Background
She is the daughter of actor Edward Woodward and his first wife, actress Venetia Barrett, and the sister of actor Tim Woodward, actor and screenwriter Peter Woodward, and actress Emily Woodward, whose mother is actress Michele Dotrice.
She is the daughter of actor Edward Woodward and his first wife, actress Venetia Barrett, and the sister of actor Tim Woodward, actor and screenwriter Peter Woodward, and actress Emily Woodward, whose mother is actress Michele Dotrice.
Royal Academy of Dramatic Artist
They have two daughters and live in London. She returned to the Royal Society of Chemistry in 1993, playing Miranda in The Tempest, directed by Sam Mendes, with whom she has also worked on London Assurance, with Paul Eddington. Kean, with Derek Jacobi.
And Habeas Corpus with Imelda Staunton, Brenda Blethyn, and Jim Broadbent.
Woodward trained as an actress at RADA, where she won the Bancroft Gold Medal, before joining the Royal Shakespeare Company, where she appeared in Shakespeare"s Richard III with Antony Sher, and Henry V with Kenneth Branagh. She won the Olivier Award for best performance in a supporting role in 1998 for her role in Tom & Clem by Stephen Churchett., and was nominated for a Tony Award in 2000 for her role in the Donmar Warehouse production of Tom Stoppard"s The Real Thing.
