Honeysuckle Weeks

Honeysuckle Weeks is a British actress born on August 1, 1979. She is best known for her role as Samantha Stewart (later Wainwright) in the ITV drama series Foyle's War. Weeks was born in Cardiff, Wales, and grew up in Chichester and Petworth, England. She attended Great Ballard School, Sussex, Roedean School, and Pembroke College, Oxford, where she graduated with upper-second class honours in English. Weeks also studied art in Venice, Italy. She has a younger sister and brother, both of whom are also actors. Weeks began her acting career at a young age and was a member of the Chichester Festival Theatre. She later trained at the Sylvia Young Theatre School.