Fenella Woolgar Bio, Age, Height, Family, Career, Net Worth, Movie, TV

Fenella Woolgar Biography

Fenella Justine Therese Woolgar is an English film, theatre, television and radio actress. She is known for TV shows, including Doctor Who, as crime novelist Agatha Christine, Inside Number 9, and Call the Midwife as Sister Hilda.

How old is Fenella Woolgar? – Age

She is 54 years old as of 2023, Fenella was born on 4 August, 1969, in Hillingdon, England.

Fenella Woolgar Height

The actress stands at a height of 5 feet 6 inches tall.

Fenella Woolgar parents? – Family

Her mother is of Irish descent and she has joint UK and Irish citizenship. Woolgar’s early years were spent in New Canan, Connecticut, USA. Woolgar was educated at Mayfield School, Durham University, and then Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).

Fenella Woolgar Career

After her graduation from RADA in 1999 she worked in rep at The Royal Exchange, Manchester, York Theatre Royal, and Sheffield Crucible and for the BBC in both television and radio. In 2002, Fenella was cast as Agatha in Stephen Fry’s film Bright Young Things for which she was nominated for several awards. Woolgar subsequently went on to work with Mike Leigh in Vera Drake and Mr. Turner, Conor McPherson in The Veil at the National Theatre and Woody Allen in Scoop and You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger. She played Agatha Christie in Doctor Who in 2008.

Fenella has most recently worked in a new show for Apple TV and in theatre at the Donmar, Royal Court, National Theatre; the Old Vic and in the West End. She won the Clarence Derwent Award for Best Supporting Actress in the West End in 2013 and the Sunday Times Culture Award for Stage Performance of the Year 2014 for playing Margaret Thatcher in Handbagged.

The English actress is regularly heard on BBC radio and was nominated for Best Actress on the radio in 2013 for An American Rose in which she played Rosemary Kennedy. She stars in the titular role in BBC Radio 4 comedy Dot, written by Ed Harris. Also has narrated several audiobooks and was nominated for Audio Book of the Year 2013. Her recent work includes an upcoming role in The Buccaneers for Apple TV and The Reckoning for the BBC.

Fenella Woolgar Net Worth

As of 2023, Fenella has a net worth approximately $5 million.

Fenella Woolgar Movie

2003 – Bright Young Things

2003 – Stage Beauty

2004 – Wah-Wah

2005 – Scoop

2007 – St Trinian’s

2009 – You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

2011 – Cheerful Weather for the Wedding

2013 – Mr. Turner

2016 – Swallows and Amazons

2017 – Victoria & Abdul

2019 – Judy

Fenella Woolgar TV Shows

2000 – Poirot

2001 – The Way We Live Now

2003 – Eroica

2004 – He Knew He Was Right

2006 – Mr. Loveday’s Little Outting

2010 – Agatha Christie’s Poirot

2011 – Silk

2013 – Spies of Warsaw

2016 – War & Peace

2017 – Harlots

2018 – Call the Midwife

2019 – Plebs

2020 – Unprecedented: Real Time Theatre from a State of Isolation.

2021 – Dalgliesh

2023 – The Reckoning

2023 – The Buccaneers