Fenella Woolgar
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 4, 1971 (age 55)
- Birthplace
- 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).
Known For
Filmography
Preschool
Movie · as Mrs. Lawrence
The Two Week Wait
Movie · as The Doctor
Bill's Included
TV · as Fiona · 1 ep
The Choral
Movie · as Lady Horsfall
The Painting & The Statue
Movie · as Lady of the House/Dancing Woman/Tourguide
The Deal
TV · as Margaret Davies · 6 eps
Secret Level
TV · as Dr. Langdon (voice) · 1 ep
Ukraine: Holocaust Ground Zero
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Reckoning
TV · as Margaret Thatcher · 4 eps
The Buccaneers
TV · as Lady Brightlingsea · 4 eps
Dalgliesh
TV · as Sister Gearing · 2 eps
Dreaming Whilst Black
TV · as Carol · 3 eps
Judy
Movie · as Margaret Hamilton
Mr. Jones
Movie · as Miss Stevenson
Victoria & Abdul
Movie · as Miss Phipps
Harlots
TV · as Lady Repton · 3 eps
Whisky Galore
Movie · as Dolly Waggett
Swallows and Amazons
Movie · as Miss Crummock
War and Peace
TV · as Catiche Kuragina · 1 ep
High-Rise
Movie · as Radio (voice)
Home Fires
TV · as Alison Scotlock · 12 eps
Mr. Turner
Movie · as Lady Eastlake
Inside No. 9
TV · as June · 1 ep
Spies of Warsaw
TV · as Lady Angela Hope · 2 eps
Plebs
TV · as Jocasta · 1 ep
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding
Movie · as Nancy Dakin
Call the Midwife
TV · as Sister Hilda · 31 eps
Case Histories
TV · as Amelia Land · 2 eps
Silk
TV · as Wendy Ford · 1 ep
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Movie · as Jane
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
Movie · as Post Modern Review Staff
St Trinian's
Movie · as Miss Cleaver
Jekyll
TV · as Min · 6 eps
Scoop
Movie · as Jane Cook
Mr. Loveday's Little Outing
Movie · as Angela Moping
Wah-Wah
Movie · as June Broughton
Doctor Who
TV · as Agatha Christie · 1 ep
Stage Beauty
Movie · as Lady Meresvale
Vera Drake
Movie · as Susan's Confidante
He Knew He Was Right
TV · as Arabella French · 4 eps
Eroica
Movie · as Princess Marie Lobkowitz
Bright Young Things
Movie · as Agatha Runcible
AKA
Movie · as Sarah
Mr Charity
TV · 6 eps
People Like Us
TV · as Mrs. Watson · 1 ep
Midsomer Murders
TV · as Hazel Webster · 1 ep
Agatha Christie's Poirot
TV · as Ellis, Miss Whittaker · 1 ep