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Mary Louise Woodvine (born 14 July 1967) is a
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television actress who appeared as
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in the
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'' in 2003. Her father is the actor
John Woodvine John Woodvine (born 21 July 1929) is an English actor who has appeared in more than 70 theatre productions, as well as a similar number of television and film roles. Early life Woodvine was born in Tyne Dock, South Shields, Tyne & Wear, Englan ...
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Life and career

Woodvine was born in
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,
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, London. She trained at the
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and was a core member of
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. She has performed in ''
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Born and Bred ''Born and Bred'' was a British light-hearted drama series aired on BBC One which ran from 21 April 2002 to 3 August 2005. It was created by Chris Chibnall and Nigel McCrery. Initially the cast was led by James Bolam and Michael French as a fa ...
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Our Friends in the North ''Our Friends in the North'' is a British television drama serial produced by the BBC. It was originally broadcast in nine episodes on BBC2 in early 1996. Written by Peter Flannery, it tells the story of four friends from Newcastle upon Tyne o ...
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Grafters ''Grafters'' was a British drama–comedy programme originally broadcast in the UK on ITV from 27 October 1998 to 20 December 1999 for 16 episodes over two series. ''Grafters'' relates the lives of the Purvis brothers Joe ( Robson Green) and ...
'', '' Wycliffe'', '' Down to Earth'', '' Heartbeat'' and ''
Murder City ''Murder City'' is a British crime drama series produced by Granada Television, first broadcast on 18 March 2004 on ITV, that focuses on two mismatched detectives, DI Susan Alembic (Amanda Donohoe) and DS Luke Stone (Kris Marshall), who scour ...
''. In 1994, she played Aurelia Took in the science-fiction drama TV series ''
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''. She also appeared as Miss Lamplighter in ''
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'' (1998–2001), from 2005 to 2006, as Judge Morag Hughes in five episodes of ''
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'', and she also appears as Mrs. Teague in the 2015 TV series of ''
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''. In 2003, she starred as Evangeline Blight in the
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short film ''Blight'', co-starring
Richard Coyle Richard Coyle is an English actor. He portrayed lead role of Father Faustus Blackwood in Netflix series '' Chilling Adventures of Sabrina'', and Jeff Murdock in the sitcom ''Coupling''. Early and personal life Coyle was born in Sheffield, En ...
. Woodvine starred in the award-winning 2007 psychological thriller film '' The Lark'' which premièred at the
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. Woodvine, along with Rory Wilton, Jerome Wright and Kirsty Osmon, developed poet
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's first play, ''The Incomers'', during a residency at The Space, Dartington Hall Trust. Woodvine created the role of Celia through a series of workshops and in the production's inaugural tour, which ran from April to May 2013. Woodvine starred in the 2019 film '' Bait'', a
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written and directed by her partner
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