Woof, Emily 1967-

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Woof, Emily 1967-

PERSONAL

Born 1967, in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Education: Attended Oxford University.

Addresses:

Agent—Lorraine Hamilton, Hamilton Hodell Ltd., 66-68 Margaret St., 5th Floor, London W1W 8SR, England.

Career:

Actress, director, and writer.

Awards, Honors:

Screen Actors Guild Award (with others), outstanding cast performance, 1998, for The Full Monty; Australian Film Institute Award nomination, best supporting actress, 1999, for Passion; London Critics Circle Film Award nomination, British supporting actress of the year, 2005, for Wondrous Oblivion.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Mandy, The Full Monty, Fox Searchlight, 1997.

Linda, Photographing Fairies (also known as Apparition), PolyGram Video, 1997.

Grace Melbury, The Woodlanders, Miramax, 1997.

Shannon, Velvet Goldmine, Miramax, 1998.

Letitia/Claudia, Fast Food, Finnkino, 1998.

Alice, This Year's Love, Entertainment Film Distributors, 1999.

Karen Holten, Passion (also known as Passion: The Story of Percy Grainger) Motion International, 1999.

Dorothy Wordsworth, Pandaemonium, USA Films, 2000.

Anna, Going Going, 2000.

Rachel Stewart, Silent Cry, INmotion Pictures, 2002.

Ruth, Wondrous Oblivion, Momentum Pictures, 2003.

Kelly, School for Seduction, Redbus Film Distribution, 2004.

Lindsay, The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse, United International Pictures, 2005.

Helen, Meeting Helen, APT Films, 2007.

Film Director:

Between the Wars (short film), Whatever Pictures, 2002.

Meeting Helen, APT Films, 2007.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Lydgate's maid, Middlemarch, PBS, 1994.

Susie, Killer Net (also known as Lynda La Plante's "Killer Net"), Channel 4, 1998.

Paula Sullivan, Daylight Robbery, 1999.

Nancy, Oliver Twist, PBS, 1999.

Paula Sullivan, Daylight Robbery 2, 2001.

Rowena Waddy, Marple: Nemesis (also known as Miss Marple: Nemesis), PBS, 2007.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Lise Meitner, E=mc2, Channel 4, 2005, broadcast in the United States as "Einstein's Big Idea," an episode of Nova, PBS, 2005.

Ann Fleming, Ian Fleming: Bondmaker, BBC, 2005.

The Evening Standard British Film Awards, ITV3, 2005.

The True Voice of Rape, More4, 2006.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Rita, Born Equal, BBC, 2006.

Janet Bailey, "The Animal Within," Midsomer Murders, Arts and Entertainment, 2007.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Policewoman, Casualty, 1995.

Guest, Breakfast, BBC, 2004.

Appeared in "Perfect Day," Crime Monologues, More4, and The Ronni Ancona Show, BBC.

Stage Appearances:

Bullet, 1998.

Title role, Salome, 1998.

Radio Appearances:

Appeared as Miss Fife, The Laughter of Stafford Girls' High, and as Gretel, Slicing the Gingerbread, both BBC-Radio.

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

Going Going, 2000.

Meeting Helen, APT Films, 2007.

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