From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Honeysuckle Weeks
Honeysuckle Weeks
This article is about the British actress. For the album of
the same name, see Honeysuckle Weeks (album). She was engaged to Anno Birkin for a short period before
his death, aged 20, in a car crash in Italy in 2001.[3]
Honeysuckle Weeks In July 2007 she married hypnotherapist Lorne
Stormonth-Darling.[3] They live together in London. The
couple had previously been married in an impromptu
Buddhist wedding ceremony while on holiday in the Hi-
malayas in 2005.
Career
Her acting career started with the juvenile lead in a tele-
vision series (an adaptation of Anne Fine’s Goggle Eyes,
1993, alongside Perdita); since then she has appeared in
many programmes, including children’s series The Wild
House, and the long-running series Midsomer Murders and
Poirot. In 1997 Honeysuckle and Perdita were both in
Catherine Cookson’s The Rag Nymph, where Perdita
played the younger version of her sister’s character. Her
film roles include Anne Ridd in Lorna Doone (2000) and
Sarah in My Brother Tom (2001). She also starred in The
Honeysuckle Weeks, November 2008
Bill in 2008 as Julie Nowak.
Born Honeysuckle Hero Susan Weeks Weeks is currently best known, however, for her
1 August 1979 (1979-08-01) parts in three television series: Close Relations (1998),
Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales Ladies & Their Gentlemen (2002–2006) and Foyle’s War
Occupation Actress (2002–2010). In the last, a BAFTA-award winning detec-
tive series set in Hastings during and just after World
Years active 1993-present
War II, she starred opposite Michael Kitchen. In 2007,
Spouse Lorne Stormonth-Darling (2007–present) Weeks appeared as Tania Thompson in The Inspector Lyn-
ley Mysteries. Her character was based on Karla Homolka.
Honeysuckle Weeks (born 1 August 1979) is a British ac- In 2008, she appeared as Harriet Pringle in the Radio 4
tress, best known for her starring role as Samantha Ste- adaptation of Fortunes of War. Weeks is currently appear-
wart in the British TV series Foyle’s War, since 2002. ing as Eliza Doolittle in a production of "Pygmalion" at
the Chichester Festival Theatre in West Sussex.
Background
Weeks was born in Cardiff, Wales,[1][2] to Robin and Susan Awards and nominations
(née Wade) (who have since divorced),[3] and grew up in In 2004, Weeks was nominated in the Most Popular New-
Chichester and Petworth, both in West Sussex. Her par- comer category at the National Television Awards.
ents named her after honeysuckle flowers because they
were in bloom when she was born. She has a younger sis-
ter and brother, Perdita and Rollo, both of whom have al-
References
so developed successful acting careers. [1] Interview from official press release, September
Weeks was educated at Great Ballard School, Sussex, 2002, retrieved from www.foyleswar.com
Roedean School, and Pembroke College, Oxford, where [2] General Records Office - Birth registration index
she read English (graduating with upper-second class ho- [3] ^ Hoyle, Antonia; Robertson, Peter (8 March 2008),
nours). She also spent time studying art in Italy. As a "What would Foyle say! The shocking truth about
child she was a member of the Chichester Festival Honeysuckle Weeks, ’the primmest girl on TV’",
Theatre Daily Mail, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/
article-528706/What-Foyle-say-The-shocking-
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Short description
Date of birth 1 August 1979
Sources and external links Place of birth Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales
• Honeysuckle Weeks at the Internet Movie Database Date of death
• "Honeysuckle Weeks in Foyle’s War"
Place of death
Persondata
Name Weeks, Honeysuckle
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