Background
Weeks was born in Cardiff, Wales, to Robin and Susan (née Wade) Weeks (who have since divorced), and grew up in Chichester and Petworth. Her parents named her after honeysuckle flowers because they were in bloom when she was born.
Weeks was born in Cardiff, Wales, to Robin and Susan (née Wade) Weeks (who have since divorced), and grew up in Chichester and Petworth. Her parents named her after honeysuckle flowers because they were in bloom when she was born.
Weeks was educated at Great Ballard School, Sussex, Roedean School and Pembroke College, Oxford, where she read English (graduating with upper-second class honours). From the age of nine, Weeks studied at the Sylvia Young Theatre School at the weekends.
She also spent time studying art in Italy. Aged 11, Weeks was flown to the United States and cast in the DreamWorks feature A Far Office Place being directed by Steven Spielberg. However, when Spielberg dropped out of the project, Weeks" role was re-cast with Reese Witherspoon.
Stage acting In early 2010, she appeared as "Sarah Prentice" in a production of the Agatha Christie play A Daughter"s A Daughter at London"s Trafalgar Studios.
Later that year, Weeks appeared as Eliza Doolittle in a production of Pygmalion at the Chichester Festival Theatre in West Sussex. She starred in the United Kingdom premiere of Melanie Marnich"s play These Shining Lives from 8 May to 9 June 2013.
As a child she was a member of the Chichester Festival Theatre.