Fenella Woolgar recently starred in Mates in Chelsea at the Royal Court Theatre in London.

Fenella Woolgar, born 4 August 1969, is a RADA trained English film, theatre, television and radio actress. She lives in London.

She is known for her performances in the films Bright Young Things and Victoria and Abdul as well as TV shows, including Doctor Who, as crime novelist Agatha Christie, Inside Number 9, and Call the Midwife as Sister Hilda.

Fenella will next appear on stage in Mates in Chelsea at the Royal Court Theatre in London. She returns to the Royal Court having appeared in Circle Mirror Transformation and Motortown.

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What theatre shows has Fenella Woolgar been in?

Theatre includes: Slaves of Solitude (Hampstead); Welcome Home Captain Fox (Donmar); Handbagged (Kiln/West End); Hedda Gabler, The Real Thing (Old Vic); The Veil, Time and the Conways (National Theatre); Bronte, Passage to India (Shared Experience); A Midsummer Night’s Dream, As You Like It, Bring Me Sunshine (Manchester Royal Exchange); Way Upstream (Derby Playhouse); How the Other Half Loves (Watford Palace); The Miser (Salisbury Playhouse); Charley’s Aunt (Sheffield Crucible); The Cherry Orchard (York Theatre Royal).

What TV shows has Fenella Woolgar been in?

Television includes: The Buccaneers, The Reckoning, Dalgliesh, Call the Midwife, House Party – Unprecedented, Plebs, Midsomer Murders, Quacks, Harlots, Inside No. 9, Home Fires, War and Peace, Spies of Warsaw, Case Histories, Silk, Halloween Party, Poirot, Freezing, Doctor Who, Jekyll, Mr Loveday’s Little Outing, He Knew He Was Right, Eroica, The Way We Live Now, People Like Us.

What films has Fenella Woolgar been in?

Film includes: Mr Jones, Judy, Victoria & Abdul, Whisky Galore, Swallows and Amazons, Mr Turner, Cheerful Weather for the Wedding, You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger, St Trinian’s, Scoop 2005, Wah Wah, Vera Drake, Stage Beauty, Bright Young Things.

Fenella Woolgar’s Awards

Awards include: Clarence Derwent Award (Hedda Gabler).

Fenella Woolgar trivia

Fenella is also an artists who takes commissions to draw and paint.

Fenella won the Sky Arts Celebrity Portrait Artist of the year 2019. 

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Main photo: Fenella Woolgar, credit Sam Irons

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