Jodie Whittaker Biography

Jodie Auckland Whittaker (born 3 June 1982) is an English actress. She first came to prominence for her work in the film Venus (2006) and has since starred in films such as St Trinian's (2007), Good (2008), St Trinian's 2 (2009), and Attack the Block (2011). She has also starred in the television series Tess of the D'Urbervilles (2008), Wired (2008), Return to Cranford (2009), Marchlands (2011), Broadchurch (2013), and The Assets (2014).

Early life

Whittaker was born in Skelmanthorpe where she initially attended Shelley College, West Yorkshire. She then trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, graduating in 2005 with the gold medal for acting.

Career

Whittaker made her professional debut in The Storm at Shakespeare's Globe in 2005. She has since worked in film, television, radio and theatre. In 2007 she stood in at short notice for an unwell Carey Mulligan in the Royal Court's production of The Seagull, and appeared in a fundraising play at the Almeida Theatre.

In Whittaker's first major role, she co-starred as Jessie / Venus in the film Venus. Her radio credits include a 2008 adaptation of Blinded by the Sun by Stephen Poliakoff and Lydia Bennett in Unseen Austen, an original drama by Judith French. In 2009, she worked on the film Ollie Kepler's Expanding Purple World, the BBC2 drama Royal Wedding, and the short film Wish 143, which was nominated for the Academy Award for Live Action Short Film at the 83rd Academy Awards.

In 2010, Whittaker appeared in the film The Kid and co-starred in BBC1's Accused. She appeared in the 2009 Irish comedy crime film Perrier's Bounty. In 2011, she appeared as Viv in the BBC adaptation of Sarah Waters's novel The Night Watch and the cult film Attack the Block. In 2012, she starred in the musical comedy-drama Good Vibrations.

In March-April 2013, Whittaker starred in the ITV detective drama Broadchurch. In January 2014, she starred in the reality-based spy drama miniseries The Assets on ABC.

Personal life

Whittaker has been married to American actor Christian Contreras since 2008. Her nephew played Leo Goskirk in Emmerdale before his death at the age of three in 2014.

The media reported in January 2015 that Whittaker was pregnant with her first child; she gave birth in April 2015.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Venus	Jessie	Nominated"?ALFS Award for British Newcomer of the Year Nominated"?British Independent Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer (On Screen) Nominated"?Satellite Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical
2007	This Life + 10	Clare	Television film
2007	St Trinian's	Beverly
2008	Good	Anne
2008	The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall	Sophie	Television film
2008	Consuming Passion	Mary Boon	Television film
2009	Mr. Dorothy	Mitch's Wife	Voice Short film
2009	Svengali	Ellie the Barmaid	Television film
2009	White Wedding	Rose
2009	Swansong: Story of Occi Byrne	Bridget Byrne
2009	Roar	Eva	Short film
2009	Perrier's Bounty	Brenda
2009	Wish 143	Maggie	Short film
2009	St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold	Beverly
2010	The Kid	Jackie
2010	Royal Wedding	Linda Caddock	Television film
2010	Ollie Kepler's Expanding Purple World	Noreen Stokes
2011	Hello Carter	Susie	Short film
2011	Two Minutes	Juliette	Short film
2011	The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2011: Live Action	Maggie
2011	Attack the Block	Sam
2011	The Night Watch	Vivian Pearce	Television film
2011	One Day	Tilly
2011	A Thousand Kisses Deep	Mia Selva
2012	Smoke		Short film
2012	Good Vibrations	Ruth
2012	Ashes	Ruth
2012	Dust	Jessica's Mum	Short film
2013	Spike Island	Service Station Attendant
2013	Hello Carter
2014	Get Santa
2014	Emotional Fusebox	Anna	Short film
2014	Black Sea	Chrissy
2015	Adult Life Skills	Anna	Premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival 2016
2017	Journeyman	TBA

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	The Afternoon Play	Sam	Episode: "The Last Will and Testament of Billy Two-Sheds"
2006	Doctors	Louise Clancy	Episode: "Ignorance Is Bliss"
2006	Dalziel and Pascoe	Kirsty Richards	Episode: "Fallen Angel"
2008	Tess of the D'Urbervilles	Izzy Huett	Miniseries
2008	Wired	Louise Evans	Miniseries
2009	Return to Cranford	Peggy Bell	2 episodes
2010	Accused	Emma Croft	Episode: "Liam's Story"
2011	Marchlands	Ruth Bowen
2011	Black Mirror	Ffion	Episode: "The Entire History of You"
2013, 2015	Broadchurch	Beth Latimer	Series 1 (8 episodes) Series 2
2014	The Assets	Sandra Grimes
2014	The Smoke	Trish Tooley

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	'	Ampelisca	Shakespeare's Globe
2006	Enemies	Nadya	Almeida Theatre
2007	'	Sue	Trafalgar Studios
2007	Awake and Sing!	Hennie	Almeida Theatre
2012	Antigone	Antigone	National Theatre

Radio

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	Blinded by the Sun	Joanna	BBC Radio 4
2008	Unseen Austen	Lydia Bennett	BBC Radio 4