Emily Woof

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Emily Woof (* 1967 in Newcastle upon Tyne ) is a British actress , director and screenwriter .

life and career

Emily Woof was born in Newcastle upon Tyne in the northeastern county of Tyne and Wear . Her father was the Wordsworth Trust director Robert Woof. Emily Woof graduated from Oxford University . Her first stage appearance was a three - part one - person piece entitled Sex , Sex 2 and Sex 3 . Emily Woof is preferred to appear in UK television productions such as Oliver Twist and Barnaby . She became internationally known in 1997 for her role as Mandy in the British hit comedy All or Not at all . She played the lead, directed and wrote the screenplay in the 2007 film Meeting Helen . In May 2010 her first novel The Whole Wide Beauty was published.

Emily Woof has two children and lives in North London .

Filmography (selection)

Movies

  • 1997 All Or Not At All (The Full Monty)
  • 1997 The Elfengarten ( Photographing Fairies )
  • 1998 Killer Net
  • 1998 Velvet gold mine
  • 1999 Lover or Loser (This Year's Love)
  • 1999 Passion - Extreme Passion (Passion)
  • 2000 going going
  • 2000 Pandaemonium
  • 2002 Nightmare Without End (Silent Cry)
  • 2004 Italian Seduction (School for Seduction)
  • 2005 Wondrous Oblivion
  • 2005 E = mc² - Einstein's great idea (E = mc²)
  • 2007 Meeting Helen

TV Shows

  • 1995 Casualty (episode role)
  • 1999 Daylight Robbery
  • 1999 Oliver Twist
  • 2001 Daylight Robbery 2
  • 2005 Nove (episode role)
  • 2007 Inspector Barnaby - The Beast in You (Barnaby) (episode role)
  • 2007 Ronni Ancona & Co

Directorial work

  • 2002 Between the Wars
  • 2007 Meeting Helen

scriptwriter

  • 2000 going going
  • 2007 Meeting Helen

Novels

  • The whole wide beauty . Faber, 2010
  • The Lightning Tree . Faber, 2014

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personal data
SURNAME Woof, Emily
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British actress
DATE OF BIRTH 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Newcastle upon Tyne