JODIE WHITTAKER

(”Anne”) Jodie Whittaker came to the attention of moviegoers in her film debut performance in “Venus,” for which she received a BIFA Award as “Best Newcomer” and also earned London Critics Circle and Satellite Award nominations. In the comedy drama directed by Roger Michell, she played opposite Peter O’ Toole, who received a Best Actor Academy Award® nomination, and Leslie Phillips, who received a BAFTA Award nomination. Whitaker recently wrapped her follow-up effort, “St. Trinian’s,” a comedy about a British girl’s finishing school, in which she stars alongside Rupert Everett, Colin Firth and Mischa Barton.

Whittaker has appeared on television in several BBC1 productions, including “This Life,” “Dalziel & Pascoe, “Billy Two Sheds,” and “Doctors.” Her London theater credits include “Bash” at Trafalgar Studios, “The Storm” at The Globe Theatre, and David Hare’s adaptation of Gorky’s “Enemies,” at the Almedia Theater, for which she earned an Ian Charleson Award nomination for her role as ‘Nadia.’

A West Yorkshire, England native, she is a 2005 Gold Medal Acting winner graduate of London’s Guildhall School of Music & Drama.