Perdita Weeks is a British

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 actress.

Biography

Perdita was born in South Glamorgan

South Glamorgan

South Glamorgan is a preserved county of Wales.It was originally formed in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, as a county council area...

 and studied art history

Art history

Art history has historically been understood as the academic study of objects of art in their historical development and stylistic contexts, i.e. genre, design, format, and style...

 at the Courtauld Institute.

Acting career

She portrays Mary Boleyn

Mary Boleyn

Mary Boleyn , was the sister of English queen consort Anne Boleyn and a member of the Boleyn family, which enjoyed considerable influence during the reign of King Henry VIII of England...

 (King Henry VIII's sister-in-law) in the Showtime drama The Tudors

The Tudors

The Tudors is a Canadian produced historical fiction television series filmed in Ireland, created by Michael Hirst and produced for the American premium cable television channel Showtime...

(2007). In 2008 she appeared as Lydia Bennet in the ITV series Lost In Austen

Lost in Austen

Lost in Austen is a four-part 2008 British television series for the ITV network, written by Guy Andrews as a fantasy adaptation of Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen...

. She played a murdering teen in the Death and Dreams episode of Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders is a British television detective drama that has aired on ITV since 1997. The show is based on the books by Caroline Graham, as originally adapted by Anthony Horowitz. The lead character is DCI Tom Barnaby who works for Causton CID. When Nettles left the show in 2011 he was...

in 2003.

She has worked on productions such as Stig of the Dump

Stig of the Dump

Stig of the Dump is a children's novel by Clive King published in 1963. It is regarded as a modern children's classic and is often read in schools. It has been twice adapted for television, in 1981 and in 2002.-Plot summary:...

(2002), Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking

Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking

Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking is a British television movie originally broadcast on BBC One in the UK on December 26, 2004. Produced by Tiger Aspect Productions, it was written by Alan Cubitt and was a sequel to the same company's adaptation of The Hound of the Baskervilles,...

(2004). Miss Potter (2006) (but she 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

Bleak Expectations

Bleak Expectations is a Radio 4 comedy series, whose first series premiered in August 2007. It is a pastiche of the works of Charles Dickens – such as Bleak House and Great Expectations, from which it derives its name – and costume dramas set in the same period, and parodies several of their plot...

. In 2011 she appeared in the TV mini series The Promise.

She is sister of actors Honeysuckle Weeks

Honeysuckle Weeks

Honeysuckle Weeks is a British actress, best known for her starring role as Samantha Stewart in the British TV series Foyle's War, since 2002.-Background:...

 and Rollo Weeks

Rollo Weeks

Rollo Weeks is a British actor, the son of Robin and Susan Weeks, and the brother of Honeysuckle Weeks and Perdita Weeks, both actresses. His name means "famous wolf".-Acting:...

; she co-starred with the former in Goggle Eyes (1993); and Catherine Cookson's The Rag Nymph (1997), where she played the younger version of her sister's character. She stars also in the 2010 Horror film

Horror film

Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...

 Prowl

Prowl (2010 film)

Prowl is a 2010 American horror film directed by Patrik Syversen and written by Tim Tori and starring Courtney Hope, Ruta Gedmintas and Bruce Payne.-Cast:* Courtney Hope as Amber* Ruta Gedmintas as Suzy* Joshua Bowman as Peter* Bruce Payne as Bernard...

.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Goggle-Eyes Goggle-Eyes Goggle-Eyes is a children's novel by Anne Fine, first published in 1989. The book won the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Children's Fiction Award. American editions are titled My War with Goggle-Eyes....		TV mini-series
1995	Loving	Moira	TV film
1995	The Shadowy Third	Dottie	TV film
1996	The Cold Light of Day	Anna Tatour
1996	Robert Rylands' Last Journey	Sue
1996	Hamlet Hamlet (1996 film) Hamlet is a 1996 film version of William Shakespeare's classic play of the same name, adapted and directed by Kenneth Branagh, who also stars in the title role as Prince Hamlet...	Second Player
1997	Rag Nymph	Young Millie	2 episodes: 'episode 1.1', 'episode 1.2'
1997	Spice World Spice World Spice World may refer to:*Spiceworld , second album by British pop group the Spice Girls, released in 1997*Spice World , the Spice Girls movie*Spiceworld , the sellout world tour of the Spice Girls...	Evie
2000	The Prince and the Pauper The Prince and the Pauper (film) The Prince and the Pauper is a novel by Mark Twain with Edward VI of England as the central character. This fictional narrative has been adapted to film a number of times:...	Lady Jane Grey Lady Jane Grey Lady Jane Grey , also known as The Nine Days' Queen, was an English noblewoman who was de facto monarch of England from 10 July until 19 July 1553 and was subsequently executed...
2002	Stig of the Dump Stig of the Dump Stig of the Dump is a children's novel by Clive King published in 1963. It is regarded as a modern children's classic and is often read in schools. It has been twice adapted for television, in 1981 and in 2002.-Plot summary:...	Lou	TV series
2003	Midsomer Murders Midsomer Murders Midsomer Murders is a British television detective drama that has aired on ITV since 1997. The show is based on the books by Caroline Graham, as originally adapted by Anthony Horowitz. The lead character is DCI Tom Barnaby who works for Causton CID. When Nettles left the show in 2011 he was...	Hannah Moore	1 episode 'Death and Dreams'
2004	Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking is a British television movie originally broadcast on BBC One in the UK on December 26, 2004. Produced by Tiger Aspect Productions, it was written by Alan Cubitt and was a sequel to the same company's adaptation of The Hound of the Baskervilles,...	Roberta Massingham	TV film
2007-2008	The Tudors The Tudors The Tudors is a Canadian produced historical fiction television series filmed in Ireland, created by Michael Hirst and produced for the American premium cable television channel Showtime...	Mary Boleyn	Recurring role
2008	Lost in Austen Lost in Austen Lost in Austen is a four-part 2008 British television series for the ITV network, written by Guy Andrews as a fantasy adaptation of Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen...	Lydia Benet	TV mini-series
2009-2009	Four Seasons	Imogen Combe	TV mini-series
2009	Junction		Short
2009	Lewis	Kitten	1 episode: 'Counter Culture Blues'
2010	Prowl	Fiona
2010-2011	The Promise The Promise (2011 TV serial) The Promise is a British television serial in four episodes written and directed by Peter Kosminsky, with music by Debbie Wiseman, which premiered on 6 February 2011 on Channel 4...	Eliza Meyer	TV mini-series
2012	Titanic		TV mini-series Pre-production
2012	"Le vol des cigognes"		TV mini-series Canal+