Honeysuckle Weeks
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Honeysuckle Weeks (b. 1 August 1979) is an English television and film actress.
Weeks was born in Cardiff[1], Wales; her parents named her after honeysuckle flowers because they were in bloom when she was born. She was educated at Roedean School and Pembroke College, Oxford, where she read English (graduating with upper-second class honours). She has a younger brother and sister, Rollo and Perdita, both of whom have also developed successful acting careers.
Her acting career started with the juvenile lead in a television series (an adaptation of Anne Fine's Goggle Eyes, 1993); since then she has appeared in many programmes, including children's series The Wild House, and the long-running series Midsomer Murders and Poirot. Her film roles include Anne Ridd in Lorna Doone (2000) and Sarah in My Brother Tom (2001).
Weeks is currently best known, however, for her parts in two television series: Close Relations (1998), and Foyle's War (2002–present). In the latter, a BAFTA-award winning detective series set in Hastings during World War II, she stars opposite Michael Kitchen.
[edit] Awards and nominations
In 2004, Weeks was nominated in the Most Popular Newcomer category at the National Television Awards.
[edit] References
- ^ Interview from official press release, September 2002, retrieved from www.foyleswar.com
