Perdita Weeks

Perdita Weeks

Born: December 25, 1985
in Cardiff, Wales
Perdita Weeks (born 25 December 1985) is a Welsh actress.

Perdita was born in South Glamorgan, educated at Roedean School and studied art history at the Courtauld Institute. She is the younger sister of Honeysuckle Weeks and the older sister of Rollo Weeks. She portrayed Mary Boleyn (King Henry VIII's sister-in-law) in the Showtime drama The Tudors (2007). In 2008 she appeared as Lydia Bennet in the ITV series Lost In Austen. She played a murdering teen in the Death and Dreams episode of Midsomer Murders in 2003. She has worked on productions such as Stig of the Dump (2002), Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking(2004), and Miss Potter (2006) (but was cut from the latter) and played the role of Kitten (daughter of a rock star) in an episode of Lewis—"Counter Culture Blues" (2009). In 2007 she appeared in the radio comedy Bleak Expectations. In 2011 she appeared in the TV miniseries The Promise. She is the sister of actors Honeysuckle Weeks, to whom she bears a strong resemblance, and Rollo Weeks; she co-starred with the former in Goggle Eyes (1993) and Catherine Cookson's The Rag Nymph (1997), in which she played the younger version of her sister's character. She stars also in the 2010 Horror film Prowl.

Movies for Perdita Weeks...

