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Honeysuckle Weeks (born 1 August 1979) is a British actress, best known for her starring role as Samantha Stewart in the British TV series Foyle's War, since 2002. Weeks was born in Cardiff, Wales, to Robin and Susan (née Wade) (who have since divorced), and grew up in Chichester and Petworth, both in West Sussex. Her parents named her after honeysuckle flowers because they were in bloom when she was born. She has a younger sister and brother, Perdita and Rollo, both of whom have also developed successful acting careers. Weeks was educated at Great Ballard School, Sussex, Roedean School,... MORE

Honeysuckle Weeks (born 1 August 1979) is a British actress, best known for her starring role as Samantha Stewart in the British TV series Foyle's War, since 2002. Weeks was born in Cardiff, Wales, to Robin and Susan (née Wade) (who have since divorced), and grew up in Chichester and Petworth, both in West Sussex. Her parents named her after honeysuckle flowers because they were in bloom when she was born. She has a younger sister and brother, Perdita and Rollo, both of whom have also developed successful acting careers. Weeks was educated at Great Ballard School, Sussex, Roedean School, and Pembroke College, Oxford, where she read English (graduating with upper-second class honours). She also spent time studying art in Italy. As a child she was a member of the Chichester Festival Theatre She was engaged to Anno Birkin for a short period before his death, aged 20, in a car crash in Italy in 2001. In July 2007 she married hypnotherapist Lorne Stormonth-Darling. They live together in London. The couple had previously been married in an impromptu Buddhist wedding ceremony while on holiday in the Himalayas in 2005. Her acting career started with the juvenile lead in a television LESS