Emily Woof

Emily Woof (born 1 January 1967) is an English actress and author, best known for film and TV roles including Nancy in Oliver Twist, The Full Monty, an ITV adaptation of The Woodlanders, Velvet Goldmine, Wondrous Oblivion, Silent Cry and The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse.

Emily Woof
Born	Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England
Alma mater	Oxford University École Philippe Gaulier
Occupation(s)	Actress and author
Spouse	Hamish McColl
Children	2
Parent	Dr Robert Woof

Early life

Woof was brought up in Newcastle upon Tyne. Her father was Wordsworth Trust Director Dr. Robert Woof. Woof went on to study at Oxford University.^[1] Woof trained in physical theatre and clown under Philippe Gaulier and Monika Pagneux at École Philippe Gaulier in Paris.^[2]

Acting

Her first stage work was a trilogy of one-woman plays: Sex, Sex 2, and Sex 3.^[3]

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.^[3]

She has also appeared in several television roles, ranging from period dramas (Middlemarch; Oliver Twist) to contemporary drama (Killer Net) and comedy (The Ronni Ancona Show).^[4] In 2016, she appeared in Coronation Street as the detective investigating the murder of Callum Logan (Sean Ward).

Author

Scan of ticket stub and performance info for Emily Woof's 1993 Edinburgh Fringe production of Revolver.

For theatre she has written Sex, Sex II, Sex III,^[5][6] and Revolver. For radio, she wrote Pianoman, Baby Love, and Home to The Black Sea. She has written and directed two short films, Between The Wars, and Meeting Helen.^[6]

Her first novel, The Whole Wide Beauty (ISBN 9780571253999), was published in May 2010 by Faber & Faber.^[7] Her second novel The Lightning Tree was also published by Faber, in March 2015.

Personal life

Woof is married to fellow actor/writer Hamish McColl. The couple have two children and live in North London.^[8]

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1997	The Full Monty	Mandy
	Photographing Fairies	Linda
	The Woodlanders	Grace Melbury
1998	Velvet Goldmine	Shannon
1999	This Year's Love	Alice
	Fast Food	Letitia
	Passion	Karen Holten
2000	Pandaemonium	Dorothy Wordsworth
2002	Silent Cry	Rachel Stewart
2003	Wondrous Oblivion	Ruth Wiseman
2004	School for Seduction	Kelly
2005	The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse	Lindsay
2021	Mothering Sunday	Mrs. Sheringham

Television

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1994	Middlemarch	Lydgate's Maid	3 episodes
1995	Casualty	WDC Dawn Morris	Season 10, Episode 7 – "Turning Point"
1997	New Voices	Jane	Episode: "Dance for a Stranger"
1998	Killer Net	Susie	Miniseries – 4 episodes
1999–2000	Oliver Twist	Nancy	Miniseries – 3 episodes
1999–2000	Daylight Robbery	Paula Sullivan	2 Miniseries – 8 episodes
2005	Nova	Lise Meitner	Season 33, Episode 3 "Einstein's Big Idea"
	Ian Fleming: Bondmaker	Ann Fleming	BBC docudrama
2006	The True Voice of Rape	—	Short television film
	Born Equal	Sandra	Television film
	Midsomer Murders	Janet Bailey	Season 10, Episode 2 "The Animal Within"
2007	Ronni Ancona & Co.	Various roles	Season 1, Episode 2
2009	Agatha Christie's Marple	Rowena Waddy	Season 3, Episode 4 – "Nemesis"
2012	Vera	Janice Ronson	Season 2, Episode 1 – "The Ghost Position"
2013	Jo	Olivia Roquin	Season 1, Episode 5 – "Place Vendôme"
2014	The Smoke	Nina	2 episodes
2015	Inspector George Gently	Tina Hall	Season 7, Episode 1 – "Gently with the Women"

Short films

• Going Going... as Anna (2000 short film – actor and writer)
• Between the Wars (2002 short film – director)
• Meeting Helen ... as Helen (2007 short film – actor, writer and director)

Awards and nominations

• Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture (won) – The Full Monty (shared with cast)
• American Film Institute Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role (nomination) – Passion
• London Film Critics' Circle Award for British Supporting Actress of the Year (nomination) – Wondrous Oblivion