Who is Alex Fern’s wife, Jennifer Woodburne? Know about his bio, Wiki and more

Who is Alex Fern’s wife, Jennifer Woodburne? Know about his bio, Wiki and more
The romance between Alex Ferns and his wife Jennifer Woodburne began in the 1990s. More than 20 years have passed since the couple started dating.

Born in Lennoxtown, East Dumbartonshire, Ferns played the villainous Trevor Morgan in the BBC soap opera from 2000 to 2002. Later, in the BBC Scotland series River City, he returned on soap operas as Rick Harper.

Alex’s celebrity rose in 2019 when he received a Scottish BAFTA for his portrayal of the brave miner’s leader Glukhov in the hit television series Chernobyl.

The action movie The Wrath of Man’s Sticky John, a psychotic killer and Fortico security guard, stands out as one of Alex Ferns’ most memorable roles to date, despite playing a variety of on-screen characters.

Jennifer Woodburne: Who is she?

While working on Tarzan: The Epic Adventures in 1996, Alex Ferns first met his future wife Jennifer Woodburne. They worked together for a while before quickly becoming friends.

Later, they admitted their love and started dating. In the mid-1990s, Alex spooked Woodburne with a marriage proposal. So she replied, “Yes,” to him.

The couple exchanged vows in 1996 in London, England. The majority of their friends and close relatives attended their wedding ceremony, which was held at The Gibson Hall.

The couple has always chosen to live private lives, so not many details about them are accessible. In addition, in their long-term marriage, they have never been the subject of scandal.

Jennifer has been very supportive of her husband’s career and has even attended some of his movie premieres.

Who is Jennifer Woodburne?

Jennifer is a South African actress best known for her role as Tarzan in the action-adventure series Tarzan: The Epic Adventures. She is also known for her role in the science fiction suspense film Modified.

She grew up in South Africa, where she was born in the 1960s. Woodburne also holds dual citizenship with South Africa and Scotland. Her parents are from South Africa.

Early on, Woodburne discovered a deep interest in performing. When she was eight years old, she started acting in plays. She later became fascinated with movies and television shows, which inspired her to pursue a career as an actor.

Do Alex Ferns and Jennifer Woodburne have children?

When Cameron Ferns, their first child, was born in 1999, the couple had been married for two years. They made news of the birth of their second son in 2000. Woodburne later gave birth to Mackenzie Ferns, their second child, in 2001.

Rugby is a sport that both boys enjoy, and the younger one also likes kickboxing. According to Alex, Cameron wants to be a doctor. Like Alex, Mackenzie will work between 10 and 15 hours a week at Barlinnie or the SAS.

The family, with their lovely children, has a happy life in London, England. They also love animals and usually participate in animal welfare activities.

Alex is the type of artist who likes to keep a low profile. Using social media is now considered normal practice in the entertainment industry. But Alex doesn’t seem concerned with developing an online presence.

In 2019, Alex Ferns admitted that he was scared at his family’s home in Cape Town, South Africa, by a pack of rabid baboons. The Scottish actor, his wife Jennifer Woodburne and their two sons have lived in South Africa since 2017.

The troublesome primates, who live in the adjacent mountain area, often visit Alex’s house and cause chaos.

He bought two Alsatians for protection, according to the Daily Star, but he stated that even the dogs have trouble repelling the primates. In response to Alex’s annoyance, his neighbors gathered to monitor the area and shoot paintball pellets at the pesky baboons.

The famous person even joked that he is now doing his best to spend as much time as possible outside of his hometown.

Childhood and family of Alex Ferns

To provide for the family, Robert, his father, an electrician, and Margaret, his mother, a psychic medium, had to work on oil rigs in Lennoxtown, a town next to Glasgow.

He is the oldest of the three children in his family. When Ferns was 12 years old, his family moved to South Africa and settled in the northern Transvaal.

When a power station was built, the family moved to Secunda, where Ferns’ father worked as an electrician. After graduating from university, he joined the South African Defense Force and served there from 1987 to 1989.

