Jemma Redgrave

Jemma Redgrave

British actress (born 1965)
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Jemima Rebecca Redgrave (born 14 January 1965) is a fourth-generation English actress of the Redgrave family.

Early life and family Born in London, she is the daughter of the actor Corin Redgrave and his first wife Deirdre Hamilton-Hill, a former fashion model. They divorced when Jemma was nine. She has a brother Luke Redgrave, who is an assistant cameraman, and two half-brothers, Arden and Harvey Redgrave. Her mother died of breast cancer in 1997 and her father died of cancer in 2010.

She is the niece of actresses Vanessa Redgrave and Lynn Redgrave and cousin of Joely Richardson, Carlo Nero and Natasha Richardson.

Career Education Jemma Redgrave enrolled at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art at the age of 18.

Stage After graduation she landed acting roles in the 1988 stage production of Strindberg's Easter, in Lady Windermere's Fan in Belfast, Northern Ireland, as Emily in Thornton Wilder's Our Town, Irina in a 1990 revival of Anton Chekhov's The Three Sisters in London's West End with her aunts Vanessa Redgrave and Lynn Redgrave, in 1993 with Colin Firth in Alexander Griboyedov's Chatsky at the Almeida Theatre, London and in A Midsummer Night's Dream in 2001 at the Albery Theatre, London. In 2010 she appeared in New York's Public Theater in The Great Game: Afghanistan which featured seven hours of on-stage acting. Redgrave appeared in four of the twelve plays.

Television She has appeared in many roles on British television and is best known for her portrayals as Eve Granger in Cold Blood, Dr. Eleanor Bramwell in Bramwell, Eleanor in The Buddha of Suburbia, Francesca Rochester in Judge John Deed, and Dee Stanton in Like Father, Like Son. In 2007, she portrayed the indolent Lady Bertram in Mansfield Park, and Sophie Wall in Waking the Dead. She appeared as Kate Stewart (formerly played by Beverley Cressman in the two videos Downtime and Dæmos Rising), the daughter of The Brigadier (Lethbridge-Stewart), in "The Power of Three" episode of Doctor Who in 2012 and reprised the role a year later in the 50th anniversary episode "The Day of the Doctor"; and as an aloof psychiatrist, complicit in torture, in Episode 3 of Season 6 of George Gently. Also in 2013 she appeared as Doctor Zoe Evans in the BBC One drama series Frankie. She returned to the role of Kate Stewart in the Doctor Who (series 8) finale "Death in Heaven", and in the 2015 episodes "The Magician's Apprentice", "The Zygon Invasion" and "The Zygon Inversion". As of 2015, she has been filming in Holby City as Bernie Wolfe. She made her first appearance in February 2016. Despite initially only being contracted for 6 months, she signed an extension in 2016. Redgrave has received rave reviews about her performance in Holby, particularly from the on-screen relationship between Wolfe and Serena Campbell (Catherine Russell.) Fans name them 'Berena'.

Film Her film roles include Evie Wilcox in Howards End, Diana Markham in Dream Demon and Daisie in Lassie in 2005.

Personal life Jemma Redgrave married Tim Owen, a London barrister, in 1992. Redgrave gave birth to their first son, Gabriel, in 1994. They were separated from 1997 to October 1998. However, the couple reconciled and in 2000 Redgrave gave birth to a second son, Alfie.

Redgrave is a celebrity supporter of the British Red Cross where she is particularly interested in working with refugees and diplomatic asylum seekers. She was an active member of the Don't Attack Iraq movement in 2002 and 2003.

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Jemma Redgrave was born on Thursday, 14 January 1965 in London, England UK. Her full name at birth was Jemima Rebecca Redgrave. She is best known as an actress. Redgrave's country of citizenship (nationality) is British. Jemma attended high school at Godolphin & Latymer Girls School, West London. For university, she studied at London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. She is 5' 8" (173 cm) tall and weighs 139 lbs (63 kg) with a slim build. She has dark brown eyes and red hair (color). Jemma Redgrave is 60 years old and her zodiac star sign is Capricorn.

You can find people similar to Jemma Redgrave by visiting our lists Redgrave family and English Shakespearean actresses.

Full name at birth
Jemima Rebecca Redgrave
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Claim to fame
her roles as Evie Wilcox in the BAFTA-award winning 1992 period romantic drama film Howards End, Eve Granger in the ITV crime drama series Cold Blood, Dr. Eleanor Bramwell in Bramwell, Eleanor in the BBC2 four-part coming-of-age comedy-drama miniseries The Buddha of Suburbia, Francesca Rochester in the BBC1 legal drama series Judge John Deed, and Dee Stanton in the ITV two-part crime drama series Like Father, Like Son
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14 January 1965
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London, England UK
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5' 8" (173 cm)
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139 lbs (63 kg)
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Red hair
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Godolphin & Latymer Girls School, West London
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London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
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Conway Van Gelder Grant Ltd (London)
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  • First member of The Redgrave acting family to act in the Doctor Who Franchise.
  • Jemma Rebecca Redgrave is a fourth-generation English actress of the Redgrave family.

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