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Jenna Coleman

Actress / Film Actress / Television Actress / Stage Actress / Voice Actress / Video Game Actress | * 04/27/1986 (37) | Blackpool, Lancashire, England (United Kingdom (UK))
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Jenna-Louise Coleman (born 27 April 1986) is an English actress. She began her career in television, making her acting debut as Jasmine Thomas in the soap opera Emmerdale in 2005, followed by a recurring role in the BBC school-based drama series Waterloo Road (2009). She made her film debut with a small role in the American superhero film Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), and made appearances on diverse British period miniseries, including Titanic (2012), and Death Comes to Pemberley (2013). Coleman's breakthrough came with the role of Clara Oswald, companion to the Doctor, in the BBC One's science-fiction series Doctor Who. She appeared as a regular character between 2012 and 2015, with a small cameo in 2017. She next starred as Queen Victoria in the period drama ()
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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.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Science Fiction | Documentaries

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Movies with Jenna Coleman as Actress(26)

as Bo2024 Jackdaw
as Flo2023 Klokkenluider
as Self / Nurse Maggie Coates2020 A Separate Peace
as Ellen2019 Corporate Monster
as Clara Oswald2017 Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time
as Katrina 'Treena' Clark2016 Me Before You
as Clara Oswald2014 Doctor Who: Last Christmas
as Self / Clara Oswald (archive footage)2014 Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion
as Clara Oswald2014 Doctor Who: Deep Breath
as herself2013 Doctor Who Explained
as Clara Oswin Oswald2012 Doctor Who: The Snowmen

TV Shows/Series with Jenna Coleman as Actress(19)

as Joan Bright2024 The War Rooms
as Liv2023 Wilderness
as Marie-Andrée Leclerc2021 The Serpent
as Joanna2018 The Cry
as Queen Victoria2016 Victoria
as Baines (voice)2015 Thunderbirds Are Go!
as Beattie2014 Inside No. 9
as Rosie Williams2013 Dancing on the Edge
as Rosie2013 Dancing on the Edge
as Annie Desmond2012 Titanic
as Susan Brown2012 Room at the Top
as herself2007 The Graham Norton Show
as Lindsay James2006 Waterloo Road
as Clara Oswald2005 Doctor Who
as herself2005 Doctor Who
as Oswin Oswald2005 Doctor Who
as herself??? An Audience with...
as Jasmine Thomas??? Emmerdale

TV Shows/Series with Jenna Coleman as Crew(1)

Production/Executive Producer2024 The War Rooms

Additional Information

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Full Name: Jenna Louise Coleman
Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Sunday, 04/27 1986 (April) in Blackpool, Lancashire, England (United Kingdom (UK)) (current age: 37 years + 358 days)
Zodiac sign: Taurus (Chinese zodiac sign: Tiger)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Arnold School
Other names for Jenna Coleman (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Jenna-Louise Coleman"
"제나 콜먼"
"珍娜·科尔曼"
"ジェナ・ルイーズ・コールマン"
Jenna Coleman frequently works together with these people:
Steven Moffat (25x, Crew)
Paul Kasey (20x, Actor)
Nicholas Briggs (18x, Actor)
David Tennant (13x, Actor)
Reece Shearsmith (12x, Actor)
Steve Pemberton (12x, Actor)
Matt Smith (11x, Actor)
Peter Capaldi (9x, Actor)
Brian Minchin (9x, Crew)
Dan Starkey (9x, Actor)
Murray Gold (9x, Crew)
Peter Davison (8x, Actor)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:8951, Added: 05/06/2018, Last updated: 04/04/2024