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Jenna Coleman

Born · April 27, 1986 (38 years old)

Known For: Acting

Place of Birth: Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK

Bio

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.

Known for

5.8

2023

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

(1 episode)

2.7

2022

The Sandman

Johanna Constantine · (2 episodes)

7.9

2022

The Sandman

Self · (1 episode)

7.9

2022

The Sandman

Lady Johanna Constantine · (1 episode)

7.9

2022

Billion Pound Bond Street

Narrator

4.0

2021

The Serpent

Marie-Andrée Leclerc · (8 episodes)

7.5

2021

A Separate Peace

Self / Nurse Maggie Coates

0.0

2020

Corporate Monster

Ellen

7.4

2019

National Theatre Live: All My Sons

Ann Deever

8.5

2019

The Cry

Joanna · (4 episodes)

6.6

2018

Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time

Clara Oswald

8.0

2017

Victoria

Queen Victoria · (24 episodes)

2013

Dancing on the Edge

Rosie Williams · (1 episode)

6.6

2013

Dancing on the Edge

Rosie · (4 episodes)

6.6

2013

The Last Leg

Self · (1 episode)

5.3

2013

Doctor Who: The Snowmen

Clara Oswin Oswald

7.7

2012

Control

0.0

Room at the Top

Susan Brown · (2 episodes)

6.9

2012

Titanic

Annie Desmond · (4 episodes)

5.9

2012

Captain America: The First Avenger

Connie

7.0

2011

The Inspiration of Alfie Swincross

Anne Holiday

0.0

The Graham Norton Show

Self · (1 episode)

7.2

2007

Waterloo Road

Lindsay James · (20 episodes)

7.2

2006

Doctor Who

Self · (2 episodes)

7.5

2005

Doctor Who

Clara Oswald · (42 episodes)

7.5

2005

Doctor Who

Oswin Oswald · (1 episode)

7.5

2005

An Audience with...

Self · (1 episode)

5.3

1978

Emmerdale

Jasmine Thomas · (3446 episodes)

4.1

1972

The War Rooms

Joan Bright · (0 episode)

0.0