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Jenna Coleman
Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK
Jenna-Louise Coleman (born April 27, 1986) 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…
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Jenna-Louise Coleman (born April 27, 1986) 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.
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2025
All of You
Movie Dee
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2024
Doctor Who at the Proms
Movie Clara Oswald (archive footage)
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2024
The Jetty
TV show Ember
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2024
Jackdaw
Movie Bo
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2023
Wilderness
TV show Liv Taylor
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2023
Klokkenluider
Movie Flo
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2022
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
TV show
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2022
The Sandman
TV show Johanna Constantine
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2021
Billion Pound Bond Street
Movie Narrator
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2021
The Serpent
TV show Marie-Andrée Leclerc
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2020
A Separate Peace
Movie Self / Nurse Maggie Coates
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2020
The Big Night In
Movie Self
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2019
Corporate Monster
Movie Ellen
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2019
National Theatre Live: All My Sons
Movie Ann Deever
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2018
The Cry
TV show Joanna
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2017
Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time
Movie Clara Oswald
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2016
Victoria
TV show Queen Victoria
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2016
Me Before You
Movie Katrina 'Treena' Clark
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2015
Thunderbirds Are Go!
TV show Baines (voice)
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2014
Doctor Who: Last Christmas
Movie Clara Oswald
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2014
Doctor Who: Dark Water / Death in Heaven
Movie Clara Oswald
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2014
Doctor Who: Deep Breath
Movie Clara Oswald
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2014
Doctor Who Extra
TV show Self
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2014
Doctor Who: Earth Conquest - The World Tour
Movie Self
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2014
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion
Movie Self / Clara Oswald (archive footage)
- 2014
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2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV show Self - Guest
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2014
Inside No. 9
TV show Beattie
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2013
Death Comes to Pemberley
TV show Lydia Wickham
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2013
Doctor Who: The Time of the Doctor
Movie Clara Oswald
- 2013
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2013
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
Movie Clara Oswald
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2013
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
Movie Self
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2013
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
Movie Self
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2013
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide
Movie Self
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2013
Doctor Who Explained
Movie Self
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2013
Doctor Who: Clara and the TARDIS
Movie Clara Oswald
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2013
Doctor Who at the Proms
Movie Self - Special Guest Appearance / Clara Oswald
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2013
Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor
Movie Self
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2013
Doctor Who: She Said, He Said
Movie Clara Oswald
