English
EspaΓ±ol
Russian
Perdita WeeksΒ (born 25 December 1985) is aΒ Welsh actress.
Perdita was born inΒ South Glamorgan, educated atΒ Roedean SchoolΒ and studiedΒ art historyΒ at theΒ Courtauld Institute. She is the younger sister ofΒ Honeysuckle WeeksΒ and the older sister ofΒ Rollo Weeks. She portrayedΒ Mary BoleynΒ (King Henry VIII's sister-in-law) in the Showtime dramaΒ The TudorsΒ (2007). In 2008 she appeared as Lydia Bennet in the ITV seriesΒ Lost In Austen. She played a murdering teen in the Death and Dreams episode ofΒ Midsomer MurdersΒ in 2003. She has worked on productions such asΒ Stig of the DumpΒ (2002),Β Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking(2004), andΒ Miss PotterΒ (2006) (but was cut from the latter) and played the role of Kitten (daughter of a rock star) in an episode ofΒ Lewisβ"Counter Culture Blues" (2009). In 2007 she appeared in the radio comedyΒ Bleak Expectations. In 2011 she appeared in the TV miniseriesΒ The Promise. She is the sister of actorsΒ Honeysuckle Weeks, to whom she bears a strong resemblance, andΒ Rollo Weeks; she co-starred with the former inΒ Goggle EyesΒ (1993) andΒ Catherine Cookson'sΒ The Rag NymphΒ (1997), in which she played the younger version of her sister's character.Β She stars also in the 2010Β Horror filmΒ Prowl.
