Susan Wooldridge

This article is about the British actress. For the American civil servant, see Sue Ellen Wooldridge.

Susan Wooldridge (born July 31, 1952), is the daughter of British actress Margaretta Scott and composer John Wooldridge. She is also the sister of Hugh Wooldridge.

Biography

She was born in London, England, and educated at convent schools.

Acting career

Wooldridge has been acting since 1972. Her big break came in 1984 with The Jewel in the Crown, in which she played the pivotal character of Daphne Manners whose affection for the handsome Hari Kumar doomed him. For this role she received a BAFTA nomination and the ALVA Award for Best Actress. She has appeared in many British film productions, including Hope and Glory for which she won the BAFTA for Best Supporting Actress 1987.

She also appeared in many US/British TV productions, such as Dame Agatha Christie's mystery, Dead Man's Folly (1986) which starred Sir Peter Ustinov, Jean Stapleton, Tim Pigott-Smith, and Constance Cummings.

She has appeared on such British TV series as Preston Front, 20,000 Streets Under the Sky, Underworld, Poirot: Cat Among the Pigeons, Bad Company, Pinochet’s Progress, Underworld, Mrs Bradley Mysteries.

She continues to work on the British stage playing Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest in London in 2009 as well as plays by new writers.

Writing

In July 2009, her first novel, The Hidden Dance, was published in the United Kingdom by Allison & Busby, and won the Best Red Read for Best Debut Novel 2010.

External links

• Susan Wooldridge at the Internet Movie Database