Susan Vidler
- Actress
Susan Vidler was born in Scotland but spent five years of her childhood
in South Africa, before returning home to complete her education at
Prestonlodge High School, Prestonpans in East Lothian and then going on
to study acting at the Welsh College of Music and Drama. Stagework
followed, including the theatrical version of "Trainspotting", in which
she played the junkie mum "Alison", a role she repeated in the film
adaptation, Trainspotting (1996).
In 1997, she appeared in a short film - also about drug addicts -
entitled
California Sunshine (1997),
directed by David Mackenzie and
starring his brother,
Alastair Mackenzie. Susan and
Alistair became an item shortly afterwards and have a daughter named
Martha and a son named Freddy. They live in London.