Jodie Whittaker Biography

Fast Facts

• Won the gold medal for acting during her final year at Guildhall School of Music and Acting in 2005
• Her professional acting debut was in 2005 when she appeared in The Storm at the Shakespeare's Globe in London
• After Carey Mulligan was taken ill, she replaced her in a Royal Court production of The Seagull in 2007 with only two hours notice
• Her film Perrier's Bounty was the first to be shown at the Bradford International Film Festival in 2010
• Is an ambassador for Mencap and in 2014 wore odd, brightly colored socks to raise awareness for the visual issues those with down syndrome have