Perdita Weeks is a British actress who took on multiple stints as an actress but her appearance in the CBS reboot series, Magnum P.I. remains the most notable milestone of her career. She plays Juliet Higgins, a former MI6 agent on the show.
Dabbling into the world of entertainment with a role in Google-Eyes in 1993, the actress has since worked in many other successful movies and TV shows to date.
Multiple tabloids say that Weeks is the mother of twin boys with her husband of seven-year, Kit Frederiksen. Is this true? In this article, find out about Perdita Weeks’ husband, parents, actor siblings, net worth, and other details!
Perdita Weeks’ Parents Divorced when she was 11
Perdita Weeks was born on 25th December 1985, in Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom. She is the daughter of Susan Weeks and Robin Weeks. Her parents married in 1979 and divorced after 18 years of marriage in 1997.
Her father owns an advertising company while her mother is a freelance copywriter. Susan studied at Cheltenham Ladies College, followed by Universite de Lille and the University of St. Andrews.
Nationality and Ethnicity
Perdita Weeks belongs to the English nationality and has a mixed ethnical background. She is of Scottish and a lot of Irish descent.
Education: Studied at Courtauld Institute
Perdita Weeks attended Roedean School in East Sussex. She later went on to join the Courtauld Institute in London to study art history.
Perdita Weeks’ Has Two Siblings
Weeks grew up along with her two siblings. Her older sister Honeysuckle Weeks is one of the leading actresses better known for her longest TV role on the ITV drama series, Foyle’s War (2002-15).
On the other side, her younger brother Rollo Weeks is an actor-turned-businessman. He previously appeared in films like The Little Vampire and The Thief Lord. They all are pretty close to each other.
Weeks Made Her Acting Debut With Her Older Sister at the age 7
Perdita Weeks scored her first role at the age of seven playing Judith Killan in the TV mini-series Goggle-Eyes along with her sister Honeysuckle Weeks in 1993. The sisters reunited yet again in an adaptation of the Catherine Cookson novel, Rag Nymph. They portrayed older and younger versions of the main role, Millie.
Later on, Weeks became part of movies and TV shows like Spice World, The Prince and the Pauper, and Midsomer Murders. She gained early popularity portraying the recurring role of Marty Boleyn in the television series, The Tudors (2007-08).
In 2009, the entertainer appeared in projects like Four Seasons, Junction, and Lewish. Furthermore, she played Eliza Meyer in the mini-series The Promise (2010-11).
Perdita’s Breakthrough came with the Role of Juliet Higgins in Magnum P.I.
Perdita Weeks snagged the first role in the feature film The Invisible Woman (2013) playing the role of Maria Ternan. Her other big projects are As Above, So Below (2014), and Ready Player One (2018).
The entertainment personality gained wide attention with the highly acclaimed role of Juliet Higgins in the drama TV series, Magnum P.I. She has appeared in the project since 2018. Her character is a former MI6 agent who protects the Hawaiian estate owned by author Robin Masters and native Hawaiian Kumu Tuileta, the estate’s cultural curator.
Other cast members of Magnum are Jay Hernandez, Zachary Knighton, Stephen Hill, and more.
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Besides, Perdita also provided a voice in Du Lac & Fey: Dance of Death.
Who Is Perdita Weeks Husband? Is She Married To Kit Frederiksen?
Perdita Weeks has kept her love life totally out of the public glare. She has yet to come out with any of her relationships publically.
But several tabloids reported that the actress has been married to Kit Frederiksen since October 2012. Sources even say the rumored couple has twin sons Rupert Sebastian Frederiksen and Humphrey Carrington Frederiksen.
However, the above-mentioned reports are totally false as Kit is not Perdita’s husband. The actress clearly denied all the vague rumors via Tweet. She wrote,
“When you have to spend your Monday morning reporting the myriad false mentions on the internet of your “husband” and “children”. You’d think I would remember getting married and birthing twin boys…” Perdita ended the post with the hashtag “#oldfakenews.”
Therefore, it is quite clear Weeks isn’t in any kind of matrimonial relationship. Many tabloids have also added a picture of Weeks’ husband, however, all of them are fake as well. All of the pictures are of Weeks’ As Above, So Below co-star Ben Feldman.
Besides, Ben is married to Michelle Mulitz for around seven years. The couple has two kids together.
Ben Feldman played Perdita Weeks’ ex-boyfriend in As Above, So Below
Perdita Weeks played Scarlett Marlowe, a very accomplished scholar while Ben Feldman portrayed George, Scarlett’s ex-bae, and an Aramaic translator in the horror movie As Above, So Below (2014).
Perdita Weeks and Ben Feldman on the movie As Above, So BelowThe movie turned out to be commercially successful as it grossed over $40 million at the box office against the $5 million budget. The movie also starred Edwin Hodge and François Civil.
Who is Perdita Weeks dating?
Perdita Weeks has kept her personal details very much on the down-low. It’s been over two and a half-decade that the actress is active on the field but never openly talked about her boyfriend and relationship.
Due to her tendency to keep things to herself, it is hard to confirm if Weeks is dating anyone or not.
What is Perdita Weeks’ Net Worth?
According to some sources, Perdita Weeks has a net worth of $1 million. Her acting career is the major driving force in her journey to a millionaire.
Weeks currently resides in her house in London.
Other Facts of Perdita Including Her Workout Routine
- While in her house in the U.K., Weeks does a lot of bodyweight training.
- She practices Bikram yoga as well as hits the gym on a regular basis.
- On the other side, the actress is an avid animal lover who has a cute cat and a few puppies too.
- She loves to travel.
- Perdita is also active on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook with a good fan following.
- Her age is 36 as of 2022.
- She stands at 5 ft 4 inches (1.63 m) in height.