Madeleine Worrall

Madeleine Worrall (born 1977) is a Scottish actress. She has worked extensively on stage, in London and across Britain.

Life and career Born in Edinburgh and educated at the Mary Erskine School there, Worrall was a member of the National Youth Music Theatre (1994). She studied history of Art at the University of Cambridge from 1995 to 1998 and at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) in 2000.

In 2003 she played Irina in Michael Blakemore's Three Sisters with Kristin Scott Thomas and Kate Burton in the West End. for which she was listed as giving one of the five best stage performances of 2007, Gone With the Wind, Three Sisters, Twelfth Night, The Tempest, and has worked extensively with director Lucy Bailey.

In 2014 she began performing the title role in a stage version of Charlotte Brontë's novel Jane Eyre at the Royal National Theatre. In 2015 a performance was live-screened to 650 cinemas across the UK. including Mojo.

She also appeared as Melanie in Bunny and the Bull, premiered at the 2009 London Film Festival, and as a guest artist in many British television series, including Midsomer Murders, Endeavour, Judge John Deed, Doctors, Ultimate Force, Heartbeat and Foyle's War, alongside David Tennant.

She appeared in the 2014 comedy film Paddington.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2004 Stage Beauty Emilia 2009 Bunny and the Bull Melanie 2014 Paddington The Explorer's Wife 2015 Mr. Holmes Haunted Woman 2016 The Huntsman: Winter's War Eric's Mother 2018 Mari Lauren

Television Year Title Role Notes 2001 Judge John Deed Kate Rankin Season 1, episode 4 "Hidden Agenda" 2002 Ultimate Force Lorraine season 1, episode 2 "Just a target" 2010 Doctors Rebecca KentEpisode "Rebecca's Dream" 2018 Clique Agnes Series II 2021 Call the Midwife Blanche Dellow 2022 Karen Pirie Mary Grat Junior 2024 We Were the Lucky Ones Gustava Tatar, Bella's mother