Title: Magnum P.I.
Character: Juliet Higgins
Released: September 24, 2018
Type: TV
Thomas Magnum, a decorated former Navy SEAL, returns home from Afghanistan and applies his military skills to become a private investigator in Hawaii taking jobs no one else will—with the help of fellow vets T.C. Calvin and Rick Wright, and former MI:6 agent, Juliet Higgins.
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Ready Player One
Title: Ready Player One
Character: Kira
Released: March 28, 2018
Type: Movie
When the creator of a popular video game system dies, a virtual contest is created to compete for his fortune.
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Title: Rebellion
Character: Vanessa Hammond
Released: January 3, 2016
Type: TV
A group of young men and women in Dublin in 1916 are embroiled in a fight for independence during the Easter Rising. The story begins with the outbreak of World War I. As expectations of a short and glorious campaign are dashed, social stability is eroded and Irish nationalism comes to the fore. The tumultuous events that follow are seen through the eyes of a group of friends from Dublin, Belfast and London as they play vital and conflicting roles in the narrative of Ireland's independence.
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Title: The Great Fire
Character: Elizabeth Pepys
Released: October 16, 2014
Type: TV
Inspired by the historical events of 1666 and with the decadent backdrop of King Charles II’s court, The Great Fire focuses on the circumstances which led to the catastrophic fire, Thomas Farriner’s family life at the bakery in Pudding Lane, the playboy King’s extravagant lifestyle, and Farriner’s complex relationship with his fictional sister in law, Sarah.
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As Above, So Below
Title: As Above, So Below
Character: Scarlett
Released: August 14, 2014
Type: Movie
When a team of explorers ventures into the uncharted maze of bones that lies beneath the streets of Paris, they embark on a journey into madness and terror.
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Title: Penny Dreadful
Character: Catriona Hartdegen
Released: May 11, 2014
Type: TV
Some of literature's most terrifying characters, including Dr. Frankenstein, Dorian Gray, and iconic figures from the novel Dracula are lurking in the darkest corners of Victorian London. Penny Dreadful is a frightening psychological thriller that weaves together these classic horror origin stories into a new adult drama.
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Title: The Musketeers
Character: Louise
Released: January 19, 2014
Type: TV
Set in 17th century Paris, musketeers Athos, Porthos, Aramis and D'Artagnan are members of an elite band of soldiers who fight for what is just. They are heroes in the truest and most abiding sense – men that can be trusted and believed in to do the right thing, regardless of personal risk.
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The Invisible Woman
Title: The Invisible Woman
Character: Maria Ternan
Released: December 25, 2013
Type: Movie
In 1857, at the height of his fame and fortune, novelist and social critic Charles Dickens meets and falls in love with teenage stage actress Nelly Ternan. As she becomes the focus of his heart and mind, as well as his muse, painful secrecy is the price both must pay.
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Title: Flight of the Storks
Character: Sarah Gabbor
Released: January 21, 2013
Type: TV
Jonathan, a young academic teams up with Max, an amateur ornithologist, to follow storks on their migration from Switzerland to Africa. When Max is found dead in mysterious circumstances, Jonathan decides to make the trip alone. Following the route of the birds, Jonathan discovers dark secrets surrounding Max’s death. A mesmeric thriller from literary luminary Jean-Cristophe Grange.
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Title: Titanic
Character: Lady Georgiana Grex
Released: March 21, 2012
Type: TV
A heart-wrenching journey through Titanic's last moments, featuring both fictional and historical characters, ranging from steerage passengers and crew to upper class guests and staff.
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Title: Great Expectations
Character: Clara
Released: December 27, 2011
Type: TV
The life of an orphan is changed by the providential intervention of a mysterious benefactor.
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Title: The Promise
Character: Eliza Meyer
Released: February 6, 2011
Type: TV
The story of a young woman who goes to present-day Israel/Palestine determined to find out about her soldier grandfather's involvement in the final years of Palestine under the British mandate.
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Title: Hawaii Five-0
Character: Juliett Higgins
Released: September 20, 2010
Type: TV
Steve McGarrett returns home to Oahu, in order to find his father's killer. The governor offers him the chance to run his own task force (Five-0). Steve's team is joined by Chin Ho Kelly, Danny "Danno" Williams, and Kono Kalakaua.
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Prowl
Title: Prowl
Character: Fiona
Released: September 4, 2010
Type: Movie
Amber dreams of escaping her small town existence and persuades her friends to accompany her to find an apartment in the big city. When their transportation breaks down, she and her friends gratefully accept a ride in the back of a semi. But when the driver refuses to stop and they discover the cargo is hundreds of cartons of blood, they panic. Their panic turns to terror when the truck disgorges them into a dark, abandoned warehouse where blood-thirsty creatures learn to hunt human prey, which, the friends realize, is what they now are... Written by Svetlio Svilenov
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Title: Rosamunde Pilcher's Four Seasons
Character: Imogen Combe
Released: December 25, 2008
Type: TV
Patriach Alex reigns over the magnificent country estate Endellion with a mildness that infuriates his eldest son Stephen, a high-powered financier, but perfectly suits his younger, more relaxed son Charles. After many years of unruffled tranquility, life at Endellion is about to enter a turbulent new phase with the return of Stephen's ex-wife, and division over her granddaughter Abby, whose mother had died never revealing the father's name.
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Title: Lost in Austen
Character: Lydia Bennet
Released: September 3, 2008
Type: TV
Modern Amanda enters through a portal in her bathroom, to join the Bennet family and affect events disastrously.
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Title: The Tudors
Character: Mary Boleyn
Released: April 1, 2007
Type: TV
The Tudors is a history-based drama series following the young, vibrant King Henry VIII, a competitive and lustful monarch who navigates the intrigues of the English court and the human heart with equal vigor and justifiable suspicion.
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Title: Lewis
Released: February 18, 2007
Type: TV
Inspector Robert Lewis and Sergeant James Hathaway solve the tough cases that the learned inhabitants of Oxford throw at them.
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Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking
Title: Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking
Character: Roberta Massingham
Released: December 26, 2004
Type: Movie
The corpse of a shabbily dressed young woman has been discovered in the mud flats of the Thames at low tide. Police assume she's a prostitute, but Dr. Watson suspects something more and goes to his old friend Holmes, now retired and at very loose ends.
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Title: Stig of the Dump
Character: Lou
Released: January 1, 2002
Type: TV
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The Prince and the Pauper
Title: The Prince and the Pauper
Character: Lady Jane Grey
Released: December 1, 2000
Type: Movie
An adaptation of the classic, "The Prince and the Pauper" is the retelling of Edward Tudor and young Thomas Canty, two amazing look-alikes caught up in imperial intrigue and scandal. In fleeing from his violent father, Tom stumbles into the palace courtyard, and is seen by young Prince Edward, who takes him in. Each desiring to see what the other's life is like, the boys impulsively switch identities... little knowing what disaster lies ahead at this fault of thought. And soon Thomas becomes a pawn in the hands of Edward's malicious and greedy uncle, who would have the kingdom for himself.
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Spice World
Title: Spice World
Character: Evie
Released: December 18, 1997
Type: Movie
World famous pop group the Spice Girls zip around London in their luxurious double decker tour bus having various adventures and performing for their fans.
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Title: The Rag Nymph
Character: Young Millie
Released: October 3, 1997
Type: TV
It’s 1854 and ten-year-old Millie is taken in by ‘Raggie Aggie’ after her mother dies in a Newcastle brothel. The spirited young Millie is exposed again to the corrupting influences of the streets of Newcastle.
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Title: Midsomer Murders
Character: Hannah Moore
Released: March 23, 1997
Type: TV
The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his young sergeant to calmly and diligently eliminate the innocent and ruthlessly pursue the guilty.
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Hamlet
Title: Hamlet
Character: Second Player
Released: December 25, 1996
Type: Movie
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother now marrying the murderer... his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing.
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Loving
Title: Loving
Character: Moira
Released: October 19, 1996
Type: Movie
An upper class English family owns a villa in the Irish countryside. When the man of the house leaves to fight in WW2, his mother, wife, dying butler, maid and other staff's life becomes a bit hectic and some love affairs start to bloom.
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Robert Rylands' Last Journey
Title: Robert Rylands' Last Journey
Character: Sue
Released: October 18, 1996
Type: Movie
Loosely (and controversial) adaptation of the novel "All Souls" by Javier Marias. It tells the story of a Spanish professor at Oxford who witnesses the return of a very popular man there.
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The Cold Light of Day
Title: The Cold Light of Day
Character: Anna Tatour
Released: August 20, 1996
Type: Movie
A troubled detective befriends a single woman and her daughter with the intention of using them as bait for a serial killer.
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Title: Goggle Eyes
Released: March 24, 1993
Type: TV
An adaptation of Anne Fine's 1989 children's novel about a one-parent family.