Jaime Winstone

Jaime Winstone
Jaime Winstone in 2008
Born	Jaime Margaret Winstone 6 May 1985 Camden, London, United Kingdom
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2004–present

Jaime Margaret Winstone (born 6 May 1985) is a British actress, known for playing Becky in the film Kidulthood, and playing Kelly in the E4 horror series Dead Set and Lauren in the Sky 1 sitcom 'After Hours'.

Biography

Early life

Winstone was born in Camden, north London.^[1] She is the daughter of actor Ray Winstone and his wife Elaine McCausland. She has two sisters, Lois (born 1982), the eldest, who is a singer and sometime actress, and a younger sister, Ellie (born 2001). Jaime grew up in Enfield, north London, where she occasionally attended Enfield County School,^[2] a local state school. Her family later moved to Roydon, Essex where she attended Burnt Mill School in Harlow, Essex before going on to study for a BTEC National Diploma in Performing Arts at the performing arts department of Harlow College, Essex. She studied briefly at drama school, before dropping out to pursue her acting career in movies such as Anuvahood and Kidulthood.

Film career

Winstone's credits include the films Bullet Boy (2004), Daddy's Girl, Kidulthood (both 2006) and Donkey Punch (2008), the television series M.I.T.:Murder Investigation Team, Vincent (alongside her father), Totally Frank, Goldplated and Dead Set and a short film called Love Letters. She was cast in a BBC pilot Phoo Action, but a planned series was cancelled just as filming was about to start.

Winstone sings backing vocals for her sister Lois' band. As an actress she has appeared in the music video for The Streets' single "When You Wasn't Famous", The Twang's single "Two Lovers", and Hercules and Love Affair's single "Blind". In April 2009 she co-starred with then-boyfriend Alfie Allen in the music video for the Madness single Dust Devil.

She made her catwalk modelling debut in 2008, for Vivienne Westwood and in February 2009 she appeared on the front cover of Arena.

She made her stage debut in a Hampstead Theatre revival of The Fastest Clock in the Universe which also played at the Curve theatre, Leicester.^[3]

In March 2010 she was announced as a new patron of the East End Film Festival.^[4] Winstone stars in the Stealth Media Group produced thriller film Manor Hunt Ball and based on the novel The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell.^[5]

The spring of 2010 also saw Winstone portray Anneli Alderton, one of five women murdered in Ipswich 2006, in the BBC drama Five Daughters. Alderton was the third girl to go missing in December, 2006. In the summer of 2014 she filmed the lead role Lauren in Sky 1 comedy drama After Hours.

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Director
2004	Bullet Boy	Natalie	Saul Dibb
2005	Love Letter	Tracey	Richard Fenwick
2006	Kidulthood	Becky	Menhaj Huda
	Daddy's Girl	Nina	D.J. Evans
2008	Donkey Punch	Kim	Olly Blackburn
2009	Boogie Woogie	Elaine	Duncan Ward
	Eve	Rachel	Jack Davies
2010	Made in Dagenham	Sandra	Nigel Cole
2011	Anuvahood	Yasmin	Adam Deacon and Daniel Toland
	Wild Bill	Helen	Dexter Fletcher
2012	Elfie Hopkins	Elfie Hopkins	Ryan Andrews
2013	uwantme2killhim?	Rachel	Andrew Douglas
	Powder Room	Chanel	MJ Delaney
2014	Love, Rosie	Ruby	Christian Ditter

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	M.I.T.: Murder Investigation Team	Hannah	Episode No.2.4
2006	Totally Frank	Lisa	Episodes No.2.9, 2.10
	Vincent	Gina	Episode No.2.1
	Goldplated	Lauren	Episodes No.1.1 – 1.5
2008	Phoo Action	Whitey Action	Director: Euros Lyn
	Dead Set	Kelly	Episodes No.1.1 – 1.5
2010	Agatha Christie's Poirot	Sheila Webb	Episode No.12.1
	Five Daughters	Annelli Alderton	Episodes No.1.1 – 1.3
2012	True Love	Stella	Episode: No. 1.2
2013	Mad Dogs	Mercedes	Episodes 3.1, 3.3, 3.4
2015	Cockroaches	Ash	Episodes 1.5, 1.6
2015	Foyle's War	Vera Stephens	Episode No.8.1
	After Hours	Lauren	Episodes 1

References

1. "Biography of Jamie Winstone".
2. Evening Standard (London), 27 February, 2006 "The rise of Ray's tough little cookie" by Nick Curtis
3. http://web.archive.org/web/20120223141015/http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/news/latest/view/item107095/Winstone-to-make-stage-debut-at-Hampstead/. Archived from the original on February 23, 2012. Retrieved August 20, 2009. Missing or empty |title= (help)
4. The Red Pages: Announcing that Jaime Winstone is new East End Film Festival patron
5. Creepy, Uncle. (2010-04-20) Stealth Media Group to Host the Manor Hunt Ball. Dreadcentral.com. Retrieved on 2012-04-21.

External links

• Jaime Winstone at the Internet Movie Database