Fenella Woolgar

Acting August 4, 1971 (55 years old) London, England, UK

Biography

Fenella Woolgar – English actress, born 4 August 1969 in Hillingdon, London, England. Trained at RADA, graduating in 1999. Spent her early childhood (ages 3–6) in New Canaan, Connecticut, USA. She is the sister of barrister Dermot Woolgar and artist Claudia Woolgar. Her most notable film roles include Agatha in Bright Young Things (2003, nominated for the BAFTA for Most Promising Newcomer), Hester in Vera Drake (2004, Mike Leigh), Jane Cook in Scoop (2006, Woody Allen), Jane in You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2009, Woody Allen), Nancy Dakin in Cheerful Weather for the Wedding (2012), Elizabeth Eastlake in Mr. Turner (2014, Mike Leigh), Miss Crummock in Swallows and Amazons (2016), Miss Phipps in Victoria & Abdul (2017), and Margaret Hamilton in Judy (2019). On television she is best known for Sister Hilda in Call the Midwife (2018–present), Agatha Christie in Doctor Who (2008, "The Unicorn and the Wasp"), Alison Scotlock in Home Fires (2015–2016), Lady Angela Hope in Spies of Warsaw (2013), Lady Brightlingsea in The Buccaneers (2023), and Margaret Thatcher in The Reckoning (2023). She is also active on stage (National Theatre, Old Vic, Royal Court) and on BBC Radio 4, where she voiced Rosemary Kennedy in An American Rose (2013, nominated for Best Actress on Radio).

Movies 24

Mr. Jones

Mr. Jones

as Miss Stevenson

Scoop

Scoop

as Jane Cook

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

as Jane

Preschool

Preschool

as Mrs. Lawrence

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

as Post Modern Review Staff

St Trinian's

St Trinian's

as Miss Cleaver

Judy

Judy

as Margaret Hamilton

High-Rise

High-Rise

as Radio (voice)

The Choral

The Choral

as Lady Horsfall

Mr. Turner

Mr. Turner

as Lady Eastlake

Victoria & Abdul

Victoria & Abdul

as Miss Phipps

Vera Drake

Vera Drake

as Susan's Confidante

Stage Beauty

Stage Beauty

as Lady Meresvale

Swallows and Amazons

Swallows and Amazons

as Miss Crummock

Bright Young Things

Bright Young Things

as Agatha Runcible

Whisky Galore

Whisky Galore

as Dolly Waggett

Cheerful Weather for the Wedding

Cheerful Weather for the Wedding

as Nancy Dakin

AKA

AKA

as Sarah

Wah-Wah

Wah-Wah

as June Broughton

The Painting & The Statue

The Painting & The Statue

as Lady of the House/Dancing Woman/Tourguide

Eroica

Eroica

as Princess Marie Lobkowitz

Mr. Loveday's Little Outing

Mr. Loveday's Little Outing

as Angela Moping

The Two Week Wait

The Two Week Wait

as The Doctor

Ukraine: Holocaust Ground Zero

Ukraine: Holocaust Ground Zero

as Self - Narrator (voice)

TV Shows 24

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

as Agatha Christie

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

as Hazel Webster

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Ellis

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Miss Whittaker

Call the Midwife

Call the Midwife

as Sister Hilda

Inside No. 9

Inside No. 9

as June

Secret Level

Secret Level

as Dr. Langdon (voice)

Silk

Silk

as Wendy Ford

War and Peace

War and Peace

as Catiche Kuragina

The Buccaneers

The Buccaneers

as Lady Brightlingsea

Harlots

Harlots

as Lady Repton

Dalgliesh

Dalgliesh

as Sister Gearing

Plebs

Plebs

as Jocasta

Case Histories

Case Histories

as Amelia Land

Jekyll

Jekyll

as Min

Home Fires

Home Fires

as Alison Scotlock

Dreaming Whilst Black

Dreaming Whilst Black

as Carol

He Knew He Was Right

He Knew He Was Right

as Arabella French

Bill's Included

Bill's Included

as Fiona

People Like Us

People Like Us

as Mrs. Watson

Spies of Warsaw

Spies of Warsaw

as Lady Angela Hope

The Deal

The Deal

as Margaret Davies

The Reckoning

The Reckoning

as Margaret Thatcher

Mr Charity

Mr Charity