Background
Her father was Wordsworth Trust Director Doctor Robert Woof.
Her father was Wordsworth Trust Director Doctor Robert Woof.
University of Oxford.
Raised in Newcastle upon Tyne in the 70s and 80s, Woof went on to study at Oxford University. Her first stage work was a trilogy of one-man plays: Sex, Sex 2, and Sex 3. Sections of these plays were written to be performed on a trapeze, which Woof had trained to use in Bristol after completing her degree.
Parts in The Full Monty (1997), Photographing Fairies (1997), Velvet Goldmine (1998) and The Woodlanders (1998) established Emily Woof as one of Britain"s leading young actresses.
She has also appeared in several television roles, ranging from period dramas (Middlemarch. Oliver Twist) to contemporary drams (Killer Net) and comedy (The Ronni Ancona Show).
