Fenella Woolgar

Known for ActingBorn 1971-08-04 (age 55)London, England, UK

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).Read more

Movies & web series

Home Fires

Inside No. 9

People Like Us

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Case Histories

Call the Midwife

War and Peace

Doctor Who

He Knew He Was Right

Secret Level

Silk

Jekyll

Eroica

The Reckoning

Harlots

The Deal

Midsomer Murders

Plebs

Vera Drake

The Buccaneers

Victoria & Abdul

Dalgliesh

Mr. Jones

Judy

Spies of Warsaw

The Choral

Scoop

Stage Beauty

Mr. Turner

Swallows and Amazons

Bright Young Things

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

Whisky Galore

Preschool

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

St Trinian's

Wah-Wah

High-Rise

AKA

Cheerful Weather for the Wedding

Dreaming Whilst Black

The Two Week Wait

The Painting & The Statue

Ukraine: Holocaust Ground Zero

Mr. Loveday's Little Outing

Mr Charity