Biography Of Jenna Coleman

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Coleman at the 2015 San Diego Comic Con
Born	Jenna-Louise Coleman 27 April 1986 (age 39) Blackpool, Lancashire, England
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1996 2004–present
Partners	Richard Madden (2011–2015) Tom Hughes (2016–2020) Jamie Childs (2020–present)
Children	1

Jenna-Louise Coleman

(born 27 April 1986) is an English actress. She began her television career by playing Jasmine Thomas in the soap opera Emmerdale from 2005 to 2009, 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 Eleventh and Twelfth incarnations of the Doctor, in the BBC One 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 Victoria (2016–2019), and led the crime miniseries The Cry (2018) and The Serpent (2021). In 2022, she portrayed Johanna Constantine in the Netflix fantasy drama series The Sandman. Coleman's other film appearances include Neil Maskell's dark comedy Klokkenluider (2022), and Jamie Childs' thriller Jackdaw (2023).

On stage, Coleman has appeared as Ann Deever in the 2019's revival of Arthur Miller's All My Sons. She made her West End debut, starring in the 2023's revival of Sam Steiner's Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons, alongside Aidan Turner.

She has received various accolades, including nominations for an International Emmy Award, as well as for the BAFTA Cymru and BAFTA Scotland Awards.

Coleman has also appeared as a voice actress in video games, notably voicing Melia Antiqua in the Xenoblade Chronicles franchise

Early life and education

Jenna-Louise Coleman was born in Blackpool on 27 April 1986 the daughter of Karen and Keith Coleman. Her father is a joiner and fitter of bar and restaurant interiors. She has an older brother named Ben, also a joiner. Coleman is of English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish ancestry. Her grandmother reportedly named her after the character of Jenna Wade from the American TV series Dallas.

She attended Arnold School in Blackpool, where she was head girl. At age 10, she performed in a professional production of Summer Holiday at the Blackpool Opera House.^[11]^[7]^[12] While at school, she was a member of the theatre company In Yer Space, with whom she performed in the play Crystal Clear at the Edinburgh Festival. She won an award for her performance, and the play was also received favourably. She was offered a place to study English at the University of York, but turned it down in order to accept the role of Jasmine Thomas in the soap opera Emmerdale

Mnini bio

Jenna Coleman is best known for her BAFTA-nominated performance as Clara in 'Doctor Who' and for playing the title role in ITV's Emmy-nominated series 'Victoria'. She was most recently seen in a lead role as Marie-Andrée Leclerc in the dark crime drama 'The Serpent' for BBC and Netflix opposite Tahar Rahim, and in the critically acclaimed miniseries 'The Cry' for the BBC/Sundance. On-stage, she was most recently seen at The Old Vic in 'All My Sons' alongside Bill Pullman and Sally Field. Upcoming is Neil Maskell's feature debut 'Klokkenluider' and Warner Brothers'/Netflix anticipated series, 'The Sandman' as Johanna Constantine

Trivia

Her grandmother named her after the character Jenna Wade played by Priscilla Presley on the 1980s TV drama 'Dallas'.
In an interview with Gerard Gilbert of The Independent (UK newspaper), she said of the name change from Jenna-Louise to Jenna, "The boring truth is that people have never really called me Jenna-Louise and I just found it very strange because I started to do more interviews and go places where people I didn't know kept calling me Jenna-Louise. It sounded odd to me.".
Voted Best Female Guest Star for Season 7A for Asylum of The Daleks by readers of Doctor Who Magazine.
While auditioning for Doctor Who, the code name that was used was Men on Waves, an anagram for Woman Seven.
Was hired by Steven Moffat for Doctor Who because she can talk faster than Matt Smith.
Skipped drama school after she was chosen to play Jasmine Thomas in Emmerdale.
She is the paternal granddaughter of Geoffrey Coleman and Marion Salthouse and the maternal granddaughter of Michael Morris.
Is friends with Perdita Weeks, Sammy Windward, Dianna Agron, Matt Smith, Peter Capaldi, Rufus Sewell, Margaret Clunie, and Tahar Rahim.

Daughter of Keith Coleman and Karen Morris. She also has an older brother, Benjamin Coleman.

When was Jenna-louise Coleman born?

Sunday, April 27, 1986

What is the nationality of Jenna-louise Coleman?

