Justine Waddell (born 4 November 1975) is a South African-born British
film and television actress. She played roles in the 2006 film The
Fall and 2005 film Chaos as well as Tess in the 1998 LWT adaptation of
Tess of the d'Urbervilles and Estella in the 1999 BBC adaptation of
Great Expectations.Waddell was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. Her
father, Gordon Waddell (19372012), was a Scottish rugby union player
who captained the Scottish national team and played for the British
and Irish Lions. He later became a Progressive Party Member of
Parliament in South Africa, and a director of Anglo American PLC. Her
grandfather, Herbert Waddell (19021988), also played rugby for
Scotland and the Lions. Waddell moved with her family to Scotland when
she was eleven. Four years later they moved to London. Waddell is the
only member of her family to take up a career in acting. She read
Social and Political Science at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, which
allowed her to take time off from her studies to pursue her
career.Waddell has divided her work between stage and screen. Amongst
her roles to date have been her performance as Sasha opposite Ralph
Fiennes and Bill Paterson in the Almeida Theatre's London production
of Ivanov (1997), Countess Nordston in Anna Karenina (1997), Tess in a
London Weekend Television production of Tess of the D'Urbervilles
(1998), Julia Bertram in Mansfield Park (1999), Estella in Great
Expectations, Nina in a Royal Shakespeare Company production of The
Seagull by Anton Chekhov (2000), for which she was nominated for an
Ian Charleson award and Molly Gibson in the television mini series
Wives and Daughters for which she won a Broadcasting Press Guild Best
Actress award. She played Mary Heller in the American film, Dracula
2000. In 2002 she starred in The One and Only. She won a Prism Award
for Best Actress for her portrayal of Natalie Wood in The Mystery of
Natalie Wood, a 2004 TV movie directed by Peter Bogdanovich. In 2006
Waddell starred alongside Jason Statham and Ryan Phillipe in Chaos.
During the same year, she co-starred with Lee Pace in Tarsem Singhs
The Fall.
film and television actress. She played roles in the 2006 film The
Fall and 2005 film Chaos as well as Tess in the 1998 LWT adaptation of
Tess of the d'Urbervilles and Estella in the 1999 BBC adaptation of
Great Expectations.Waddell was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. Her
father, Gordon Waddell (19372012), was a Scottish rugby union player
who captained the Scottish national team and played for the British
and Irish Lions. He later became a Progressive Party Member of
Parliament in South Africa, and a director of Anglo American PLC. Her
grandfather, Herbert Waddell (19021988), also played rugby for
Scotland and the Lions. Waddell moved with her family to Scotland when
she was eleven. Four years later they moved to London. Waddell is the
only member of her family to take up a career in acting. She read
Social and Political Science at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, which
allowed her to take time off from her studies to pursue her
career.Waddell has divided her work between stage and screen. Amongst
her roles to date have been her performance as Sasha opposite Ralph
Fiennes and Bill Paterson in the Almeida Theatre's London production
of Ivanov (1997), Countess Nordston in Anna Karenina (1997), Tess in a
London Weekend Television production of Tess of the D'Urbervilles
(1998), Julia Bertram in Mansfield Park (1999), Estella in Great
Expectations, Nina in a Royal Shakespeare Company production of The
Seagull by Anton Chekhov (2000), for which she was nominated for an
Ian Charleson award and Molly Gibson in the television mini series
Wives and Daughters for which she won a Broadcasting Press Guild Best
Actress award. She played Mary Heller in the American film, Dracula
2000. In 2002 she starred in The One and Only. She won a Prism Award
for Best Actress for her portrayal of Natalie Wood in The Mystery of
Natalie Wood, a 2004 TV movie directed by Peter Bogdanovich. In 2006
Waddell starred alongside Jason Statham and Ryan Phillipe in Chaos.
During the same year, she co-starred with Lee Pace in Tarsem Singhs
The Fall.
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