Jo Woodcock
Jo Woodcock | |
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Born | Jo Woodcock 9 September 1988 Kent, England[1] |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2000–present |
Jo Woodcock (born 9 September 1988) is an English television, film and stage actress. Although active since 2000, Woodcock came into prominence following her critically acclaimed performances as Alice in the television drama Torn in 2007, and as Liza-Lu Durbeyfield in the television series Tess of the d'Urbervilles in 2008. She appeared as Celia Radley in Dorian Gray, the film adaptation of Oscar Wilde's novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, in 2009.
Career[]
Woodcock began her acting career in 2000, starring in the British crime drama Hero of the Hour as Jessica. After a five-year break, Woodcock's career began to take off. 2005 and 2006 saw her act in both television and stage productions. Notably, she made an appearance on the long-running UK medical drama Casualty. In 2005 she also portrayed a young Estella in the stage production of Charles Dickens's Great Expectations, where she was praised for her "strong performance" by The British Theatre Guide.[2] In 2007 she starred as Alice alongside veteran British actors Holly Aird and Bradley Walsh in the TV miniseries Torn, a role for which she received critical acclaim.[3] In 2008 she acted in the television adaptation of Tess of the D'Urbervilles as Liza-Lu Durbeyfield. In March 2009 she appeared in the new BBC series All The Small Things as Georgia Caddick, alongside Sarah Alexander, Sarah Lancashire and Richard Fleeshman. In autumn 2009 she played the character of Celia Radley in Dorian Gray, the film adaptation of Oscar Wilde's novel The Picture of Dorian Gray. In 2009 she also had a small part in the Greenlit Productions TV mini-series Collision. She played the role of Bea Holloway in the BBC One drama series Land Girls.
Filmography[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2000 | Hero of the Hour | Jessica | TV Movie |
2005 | The Bill | Katherine Picard | Episode: “305: No Good Advice” |
2006 | Casualty | Sadie Achill | Episode: “Happy Hour” |
2007 | Agatha Christie's Marple | Alice | Episode: “Towards Zero” |
Doctors | Mariah Carter | Episode: “Barbie Girls” | |
Torn | Alice Hooper/Lori Taylor | Episode: “One, Two, Three”, #1.2, #1.3 | |
2008 | Waking the Dead | Natalie Brown | Episode: “Skin: Part 1 & 2” |
Agatha Christie's Poirot | Jennifer Sutcliffe | Episode: “Cat Among The Pigeons” | |
Tess of the D'Urbervilles | Liza-Lu Durbeyfield | 4 episodes | |
Silent Witness | Margo Harris | Episode: “Judgement: Part 1 & 2” | |
Apparitions | Lisa Sengrath | Episode #1.4 | |
2009 | Heart and Soul | Georgia Caddick | 6 episodes |
Dorian Gray | Celia Radley | ||
Land Girls | Bea Finch/Bea Holloway | 10 episodes | |
The Well | Beth | 4 episodes | |
Collision | Jodie Tolin | 4 episodes | |
2010 | Powder | Ticky Turnbull | |
2011 | Moving On | Amy | Episode: “Poetry of Science” |
2012 | True Love | Lorraine | Episodes: “Nick”, “Holly”, Adrian” |
2013 | Midsomer Murders | Harriet Farmer | Episode: “The Sicilian Defence” |
Death in Paradise | Amber Collins | Episode: “A Deadly Storm” | |
2014 | Casualty | Eve Devereux | Episode: “The Lies Will Tell” |
References[]
External links[]
- Jo Woodcock at IMDb
- 1988 births
- Living people
- English television actresses
- People from Pembury
- Actresses from Kent