Susan Wooldridge

Susan Wooldridge (born 31 July 1950) is a British actress. She won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Hope and Glory (1987). Her television credits include Jewel in the Crown, (1984), All Quiet on the Preston Front (1994–95), and Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky (2005). Early life Wooldridge was born in London, England, and educated at convent schools, the Central School of Speech and Drama, and L'Ecole Jacques Lecoq, Paris. She is the daughter of actress Margaretta Scott and composer John Wooldridge. Her brother is Hugh Wooldridge. Career Acting Wooldridge has been acting since 1971. Her big break came in 1984 with The Jewel in the Crown, in which she played the pivotal character of Daphne Manners whose affection for the handsome Hari Kumar doomed him. For this role she received a BAFTA nomination and the ALVA Award for Best Actress. She has appeared in many British and co-British film productions, including The Shout (1978), The Last Place On Earth (1985) miniseries in which she played the role of Kathleen Scott (wife of Robert Falcon Scott), Loyalties (1986), Hope and Glory (1987) for which she won the BAFTA for Best Supporting Actress 1988, How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989), Bye Bye Blues (1989), Twenty-One (1991), Afraid of the Dark (1991) and Just like a Woman (1992). Her recent film appearances have included Tamara Drewe (2010) and The Lady (2011).