Background
She is the younger sister of actor Simon Cadell and granddaughter of actress Jean Cadell. Cadell was born in London.
She is the younger sister of actor Simon Cadell and granddaughter of actress Jean Cadell. Cadell was born in London.
She has been appearing on British television, film, and theatre over the last thirty years. She has taken on a wide range of supporting and leading roles. Recently, she has played Dorothy Crowther in The Amazing Mrs Pritchard.
Mrs Tishell in Doc Martin.
And the Dean Mieke Miedema in Laboratory Rats. She appeared in Sam Mendes" Broadway production of Anton Chekhov"s The Cherry Orchard, and played Maria in Mendes" highly acclaimed production of Twelfth Night for the Donmar Warehouse (London and New York).
In 2012, she briefly appeared in the 2012 remake of Gambit as a dignified, but flatulent, hotel guest. In 2013, she appeared as Sister Gregory, a Roman Catholic nun, in the Father Brown episode "The Bride of Christ".
She played the title role as the vanishing lady herself, Mission Froy, the character previously played by Dame May Whitty and Angela Lansbury in the previous two versions, in the 2013 television film The Lady Vanishes from the British Broadcasting Corporation, directed by Diarmuid Lawrence from an updated screenplay by Fiona Seres.