Mary Woodvine

Mary Louise Woodvine (born 14 July 1967) is an English actress who appeared as Mary Harkinson in the BBC soap EastEnders in 2003. Her father was the actor John Woodvine.

Early life Woodvine was born in Queen Charlotte's Hospital, Hammersmith, London to the actors Hazel Wright and John Woodvine.

She trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama and was a core member of Kneehigh Theatre.

Career

Woodvine has performed in Doc Martin, Born and Bred, Doctors, Noah's Ark, Our Friends in the North, Casualty, The Jury, Pie in the Sky, Grafters, Wycliffe, Down to Earth, Heartbeat and Murder City. In 1994, she played Aurelia Took in the science-fiction drama TV series Space Precinct. She also appeared as Miss Lamplighter in The Worst Witch (1998–2001), from 2005 to 2006, as Judge Morag Hughes in five episodes of Judge John Deed, and she also appears as Mrs. Teague in the 2015 TV series of Poldark.

In 2003, she starred as Evangeline Blight in the Cornish-language short film Blight, co-starring Richard Coyle. Woodvine starred in the award-winning 2007 psychological thriller film The Lark which premièred at the Cambridge Film Festival.

Woodvine, along with Rory Wilton, Jerome Wright and Kirsty Osmon, developed poet Murray Lachlan Young's first play, The Incomers, during a residency at The Space, Dartington Hall Trust. Woodvine created the role of Celia through a series of workshops and in the production's inaugural tour, which ran from April to May 2013.

Woodvine starred in the 2019 film Bait, a drama film written and directed by her partner Mark Jenkin, and in 2022 played the lead role in his next film Enys Men. She also featured in his 2025 film Rose of Nevada, for which she also contributed the story.

Filmography Film

Television Year Film Role Notes 1991 Shrinks Sarah Neale Episode: "Episode #1.4" 1992–2006 Heartbeat Cath Wainwright / Susie 2 episodes 1993 15: The Life and Death of Philip Knight Margaret Harris's assistant Television film 1993–2003 Eastenders Mary / Melanie 7 episodes 1993–2006 Casualty Stella Snowden / WPC Gowell / Andrea 5 episodes 1994–1995 Space Precinct Officer Aurelia Took 25 episodes 1996 The Tide of Life Lizzie Rowan 3 episodes Our Friends in the North Alison Episode: "1979" Element of Doubt Lucy Television film 1997 McLibel! Jane Laporte Episode: "Episode #1.2" Wycliffe Margaret Ezzard Episode: "On Account" Pie in the Sky P.C. Jane Morton 7 episodes 1998 Noah's Ark Jan Richardson Episode: "Deep Waters" Grafters Mary 3 episodes 2000 Badger Mary Fletcher Episode: "Troubled Waters" 2001 The Worst Witch Lynne Lamplighter Episode: "Art Wars" Down to Earth Michelle 2 episodes 2003 Born and Bred Aggie Driscoll 2 episodes The Bill Kim Galanski Episode: "Twenty-Twenty Hindsight" 2004–2015 Doc Martin Joy Cronk 4 episodes 2005–2006 Judge John Deed Morag Hughes 7 episodes 2006 Murder City Erica Drummond Episode: "Wives and Lovers" Coming Up Vicky Episode: "The Animator" 2007 Doctors Sally West 4 episodes 2011 Nettlecatfish Mum TV short The Jury Alison Lowther Episode: "Episode #2.2" 2015 Poldark Mrs Teague 3 episodes 2016 Delicious Nurse Victoria Episode: "Death Comes to All"