 1"

2019

|Holby City

|Lilly Gellar

|Episode: "Work Life Balance"

2019{{ndash}}2021

|Queens of Mystery

|Beth Stone

|9 episodes

rowspan="3"|2020

|The Pale Horse

|Clemency Ardingly

|TV miniseries, 2 episodes

Quiz

|Maggie Pearce

|TV miniseries, 1 episode

Sitting in Limbo{{cite web|accessdate=2020-06-15|title=Meet the cast of BBC One Windrush drama Sitting in Limbo|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2020-06-08/sitting-in-limbo-cast-bbc-one/|website=Radio Times}}

|Rhona

|TV film

2021

|Professor T.

|Ingrid Snares

|Series 1, 6 episodes

rowspan="2"|2022

|Professor T.

|Ingrid Snares

|Series 2, 6 episodes

Motherland

|TV film, BBC2 - directed by Lucy Kirkwood

rowspan="4"|2023

|Death in Paradise

|Miriam Sworder

|Series 12, Episode 1

Silent Witness

|Ch Supt Bridget Laing

|Series 26, Episodes 9 and 10, "Southbay"

Midsomer Murders

|Ursula

|ITV

Professor T.

|Ingrid Snares

|Series 3, 6 episodes

2024

|House of the Dragon

|Lady Sabitha Frey

|Series 2, 1 episode

=Theatre=

class="wikitable"

! Year !! Title !! Role !! Director !! Notes

1994

|The Tempest

|Miranda

|Sam Mendes

|Royal Shakespeare Company

1996

|Habeas Corpus

|Connie Wicksteed

|Sam Mendes

|Donmar Warehouse

1997

|Tom and Clem

|Kitty

|Richard Wilson

|Aldwych Theatre

Winner of the Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role

1999{{ndash}}2000

|The Real Thing by Tom Stoppard

|Charlotte

|David Leveaux

|Donmar Warehouse and Broadway

Nominated for a Tony Award

2001

|Presence

|Marian

|James Kerr

|Royal Court Theatre

2004

|Much Ado About Nothing

|Dogberry

|Tamara Harvey

|Shakespeare's Globe

2005

|Woman in Mind

|Susan

|Raz Shaw

|Salisbury Playhouse

2006

|The Comedy of Errors

|Adriana

|Chris Luscombe

|Shakespeare's Globe

rowspan="2"|2007

|A Midsummer Night's Dream

|Titania

|Chris Luscombe

|rowspan="2"|Regent's Park Open Air Theatre

Macbeth

|Lady Macbeth

2008

|Present Laughter

|Monica

|Howard Davies

|National Theatre

rowspan="2"|2009

|Judgment Day by Ödön von Horváth

|Frau Leimgruber

|James McDonald

|Almeida Theatre

Rookery Nook

|Gertrude

|Terry Johnson

|Menier Chocolate Factory

2010

|The Merry Wives of Windsor

|Mistress Ford

|Chris Luscombe

|Shakespeare's Globe; Los Angeles; New York

rowspan="3"|2011

|Jumpy by April De Angelis

|Bea

|Nina Raine

|Royal Court Theatre

The Cherry Orchard by Chekhov

|Charlotta

|Howard Davies

|National Theatre

Snake in the Grass

|Miriam

|Lucy Bailey

|The Print Room

2012

|Love and Information by Caryl Churchill

|Various

|James McDonald

|Royal Court Theatre

2013

|Bracken Moor by Alexi Kaye Campbell

|Vanessa Avery

|Polly Teale

|Tricycle Theatre

2013{{ndash}}2014

|In the Next Room by Sarah Ruhl

|Annie

|Laurence Boswell

|St. James Theatre, London

2015

|The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

|Siobhan

|Marianne Elliott

|Gielgud Theatre

rowspan="2"|2016

|Nell Gwynn by Jessica Swale

|Ma Gwynn / Queen Catherine

|Chris Luscombe

|Shakespeare's Globe

Apollo Theatre, London

Richard II

|Duchess of York

|Simon Godwin

|Shakespeare's Globe

rowspan="2"|2017

|Quiz by James Graham

|Sonia Woodley, QC

|Daniel Evans

|Minerva Theatre, Chichester; Noël Coward Theatre, London{{cite web|title=Was the 'coughing major' guilty? In James Graham's Who Wants to Be a Millionaire play Quiz, you get to be the jury|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/reviews/quiz-review-noel-coward-theatre-who-wants-millionaire-cast-tickets-james-graham-a8299351.html|website=The Independent|date=11 April 2018}}

This House by James Graham

|Rochester & Chatham; Welwyn & Hatfield; Coventry South West; Ilford North; Lady Batley

|Jeremy Herrin

|Minerva Theatre;

Garrick Theatre, London

2020

|The Haystack

|Hannah

|Roxana Silbert

|Hampstead Theatre, London{{cite web|title=THE HAYSTACK - Hampstead Theatre|url=https://www.hampsteadtheatre.com/whats-on/2020/the-haystack/}}