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 School for Girls in Dorset
A Fish Called Wanda
⭐ 7.206Jinnah
⭐ 7.1Mary, Queen of Scots
⭐ 6.7The Grotesque
⭐ 5.4Bedroom Farce
⭐ 6The Fool
⭐ 7Half Moon Street
⭐ 5.1Fierce Creatures
⭐ 6.166Out of the Trees
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⭐ 5.8Dare To Dream: The Making of Jinnah
⭐ 0Whinfrey's Last Case
⭐ 0Some Girls Do
⭐ 5.9Don't Be Silly
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