Jodie Whittaker

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RECENT CREDITS

St. Trinian's (FILM) Oct. 9, 2009

Good (FILM) Dec. 31, 2008

Venus (FILM) Dec. 21, 2006

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BIOGRAPHY

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British actress Jodie Whittaker grew up in a working-class industrial town in Northern England, discovered a passion for theater in mid-adolescence, and left secondary school at 16 with the intention of becoming an actress. Following a transitional period that witnessed her journeying across the U.K. and taking a series of odd jobs, she applied and was accepted to the elite Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. A spate of minor professional assignments followed, including a few television roles and work on-stage at the legendary Globe Theatre, but she scored her first international success -- the one that catapulted her from unknown ingénue to marquee name -- with Venus, a sweet-natured, slice-of-life comedy drama about a young waif who waltzes into the world of a grizzled old man in his final days (eight-time Oscar nominee Peter O'Toole) and changes them both. Whittaker followed up that assignment with stage work in a Neil LaBute play, then appeared in the comedy remake St. Trinian's (2007) and starred opposite Viggo Mortensen in the disturbing period piece Good (2008), about a well-meaning literature professor in the 1930s (Mortensen) who finds himself suddenly swept up into the ranks of the Nazi party thanks to his willingness to make moral compromises.

~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide

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'Venus' Rising: Jodie Whittaker's Star Ascends After Her Turn ...

Jun. 19, 2007

Venus certainly had filmgoers falling in love with Peter O'Toole all over again – at 75 the legendary actor earned critical praise yet another Oscar nomination for his portrayal of an old British actor who lusts for a teenage girl – but audiences were also besotted newcomer Jodie Whittaker, the actress portraying the unfocused teen who stokes the desires of O’Toole’s aging thes...

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