Jenna Coleman

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Jenna Coleman (2016)

Jenna-Louise Coleman (born April 27, 1986 in Blackpool , Lancashire ) is a British actress .

life and career

In her hometown, Coleman attended Free Arnold School , where she was Head Girl . She played there u. a. with a theater company and won an award at the Edinburgh Festival .

She gained fame primarily through her role as Jasmine Thomas in the British soap opera Emmerdale . 2007 she was rewarded at the British Soap Awards as Best Newcomer and at the National Television Awards as a popular newcomer nominated. In 2009 she played the role of Lindsay James in the BBC drama Waterloo Road .

In 2011 she made her movie - debut in Action - science fiction film Captain America: The First Avenger . This was followed by other roles such as Annie Desmond in the mini-series Titanic or Susan Brown in the BBC-Four - TV movie Room at the Top .

From 2012 to 2015, she played in the seventh, eighth and ninth seasons of the British cult science fiction series Doctor Who on the side of the 11th and 12th Doctor (played by Matt Smith and Peter Capaldi ) the role of Clara Oswald .

For Christmas 2013, BBC One aired an adaptation of PD James ' Death Comes To Pemberley , in which Coleman played the role of Lydia Wickham .

Since 2016 she played the lead role of Queen Victoria in the series Victoria ; this year she was z. B. can also be seen in the film adaptation of Jojo Moye's novel A Whole Half a Year . In 2018 she plays u. A. the "Joanna" in the British-Australian co-production The Cry .

From 2011 to 2016 Coleman was in a relationship with actor Richard Madden .

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Commons : Jenna Coleman  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. Daphne Lockyer: Jenna Coleman on playing Queen Victoria: 'We certainly don't shy away from the fire and the passion' . In: The Telegraph . August 21, 2016, ISSN  0307-1235 ( telegraph.co.uk [accessed July 20, 2018]).
  2. ^ Christian Junklewitz: Doctor Who: Asylum of the Daleks - Review. Serienjunkies.de , September 2, 2012, accessed on September 3, 2012 .
  3. BBC: Jenna Coleman to Star in Death Comes To Pemberley. bbc.co.uk, June 18, 2013, accessed June 28, 2013 .
  4. ^ Team serial junkies: biography Jenna-Louise Coleman. Serienjunkies.de, accessed on June 27, 2013 .
  5. JJ Anisiobi: When sci-fi meets fantasy. dailymail.co.uk, May 19, 2013, accessed June 27, 2013 .