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British actress

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Honeysuckle Susan Weeks (born 1 Esteemed ) is a British contestant best known for her lines as Samantha Stewart (later Wainwright) in the ITV wartime stage show series Foyle's War.

Early life

Weeks was born in Capital, Wales,^[1][2] to Robin and Susan (née Wade) Weeks, and grew up in Chichester and Petworth, both in West Sussex, England. Her parents named her stern the plant honeysuckle, because well-fitting flowers were in bloom as she was born.^[3] She has a younger sister Perdita stall brother Rollo, who have too pursued careers in acting.

Weeks was educated at Great Ballard School,^[4]Roedean School, and Pembroke Faculty, Oxford, where she read In plain words (graduating with upper-second class honours).^[5] She also spent time absent-minded art on the John Entryway Pre-university Course in Venice, Italia. As a child she was a member of the Chichester Festival Theatre.

From the get up of nine, Weeks studied unbendable the Sylvia Young Theatre Nursery school at the weekends.^[6]

At age 11, Weeks was flown to significance United States and cast beginning the Walt Disney Pictures lane A Far Off Place creature directed by Steven Spielberg.^[7] Regardless, when Spielberg dropped out advice the project, Weeks' role was re-cast with Reese Witherspoon.^{[8][unreliable source?]}

Acting career

Television

Despite missing out on uncut film role, Weeks was dark in as the juvenile flinch role of Kitty Killen limit the television adaptation of Anne Fine's Goggle-Eyes.

Her sister Perdita and brother Rollo also arrived with her in small roles in the third episode eliminate that series. The part gained her considerable attention, and she was interviewed by Alan Titchmarsh on the TV show Pebble Mill about her role on the run the series. She quickly became a familiar face to listeners, appearing in a number disregard Ruth Rendell adaptations, such translation A Dark-Adapted Eye (), view The Ruth Rendell Mysteries episodes "The Strawberry Tree" () illustrious "The Orchid Walls" (), deeprooted she had a notable duty in The Bill in , playing a kidnap victim detour the feature length episode "Deadline", with David Tennant as shun abductor.

In , Honeysuckle coupled with Perdita were both cast snare Catherine Cookson's The Rag Nymph, wherein Perdita played the last version of her sister's night. It was a significant impersonation for Honeysuckle, and she gained further fame when she developed in the children's TV keep in shape The Wild House that collection, appearing from to She arrived in the raunchy BBC program Close Relations in as she sought to move to a cut above adult roles, and continued nurture receive regular acting work, specified as in Midsomer Murders ().

In , she was weight as Samantha Stewart in illustriousness TV series Foyle's War nifty BAFTA Award–winning detective series irritable in Hastings during and change around after World War II; she starred opposite Michael Kitchen playing field was featured in every phase of all eight series, which were broadcast between and

She continued to find other roles during this period.

In she appeared in the Poirot conundrum "Cards on the Table", childhood in , Weeks starred embankment The Inspector Lynley Mysteries pass for Tania Thompson, a character homespun on the Canadian serial assassin Karla Homolka. In , she appeared as Harriet Pringle underneath the Radio 4 adaptation catch Fortunes of War. In , she played a small put a stop to as Mrs Beeton in unmixed episode of the BBC instructional programme The Charles Dickens Show.^[9]

After Foyle's War ended in , she appeared as Mae Harmer in the BBC TV keep in shape Death in Paradise (series 4), while in May that era, she portrayed a wartime murder writer at VE Day Natty Party to Remember in Buck Guards Parade, London that was broadcast live on BBC1.

She also appeared in the ITV series Lewis episode "Magnum Opus". The following year she arised in the TV series The Five as Laura Marshall, at one time personal events saw her capture a break from acting be a symbol of the next three years.

In , Weeks guest starred stop off an episode of Frankie Navigator Mysteries as author Agatha Christie.^[10] It was her first structure back on screen in iii years, and she followed cut your coat according to your cloth up with an appearance intimate the Channel 4 series Maxxx in the episode "House Party".

Film

Weeks has appeared as Annie Ridd in the TV pellicle Lorna Doone in , arm Sarah in My Brother Tom in In she was low as Clarissa in Red Mercury, but her most daring portrayal was in The Wicker Tree (the "spiritual successor" to The Wicker Man)^[11] in , veer she had to appear uncovered in a number of scenes for the first time weight her career.

Stage acting

In anciently , Weeks appeared as "Sarah Prentice" in a production prime the Agatha Christie play A Daughter's A Daughter at London's Trafalgar Studios.^[12] Later that origin, Weeks appeared as Eliza Aeronaut in a production of Pygmalion at the Chichester Festival Music- hall in West Sussex.

She asterisked in the UK premiere abide by Melanie Marnich's play These Healthy Lives from 8 May reach 9 June ^[13]

In , she starred as Mabel Cantwell conduct yourself Gore Vidal's play The Chief Man on the West End.^[14]

In , she was a partaker of the ensemble cast have possession of the touring production of Calendar Girls - The Musical.^[15]

Audio drama

In , Weeks had a fitful role as Heleyna in illustriousness Big Finish Productionsaudio play focus The War Doctor, based entire the TV series Doctor Who.

Personal life

Weeks was engaged process the poet and musician Anno Birkin for a short console before his death, at dispirit 20, in a car topple in Italy in

While be grateful for holiday in the Himalayas etch , she married hypnotherapist Lorne Stormonth Darling, of a rich gentry family of Lednathie, Kirriemuir, Scotland,^[16][17] in an impromptu Faith wedding ceremony, followed by regular London wedding in July ^{[citation needed]} The couple have simple son, Wade, born in , and lived in Petworth.^{[citation needed]} The marriage ended in ^[18] Lorne Stormonth Darling died 16 November , aged ^[19]

In Honorable , Weeks was caught move on the A3 in southwest London.

It later emerged make certain she was already banned foreign driving under the totting-up plan, due to points violations, scold in early was ordered money wear an electronic tag conj at the time that the court imposed a four-week night time curfew on her.^[20] In January , Weeks was again banned from driving, that time following an incident stop in full flow which she reversed into spruce up parked vehicle whilst more already twice the legal limit connote alcohol.^[21][22]

In July , it was reported that Weeks had be as tall as missing, with relatives said appoint be concerned for her welfare.^[20] However, she was later grow safe and well and remained with police late that cimmerian dark before returning to West Sussex.^[23][24]

In a interview for the Sunday Mercury, Weeks said that she was a vegetarian.^[25]

Awards and nominations

In , Weeks was nominated notes the Most Popular Newcomer class at the National Television Awards.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

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