He later continued his theater studies at the University of Cape Town. In the mid-1990s, he returned to the UK and began an acting career.

His appearances include the dentist in Little Shop of Horrors, the ‘tapeworm’ (a hallucination) in ID, and the national tour of Agatha Christie’s crime novel And Then There Were None in 2008. ID is a play about Dimitri Tsafendas and his murder to South African Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd.

In the 2011 Scottish tour of The Hardman, a play based on his life, he portrayed Scottish criminal Jimmy Boyle to cheer.

Alex spent five years in treatment after being negatively affected by his father’s death in a car accident in 1998.

Career of Alex Ferns

Ferns was playing Romeo and Juliet with the Royal Shakespeare Company in Oban when his father Robert died. A year earlier, Ferns and his wife Jennifer had recently tied the knot in the town of Argyll. The tragic irony does not escape him.

The accident happened thousands of miles away in South Africa. He died at the age of 49. Alex claimed that he and his father did not get along. He said in an interview, “It was a challenge. But I still loved him.”

Ferns landed the role of Trevor in EastEnders in 2000 while he was undergoing rehabilitation. The story of the typecast actor is well known, despite the possibility that Ferns will write the definitive book about it. His breakout in a TV soap as a villain nearly ended his acting career.

Alex is known for his EastEnders role as a woman who beats Trevor Morgan

The character of Trevor Morgan from EastEnders, played by Alex Ferns, is one of the most famous antagonists in the soap opera annals. It features Trevor and Little Mo, a beloved Walford character, and is one of the most dramatic Christmas soap operas ever seen on our screens.

People were shocked when the drama came to a head over the Christmas dinner in 2001. In one episode, Little Mo, played by Kacey Ainsworth, was late for Christmas dinner and Trevor lost control and started behaving violently.

Trevor slammed his wife’s face against a bowl of turkey and gravy after he threatened her. However, on New Year’s Eve, while Pauline Fowler was keeping an eye on Louise, Trevor stopped by her house and asked for a reunion. Little Mo ended up being too overwhelmed by this.

Little Mo rejected Trevor’s sneaky tactics when he tried to attack her. In self-defense, she grabbed a nearby iron and hit it on the head.

Little Mo panicked and ran away from home, convinced she had killed him. However, when Sarah and her sisters arrived at the house, Trevor’s body was gone. Before notifying the police of the attempted murder of his wife, the criminal managed to fall into a nearby alley.

When Little Mo returned to Albert Square, Trevor tried to kill her by setting fire to their house, but he and one of their neighbors died in the process.

After leaving the BBC1 soap, Alex played Lieutenant Gordon in the critically acclaimed film Joyeux Noel. The BAFTAs, Golden Globes and Oscars all nominated the film for Best Foreign Language Film.

He also made a fleeting appearance in the Tom Hardy films Legend (2015) and Shadow Man (2006). He also had a brief cameo in the 2009 Smirnoff Vodka ad.

Ferns took part in the Celebrity Coach Trip TV show with her boyfriend Ricky Groves. He played Luther in the 2011 London production of South Pacific and its accompanying UK tour.

In Glasgow’s Citizen’s Theater 2013 True West performance, he played Lee. In 2014, he was a cast member of 24: Live Another Day. In episode 4 (“The Sea Glass”) of Vera series 6 on ITV in 2016, Ferns portrayed Michael Quinn. He also portrayed Axel Hedeman in episode 1 of BBC’s fourth season of Wallander.

He played the role of Andrei Glukhov, the miner’s commander in Tula, in the 2019 HBO drama Chernobyl. For this portrayal, he received a BAFTA Scotland Award for Best Actor in Television.

Quick Facts

First and last name	Alexander Ferns
Profession	Actor
Date of birth	October 13, 1968 (age 53)
Age	53 years old
Birthplace	Lennoxtown, East Dumbartonshire, Scotland
Nationality	British
years active	1993-present
Education	University of Cape Town
Famous for	Trevor Morgan in EastEnders
Marital status	Married
Female	Jennifer Woodburne ​(1996-present)​
Children	2
Zodiac sign	Scale

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