Jennie Jacques is an English actress. She is known for her roles in the BBC Two drama Desperate Romantics (2009),[2] the police procedural WPC 56 (2013–2014), and the History Channel series Vikings (2015–2019).
Jennie Jacques | |
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Born | |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2009–present |
Jacques was born in Walsgrave Hospital and grew up in Coventry, Leamington Spa, and Warwick. She is the eldest of seven children.[3]
Jacques made her television debut as Katie Fielding in an episode of the ITV police series The Bill. Her first major was as artists' model Annie Miller in the six-part BBC Two period drama Desperate Romantics (2009) about the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Jacques made her feature film debut as Beth in the urban thriller Cherry Tree Lane and Ree Ree in the futuristic thriller Shank.[4] Jacques has also appeared in Casualty on BBC1, where she played Lily Knowles, the carer of Megan Roach, in the episode "Nice and Easy Does It" broadcast on 7 August 2010.[citation needed]
In 2011, Jacques was featured in the promotional video for the Mason single Boadicea. She also appeared in slasher film Demons Never Die (2011), in which she appeared nude during a sex scene with Robert Sheehan.[citation needed] Jacques appeared in an episode of Father Brown in 2013, and was then cast as the lead actress in the BBC afternoon series WPC 56, about a woman police constable in the male-dominated world of 1956. Both programmes were made by BBC Birmingham.[citation needed]
Jacques portrays Judith, the fictional daughter of King Aelle, in the third through the fifth seasons of Vikings (2014–2019).[5] In 2015, she played the role of Tash in the ITV sitcom The Delivery Man (2015), which aired for six episodes.[6] In 2019, Jacques starred in the first series of the drama series London Kills, playing a homeless witness named Amber Saunders.[7]
Jacques is an ambassador for the Open Medicine Foundation.[8] In a 2021 interview with The Sunday Times, she opened up about the ME/CFS and post-exertional malaise she developed after coming down with a severe bout of Epstein–Barr virus in early 2019. She had to put her career "on hold" as her condition affected her mobility.[9] She has also been an advocate for those living with epilepsy as inspired by her sister.[10]
In 2021, Jacques was engaged.[11]
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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2010 | Shank | Ree Ree | |
2010 | Nocturn | Nina | Short film |
2010 | Cherry Tree Lane | Beth | |
2011 | Demons Never Die | Jasmine | [12] |
2012 | Truth or Dare | Eleanor | also known as Truth or Die in the United States |
Year | Show | Role | Notes |
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2009 | The Bill | Katie Fielding | Episodes: "Teenage Kicks, Part One & Two" |
2009 | Desperate Romantics | Annie Miller | Main role |
2010 | Lark Rise to Candleford | Emily Mullins | Episode #3.10 |
2010 | Stanley Park | Raggedy Ann | Pilot for BBC Three |
2010 | Casualty | Lily Knowles | Episode: "Nice and Easy Does It" |
2012 | Love Life | Tilly | Television miniseries |
2013 | Father Brown | Violet Parnassus | Episode: "The Wrong Shape" |
2013–2014 | WPC 56 | WPC Gina Dawson | Main role (series 1–2) |
2015–2019 | Vikings | Judith | Recurring role (seasons 3–5)[5] |
2015 | The Delivery Man | Tash | Main role |
2019 | London Kills | Amber | Main role (series 1)[7] |