Jenna Coleman

Jenna Coleman

37 · Born: Apr 27, 1986

2022
2021
2018
2016

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Born Apr 27, 1986 Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK
Parents
  • Karen Coleman
  • Keith Coleman

Biography

Jenna-Louise Coleman, since 2013 credited as Jenna Coleman, is an English actress. She is known for her roles as Jasmine Thomas in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale (2005–2009), Clara Oswald in the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who (2012–2015, 2017), Queen Victoria in the ITV period drama Victoria (2016–2019), Joanna Lindsay in the crime miniseries The Cry (2018), and Marie-Andrée Leclerc in the crime miniseries The Serpent (2021). She landed the part of Jasmine Thomas in Emmerdale in 2005 and, for it, she was nominated for the "Best Newcomer" award at British Soap Awards in 2007, and at the National Television Awards in 2006, she was nominated for the "Most Popular Newcomer" award. She received a nomination for the "Best Actress" award from the TV Choice Awards. In 2011, she made her feature film debut in Captain America: The First Avenger. She played Susan Brown in a BBC Four television adaptation of the John Braine novel Room at the Top in 2012. Also in 2012, she landed the part of Annie Desmond in a mini-series Titanic. She provided the voice for the character Melia in the English dub of the 2011 video game Xenoblade Chronicles. In 2012, she was cast as Rosie in Dancing on the Edge. She starred as Lydia Wickham in the adaptation of Death Comes to Pemberley (2013). She made a surprise appearance on Doctor Who in the first episode of the seventh series as Oswin Oswald, a guest character, but she debuted as a series regular in the Christmas special episode "The Snowmen" as Clara Oswin Oswald. She plays eleventh's and twelve's Doctor companion until 2015. In 2016, she starred in ITV's drama Victoria.

Career

2024
Jackdaw
Jackdaw as Bo
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2023
Klokkenluider
Klokkenluider as Flo
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Wilderness
Wilderness as Liv
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2022
The Sandman
The Sandman as Lady Johanna Constantine
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2021
Billion Pound Bond Street
Billion Pound Bond Street as Narrator
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The Serpent
The Serpent as Marie-Andrée Leclerc
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2020
Inside No. 9
Inside No. 9 as Beattie
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2019
Corporate Monster
Corporate Monster as Ellen
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National Theatre Live: All My Sons
National Theatre Live: All My Sons as Ann Deever
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2018
The Cry
The Cry as Joanna
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2017
Doctor Who
Doctor Who as Clara Oswald
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2016
Me Before You
Me Before You as Katrina 'Treena' Clark
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Victoria
Victoria as Queen Victoria
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2015
Doctor Who
Doctor Who as Clara Oswald
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Thunderbirds Are Go
Thunderbirds Are Go as Baines (voice)
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2014
Doctor Who
Doctor Who as Clara Oswald
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2013
Doctor Who
Doctor Who as Clara Oswald
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Doctor Who
Doctor Who as Clara Oswald
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Doctor Who at the Proms
Doctor Who
Doctor Who as Clara Oswald
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Doctor Who: Farewell to Matt Smith
Dancing on the Edge
Dancing on the Edge as Rosie Williams
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Death Comes to Pemberley
Death Comes to Pemberley as Lydia Wickham
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2012
Doctor Who
Doctor Who as Clara Oswin Oswald
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Titanic
Titanic as Annie Desmond
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Room at the Top
Room at the Top as Susan Brown
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Doctor Who
Doctor Who as Oswin Oswald
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2009
Waterloo Road
Waterloo Road as Lindsay James
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1972
Emmerdale
Emmerdale as Jasmine Thomas
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2014
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion
Doctor Who Extra
Doctor Who Extra
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2013
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide
Doctor Who Explained
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor