Jessica Raine

Jessica Raine

Born Jessica Lloyd
1981/1982 (age 33–34)
Eardisley, Herefordshire, England
Occupation Actress
Years active 2008–present
Spouse(s) Tom Goodman-Hill (m. 2015)

Jessica Raine (born Jessica Lloyd;[1][2] 1982)[3] is an English actress. She is best known for playing midwife Jenny Lee in the first three series of BBC One drama Call the Midwife.[4][5][6]

Early life

Raine was born in Eardisley, Herefordshire,[1][4] where she was raised on her father's farm.[5][6][7] She is the younger of two daughters of farmer Allan Lloyd (descended from the Lloyd family of Baynham Hall),[8] and his wife Sue, who trained as a dancer but then worked as a nurse.[1] Educated in Kington, Herefordshire, she wanted to be an actress from the age of 13, as her father starred in amateur dramatics with the Eardisley Little Theatre.[1] In sixth form she studied theatre at A-Level and a BTEC in photography at Hereford College of Arts [3] and then studied drama and cultural studies at the University of the West of England, Bristol. Turned down on graduation to enter every drama school that she applied to, Raine went to Thailand and taught English as a second language.[9]

Career

Returning home after a year, she applied to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art a second time and was accepted.[3] Moving to London in anticipation of starting her course, she worked part-time as a waitress and for the telecommunications company BT.[3]

After graduating in 2008, Raine began a successful stage career, initially cast as Lesley Sharp's goth daughter in Simon Stephens's Harper Regan.[10] She then played Tamsin Greig's 16-year-old daughter in David Hare's Gethsemane.[11] Raine then played at the National Theatre in Mike Bartlett's Earthquakes in London as teenage wild-child Jasmine; and then as a secretary in the revival of Clifford Odets's Rocket to the Moon.[12] She has also appeared in Ghosts and Punk Rock,[13] for which she won the Manchester Evening News Award for Best Supporting Actress. She played a role in the Young Vic's revival of Middleton and Rowley's 17th-century tragedy, The Changeling. In 2012 Raine starred in Beyond Ballets Russes at the London Coliseum.[5]

In film and television, she has appeared in Garrow's Law and Robin Hood, directed by Ridley Scott opposite Dame Eileen Atkins.[3]

Raine starred as the lead character Jenny Lee in the first three series of the BBC One drama Call the Midwife.[3][4][7][6][14] After the success of the first series, she shot a Christmas special and a second series.[2] At the end of series 2, Raine was asked to commit to eight more series of the programme.[5] On 9 March 2014, it was announced that Raine was leaving the show at the end of series 3 to pursue a career in film in the United States.[15]

In radio, she has played Felice in the Murray Gold play Kafka the Musical, broadcast in April 2011 on BBC 3.[16] She also played the part of Kasey in Ed Harris' radio play The Wire, the Wall.,[17] first broadcast in Feb 2011.

Raine was a guest star in the 2013 Doctor Who episode "Hide". Later, she appeared as Doctor Who's original producer, Verity Lambert, in the drama An Adventure in Space and Time, showing the creation of the series as part of its fiftieth anniversary celebrations.[18]

In 2014 Raine joined the cast of the BBC2 police drama Line of Duty for series 2 as Detective Constable Georgia Trotman working for the AC12 anti corruption unit.

Personal life

Raine began dating actor Tom Goodman-Hill in 2010 after they met while co-starring in a play.[19] They married on 5 September 2015 in London.[20]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2010 Robin Hood Isabel of Gloucester
2011 Elsewhere Cath Short film
2012 The Woman in Black Nanny

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2009 Garrow's Law Anne Porter Episode 1.2
2012–2014 Call the Midwife Jenny Lee 23 episodes
2013 Doctor Who Emma Grayling Episode: "Hide"
2013 An Adventure in Space and Time Verity Lambert Television film
Nominated—Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Movie/Miniseries
2014 Fortitude Jules Sutter 12 episodes
2014 Line of Duty DC Georgia Trotman Episode 2.1
2015 Wolf Hall Jane Rochford
2015 Partners in Crime Tuppence Beresford 6 episodes
2016 Jericho Annie Quaintain 8 episodes

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Eardisley whist drive, Jessica Raine and Felicity Aston". Hereford Times. 9 February 2012.
  2. 1 2 Jane Gordon (10 February 2013). "Jessica Raine – Hollywood beckons for the Call the Midwife star". London: Daily Mail. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Introducing… Jessica Raine, first published 14.09.2009 12:55 | The Official London Theatre Guide". Officiallondontheatre.co.uk. 14 September 2009. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
  4. 1 2 3 Simon Neville (10 April 2012). "'I made babies cry': Call the Midwife star Jessica Raine admits she blew in infants' faces". London: Daily Mail. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Richard Eden (25 March 2012). "Call the Midwife star Jessica Raine in contract dilemma". London: Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
  6. 1 2 3 "South Bank Sky Arts Awards 2012 – The Times Breakthrough Award". Sky Arts. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
  7. 1 2 Roche, Elisa (10 April 2012). "Call The Midwife star Jessica Raine: Why I made babies cry for TV show". Daily Express.
  8. ↑ "Lloyds of Baynham". John Stratton. 16 February 2013.
  9. ↑ Kate Kellaway (4 January 2009). "The hotlist 2009: The actor: Jessica Raine | Stage | The Observer". London: Guardian. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
  10. ↑ "Meet Jessica Raine, star of new BBC drama Call the Midwife | Entertainment". Thisislondon.co.uk. 16 January 2012. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
  11. ↑ Culture preview of the Year (29 December 2008). "Stars who will shine in 2009 – Theatre: Jessica Raine". London: Telegraph. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
  12. ↑ Spencer, Charles (31 March 2011). "Rocket to the Moon, National Theatre, review – Telegraph". The Daily Telegraph (London: TMG). ISSN 0307-1235. OCLC 49632006. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
  13. ↑ "Jessica Raine Profile". Gordon and French. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
  14. ↑ Methven, Nicola (17 June 2011). "Unknown actress Jessica Raine to star in BBC1's new drama series Call the Midwife". mirror.co.uk. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
  15. ↑ Methven, Nicola. "Call The Midwife star Jessica Raine quits award-winning BBC drama for Hollywood".
  16. ↑ "BBC Radio 3 – Drama on 3, Kafka the Musical". bbc.co.uk. 2012. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
  17. ↑ "BBC Radio 3 – The Wire, The Wall". bbc.co.uk. 2012. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  18. ↑ "David Bradley to play William Hartnell in Celebration of Doctor Who". bbc.co.uk. 30 January 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
  19. ↑ Neil Sears (16 February 2013). "Don't call the midwife...". Daily Mail (London). Retrieved 16 February 2013.
  20. ↑ Freeth, Becky. "Call The Midwife's Jessica Raine weds Mr Selfridge beau Tom Goodman-Hill". Daily Mail (2015-09-05). Retrieved 2015-10-09.

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