Aitken was born in Dublin, Ireland, the daughter of Sir William Aitken, a Conservative MP, and Penelope Aitken, whose father was John Maffey, 1st Baron Rugby. Her grandfather was the UK Representative to Ireland (1939–49). She is a great-niece of newspaper magnate and war-time minister Lord Beaverbrook, and sister to former Conservative cabinet minister Jonathan Aitken. She attended Riddlesworth Hall Preparatory School in Norfolk, Sherborne Schoo...
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A Fish Called Wanda
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Jinnah
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Mary, Queen of Scots
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The Grotesque
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Bedroom Farce
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The Fool
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Half Moon Street
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Out of the Trees
Asylum
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Dare To Dream: The Making of Jinnah
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Some Girls Do
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Don't Be Silly
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