Patricia Hodge was born on September 29, 1946 in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, England, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for The Elephant Man (1980), Miranda (2009) and The Falklands Play (2002). She was previously married to Peter Douglas Owen.
She was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2017 Queen's Birthday Honours List for her services to drama. She is an actress in London, England.
She was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 2000 (1999 season) for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in "Money", a production at the Royal National Theatre, Olivier Stage.
Has two sons with her now late husband Peter Douglas Owen - Alexander Richard Charles Owen (b. March 1989) and Edward Frederick James Owen (b. January 1992).
Born in Cleethorpes, she grew up in Grimsby, where her parents ran a hotel.
Two years after leaving drama school she was cast in the London production of the Broadway hit musical Pippin with Paul Jones.
I think theatre, at the end of the day, that's what is the centre of us. You learn more through theatre than anything else. Then I think you bring that to the screen. So that's the real learning ground.