Justine Waddell
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 Waddell at the Berlin Film Festival 2011 |
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| Born | 4 November 1976 Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Residence | England |
| Occupation | Actress |
Justine Waddell (born 4 November 1976) is a South African born, British actress. Her roles include playing Estella in the 1999 BBC adaptation of Charles Dickens’s Great Expectations and her dual role in 2006 feature film The Fall. She has also appeared in various theatrical productions of works by Anton Chekhov such as the 1997 London stage production of Ivanov and the 2000 Royal Shakespeare production of The Seagull.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early life
Waddell was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. Her mother, Kathy (née Gallagher), is a South African-born fashion designer who also operated a small shop in Soweto. Her father, Gordon H. Waddell, is a Scottish-born progressive Member of Parliament, director of Anglo American PLC, and a former captain of the Scottish rugby team.[1][2] Waddell moved with her family to Scotland when she was eleven. Some four years later they moved to London.
She is the only member of her family to take up a career in acting. She read Social and Political Science at Emmanuel College, Cambridge who allowed her to take time off from her studies to pursue her career. She also appeared in student drama productions at the college.[3]
[edit] Career
Waddell has divided her work between film, theatre and TV productions. Amongst her roles to date have been her performance as Sasha opposite Ralph Fiennes and Bill Paterson in the Almeida Theatre's London production of Ivanov (1997), Countess Nordston in Anna Karenina (1997), Tess in Tess of the d'Urbervilles (1998), Julia Bertram in Mansfield Park (1999), Nina in a 1999 Royal Shakespeare Company production of The Seagull by Anton Chekhov, for which she was nominated for an Ian Charleson award, Estella in Great Expectations (1999), and Molly Gibson in the television mini series Wives and Daughters (1999) for which she won a Broadcasting Press Guild Best Actress award. She played Mary Heller in American film, Dracula 2000' (2000). She won a Prism Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Natalie Wood in The Mystery of Natalie Wood, a made for television film directed by Peter Bogdanovich in 2004. In 2002 she starred in British film, The One and Only. In 2006 she starred alongside Jason Statham and Ryan Phillipe in the film Chaos. In 2006 she also starred alongside Lee Pace in a dual role in Tarsem Singh’s film, The Fall.
In 2011, she had a starring role in Russian film, Мишень (Target) a Russian science fiction film directed by Alexander Zeldovich and written by Vladimir Sorokin, for which she learnt the Russian language from scratch.[4] The film had its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival and then a gala premiere at the Moscow International Film Festival.
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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| 1997 | Anna Karenina | Countess Nordston | |
| 1999 | Mansfield Park | Julia Bertram | |
| 2000 | Dracula 2000 | Mary Heller | |
| 2002 | The One and Only | Stevie | |
| 2006 | Chaos | Detective Teddy Galloway | |
| 2006 | The Fall | Nurse Evelyn | |
| 2007 | Thr3e | Jennifer Peters | |
| 2011 | Killing Bono | Danielle | |
| 2011 | Target (Mishen) | Zoe (Zoya) | |
| 2011 | The Enemy Within | Jean Kerr | Originally, The Real American - Joe McCarthy |
| Year | Show | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | The Woman in White | Laura Fairlie | |
| 1997 | The Moth | Millie Thorman | |
| 1998 | Tess of the D'Urbervilles | Tess Durbeyfield | |
| 1999 | Great Expectations | Estella | |
| 1999 | Wives and Daughters | Molly Gibson | Winner, Broadcasting Press Guild Award for Best Actress |
| 2004 | The Mystery of Natalie Wood | Natalie Wood | Winner, Prism Award for Best Performance in a TV Movie or Miniseries |
[edit] References
- ^ "Justine Waddell — Trailer — Showtimes — Cast — Movies — New York Times". Movies.nytimes.com. 2007-01-18. http://movies.nytimes.com/person/235695/Justine-Waddell/biography. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
- ^ "Justine Waddell Biography (1976-)". Filmreference.com. http://www.filmreference.com/film/84/Justine-Waddell.html. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
- ^ Blonksa, Joanna (1998-09-21). "Talking with... Justine Waddell". People: p. 33.
- ^ "English actress cracks Russian language to star in arthouse film". Rt.com. http://rt.com/news/prime-time/justine-waddell-interview-target/. Retrieved 2011-07-01.
