Justine Waddell (born 4 November 1975) is a South African-British former actress. She played roles in the 2006 film '' The Fall'' and 2005 film ''

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'' as well as Tess in the 1998

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adaptation of ''

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'' and Estella in the 1999

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adaptation of ''Great Expectations''.

Early life

Waddell was born in

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. Her father,

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(1937–2012), was a Scottish

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player who captained the Scottish national team and played for the

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. He later became a Progressive Party Member of Parliament in South Africa, and a director of

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. Her grandfather, Herbert Waddell (1902–1988), 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

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, which allowed her to take time off from her studies to pursue her career.

Career

Waddell has divided her work between stage and screen. Amongst her roles to date have been her performance as Sasha opposite

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and Bill Paterson in the Almeida Theatre's London production of ''

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'' (1997), Countess Nordston in ''

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'' (1997), Tess in a London Weekend Television production of ''

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'' (1998), Julia Bertram in ''

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'' (1999), Estella in ''

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'', Nina in a

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production of ''

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'' by

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(2000), for which she was nominated for an

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and Molly Gibson in the television mini series ''

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'' for which she won a

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Best Actress award. She played Mary Heller in the American film, ''

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''. In 2002 she starred in '' The One and Only''. She won a Prism Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of

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in '' The Mystery of Natalie Wood'', a 2004 TV movie directed by

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. In 2006 Waddell starred alongside

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and Ryan Phillipe in ''

''. During the same year, she co-starred with

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in Tarsem Singh’s '' The Fall''. In 2011, Waddell had a starring role in ''Mishen'', which is a Russian science fiction film directed by Alexander Zeldovich and written by

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. ''Mishen'' had its world premiere at the

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and then a gala premiere at the

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. This would be her last acting role before her retirement. In 2014, Waddell was on the jury of the Festival of European Film "Voices" in Vologda, Russia. In 2015, she was on the jury of the

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alongside jury chairman

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and South Korean film director Kim Dong-ho. She also took part in the BBC New Year film programme to discuss women in film with

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, Elizabeth Karlson and

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. She is also the founder and director of Kino Klassika Foundation which educates audiences about film and film materials from the countries of the former Soviet Union, and Klassiki streaming platform dedicated to cinema from Russia, the Caucasus and Central Asia.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Waddell, Justine Living people 1976 births 20th-century South African actresses 21st-century South African actresses Actresses from Johannesburg Alumni of Emmanuel College, Cambridge Scottish film actresses Scottish stage actresses Scottish television actresses Scottish voice actresses South African emigrants to the United Kingdom South African film actresses South African people of Scottish descent