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Long before she recited her firstline as an actress, Justine Waddell was playing roles -- real-life roles.First, she was a South African child, then a Scottish adolescent, and finallyan English teenager after her family planted itself in London. There, Waddelltook root and blossomed as one of Britain's finest young actresses. But shewasn't finished with multiculturalism. During and after her education atCambridge University, she played characters in adaptations of English,Norwegian, French, and Russian authors. Then, in Dracula 2000, based onIrish-born author Bram Stoker's Dracula, she played an Englishman's daughterliving in America who is pursued by a Transylvania vampire. Obviously, theworld has been very much with Waddell, as Wordsworth might observe, and it isno wonder that she studied political science and sociology at Cambridge'sEmmanuel College. There are, however, at least two constants in Waddell's life:one, striking beauty; two, extraordinary acting talent. The latter quality is,of course, the more important. But it doesn't hurt for an actress to have astunning face and a symmetrical body when she is trying out to play Tess inThomas Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles or Estella in Charles Dickens' GreatExpectations. Waddell played both roles, to the delight of audiences andcritics, in TV miniseries.

Waddell was born in Johannesburg 4 November 1975. HerScottish-born father, Gordon Waddell, was a member of Parliament and anemployee of De Beers, the world's largest producer and distributor of diamonds.Her South African-born mother, Cathy Gallagher Waddell, was a fashion designerwho also operated a small shop in Soweto, a ghetto southwest of Johannesburgthat rebelled often against unfair laws. To escape the dangerous social climatein South Africa, the Waddells moved to Kelso, Scotland, near the tranquil RiverTweed, in the mid-'80s. About four years later, they moved to London, whereJustine Waddell attended a school on Baker Street and eventually enrolled inCambridge. Though not a school of drama as such, it did offer courses thatintroduced her to acting. While still a student there, she played Joan of Arcin the Edinburgh Festival's production of Jean Anouilh's drama The Lark. Thencame roles in period costume dramas requiring her to squeeze into corsets andplumb the keen insights she gleaned as a cultural hybrid. Among the roles thatchallenged her were Sasha (opposite Ralph Fiennes) in Chekhov's Ivanov,performed in London and Moscow, and Nina in Ibsen's The Seagull, performed inStratford-upon-Avon. She also played Laura in Wilkie Collins' The Woman inWhite, Countess Nordston in Tolstoy's Anna Karenina, Tess in Hardy's Tess ofthe D'Urbervilles, Julia in Jane Austen's Mansfield Park, Estella in Dickens'Great Expectations, and Molly in Elizabeth Gaskell's Wives and Daughters. Nowat age 49 Justine Waddell has reached a time in her life that movie partsbecome very hard to find. Her last acting part was in 2013. She has now movedinto producing movies.

Personal Note: Ivery much enjoy watching British movies. To me they seem to appeal to an intelligentaudience. Movies made in the USA concentrate on violence and lean hard onspecial effects, very little story line. Call me old fashion but I know a lotof you feel the same way. This subject & movies are dedicated to you.

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