Alma mater Oxford University Parents Robert Woof Role Actress | Name Emily Woof Occupation Actor and author Education University of Oxford | |
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Books The Lightning Tree, The Whole Wide Beauty Movies The Full Monty, Glitter Kids, School for Seduction, Photographing Fairies, Wondrous Oblivion Similar People William Snape, Steve Huison, Mark Addy, Paul Barber, Deirdre Costello | ||
Emily Woof (born 1967) is an English actress and author, best known for film and TV roles including Nancy in Oliver Twist (1999 miniseries), The Full Monty, The Woodlanders, Velvet Goldmine, Wondrous Oblivion, Silent Cry and The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse.
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Early life
Brought up in Newcastle upon Tyne in the 1970s and '80s, Her father was Wordsworth Trust Director Dr. Robert Woof. Woof went on to study at Oxford University.
Acting
Her first stage work was a trilogy of one-man plays: Sex, Sex 2, and Sex 3. Sections of these plays were written to be performed on a trapeze, which Woof had trained to use in Bristol after completing her degree.
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.
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). In 2016, she appeared in Coronation Street as the detective investigating the murder of Callum Logan (Sean Ward).
Author
For theatre she has written the Sex, Sex II, Sex III, and Revolver. For radio, Pianoman, Baby Love, and Home to The Black Sea. She has written and directed two short films, Between The Wars, and Meeting Helen.
Her first novel, The Whole Wide Beauty (ISBN 9780571253999), was published in May 2010 by Faber & Faber. Her second novel "The Lightning Tree" published by Faber, March 2015
Personal life
Woff is married to fellow actor/writer Hamish McColl. The couple have two children and live in North London.