
Jeannette "Jeany" Spark is an English actress, known for portraying Linda Wallander in the British television series Wallander. The actress has also had significant roles in the comedy series Man Down and the drama series The Interceptor.
Spark studied English literature at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, graduating with a First-Class Honours degree in 2004. She then trained as an actress at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, graduating in 2007.
In 2008, Spark played schoolteacher Mercy Chant in the BBC adaptation of Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D’Urbervilles. Spark also took on the role of Linda Wallander, the daughter of the titular character in the BBC One drama Wallander.
In 2011, Spark portrayed Joan Malin in the television drama film Hattie. In 2013, she took the role of the deputy headmistress, Emma, in Man Down, the Channel 4 comedy series. The show lasted for four series.
Spark plays the role of Detective Inspector Kate Gemmill in the 2015 BBC drama The Interceptor. In 2016, Spark joined the cast of the ITV drama Jericho.
In 2017, Spark took the lead role in the Theatr Clwyd's production of Skylight, a play by David Hare. In 2019, she appeared for the Royal Shakespeare Company in Crooked Dances, a new play by Robin French, as the character Katy Porlock.
In 2018, she appeared as Captain Sandrine Shaw in the BBC Two miniseries Collateral. In 2020, Spark was cast as Kate in the Channel 4 drama I Am Hannah starring Gemma Chan.
Known For

By the Throat
Amy
2025

Moonflower Murders
Samantha Collins · (3 episodes)
2024

Portraits of Dangerous Women
Steph
2024

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
Commander of the South · (2 episodes)
2022

Van der Valk
Anouk Prinsens · (1 episode)
2020

I Am...
Kate · (1 episode)
2019

Collateral
CPT Sandrine Shaw · (4 episodes)
2018

Sump
Sally
2017

Born to Kill
Lauren · (4 episodes)
2017

The Crown
Birt's Assistant · (1 episode)
2016

The Escape Artist
Tara · (3 episodes)
2013

Man Down
Emma · (24 episodes)
2013
Showreel
Grace
2012

A Touch of Cloth
Gemma · (2 episodes)
2012

Line of Duty
Claire Tindell · (1 episode)
2012

Red Lights
Traci Northrop
2012

Black Mirror
Camilla · (1 episode)
2011

Shirley
Juhni Sullivan
2011

Vera
Agnes Lennox · (1 episode)
2011

Hattie
Joan Malin
2011

Sherlock
Homeless Girl · (1 episode)
2010

Wallander
Linda Wallander · (12 episodes)
2008

Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Mercy Chant · (3 episodes)
2008