This data is not available.

Jenna-louise Coleman's Character horoscope

Jenna-louise Coleman are a very practical person and equally capable. Jenna-louise Coleman are very tidy by nature, Jenna-louise Coleman love order and are methodical. It is even possible that these qualities are too highly developed in Jenna-louise Coleman, and it may be that while attending to minute details, Jenna-louise Coleman lose some of the larger opportunities of life.Jenna-louise Coleman are sensitive and generous. Were Jenna-louise Coleman to hear of a case of want or somebody in dire distress, it is unthinkable that Jenna-louise Coleman would pass by and not hold out a helping hand.Jenna-louise Coleman are a hesitant person. Though Jenna-louise Coleman have the qualities for making Jenna-louise Coleman's way in the world and it is within Jenna-louise Coleman's powers to climb high up the ladder of success, the necessary qualities to carry Jenna-louise Coleman through and while Jenna-louise Coleman are wondering some more pushing but less well-equipped person steps into Jenna-louise Coleman's place. Therefore do not think much of Jenna-louise Coleman's mythical limitations. Take it for granted that Jenna-louise Coleman will succeed and Jenna-louise Coleman will.Jenna-louise Coleman are calculative and realistic. Jenna-louise Coleman always want to achieve something. There is some deep desire burning in Jenna-louise Coleman's heart to achieve something. This makes Jenna-louise Coleman restless at times. However, Jenna-louise Coleman will always have proud on Jenna-louise Coleman's achievements.

Jenna-louise Coleman's Happiness and Fulfillment horoscope

Jenna-louise Coleman have the ability to seeing through anything or anyone, so it is very difficult to hide anything from Jenna-louise Coleman. This clarity of insight assists in the overcoming of opposition and the achievement of satisfaction. Jenna-louise Coleman have a quick grasp of any situation and the ability to solve any problem, for Jenna-louise Coleman go directly to the point.Jenna-louise Coleman stick to Jenna-louise Coleman's aim and do not feel pressured easily. Jenna-louise Coleman will be renowned as a great intellectual in the society because of the knowledge and education Jenna-louise Coleman have pursued. Even if Jenna-louise Coleman renounce the other aspects of life, Jenna-louise Coleman should not abandon Jenna-louise Coleman's knowledge. This priority will keep Jenna-louise Coleman ahead of others in life. Jenna-louise Coleman will receive the guidance of many learned people which will benefit Jenna-louise Coleman's studies. The knowledge Jenna-louise Coleman have acquired is an innate talent, which is why Jenna-louise Coleman should try to imbibe some of it in Jenna-louise Coleman's personal life in the process of becoming a better human being. The urge to acquire knowledge will keep Jenna-louise Coleman at the top and Jenna-louise Coleman will be listed among great intellectuals. Sometimes, Jenna-louise Coleman's education can remain at stake because of Jenna-louise Coleman's independent attitude, which is why Jenna-louise Coleman should try to reform this aspect of Jenna-louise Coleman's personality.

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005–2009	Emmerdale	Jasmine Thomas	Main cast (180 episodes)
2009	Waterloo Road	Lindsay James	Main cast (series 5)
2012	Titanic	Annie Desmond	Main cast, miniseries
2012	Room at the Top	Susan Brown	Main cast, miniseries
2012–2017	Doctor Who	Clara Oswald^[b]	Guest (2 episodes – series 7, 10), Main cast (series 7–9)
2013	Dancing on the Edge	Rosie Williams	2 episodes
	The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot	Jenna Coleman	TV movie
	Death Comes to Pemberley	Lydia Wickham	Main cast, miniseries
2016	Thunderbirds Are Go	Baines (voice)	Episode: "Earthbreaker"
2016–2019	Victoria	Queen Victoria	Title role
2018	The Cry	Joanna Lindsay	Main cast, miniseries
2020	Inside No. 9	Beattie	Episode: "Death Be Not Proud"
2021	The Serpent	Marie-Andrée Leclerc	Main cast, miniseries
2021	Billion Pound Bond Street	Narrator	Documentary
2022	The Sandman	Lady Johanna Constantine / Modern-day Johanna Constantine^[d]	Recurring role (season 1)
2023	Wilderness	Liv Taylor	Main cast, miniseries
2024	The Jetty	Ember Manning	Main cast; also executive producer