“They say it’s the woman’s prerogative to change her mind,” wrote award-winning author Holly Schindler. Yet when it comes to British beauty Bridget Hodson, it’s a woman’s prerogative to change her name. The English actress was billed as Biddy Hodson from 1983 to 2004. But has since gone with her given name. No matter what moniker she chooses to use, Mr. Skin calls her hot! The blonde ingénue made her boob tube debut in the TV movie St. Ursula’s in Danger (1983). During the 1990s, she guest starred on several small screen shows (Cracker, Soldier Soldier, Heartbeat) shot across the pond. Biddy also thrilled cinephiles when she appeared in the R-rated thriller Loaded (1994). Although the film stars Catherine McCormack and Thandie Newton, Bid’s big breasts were the real scene stealers. In fact, when she reveals her rack in the sack, Loaded could make audience members unload! Next, art imitated life when Ms. Hodson portrayed an actress in the biopic Wilde (1997) and in the fantasy flick Bedazzled (2000). Whether on film (Beginner’s Luck) or on TV (Casualty, Doctors, The Mystery of Men), Bridget never failed to please. Indeed, she’s best known to Brits for playing Elaine in the miniseries The Mists of Avalon (2001). But Americans are more likely to recognize her as Ilsa Haupstein from the action movie Hellboy (2004). Alas, the last we saw of Bridget was when she was cast as Captain Marian Price in the sci-fi classic Doctor Who (2008). Apparently, it’s a woman’s prerogative to disappear.
