1. Justine Waddell was born on 4 November 1975 and is a South African-British former actress.
13 Facts About Justine Waddell
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Justine Waddell played roles in the 2006 film The Fall and 2005 film Chaos as well as Tess in the 1998 LWT adaptation of Tess of the d'Urbervilles and Estella in the 1999 BBC adaptation of Great Expectations.
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Justine Waddell's father, Gordon Waddell, was a Scottish rugby union player who captained the Scottish national team and played for the British and Irish Lions.
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Justine Waddell later became a Progressive Party Member of Parliament in South Africa, and a director of Anglo American PLC.
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Justine Waddell is the only member of her family to take up a career in acting.
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Justine Waddell read Social and Political Science at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, which allowed her to take time off from her studies to pursue her career.
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Justine Waddell played Mary Heller in the American film, Dracula 2000.
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Justine Waddell won a Prism Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Natalie Wood in The Mystery of Natalie Wood, a 2004 TV movie directed by Peter Bogdanovich.
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In 2006 Justine Waddell starred alongside Jason Statham and Ryan Phillipe in Chaos.
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In 2011, Justine Waddell had a starring role in Mishen, which is a Russian science fiction film directed by Alexander Zeldovich and written by Vladimir Sorokin.
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In 2014, Justine Waddell was on the jury of the Festival of European Film "Voices" in Vologda, Russia.
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Justine Waddell took part in the BBC New Year film programme to discuss women in film with Francine Stock, Elizabeth Karlson and Carol Morley.
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Justine Waddell is 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.