Jessica Raine

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Jessica Raine
Jessica Raine 2015.jpg
Raine at the 2015 British Academy Television Awards
Born
Jessica Helen Lloyd

(1982-05-20) 20 May 1982 (age 39)
Eardisley, Herefordshire, England
OccupationActress
Years active2008–present
Spouse(s)
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(m. 2015)​
Children1

Jessica Raine (born Jessica Helen Lloyd; 20 May 1982) is an English actress. She is best known for her roles as Jenny Lee in the television series Call the Midwife (2012–2014) and Verity Lambert in the television film An Adventure in Space and Time (2013).

Early life and education[]

Raine was born Jessica Helen Lloyd,[1] on 20 May 1982,[2] in Eardisley, Herefordshire,[1] where she was raised on her father's farm.[3] She is the younger of two daughters of farmer Allan Lloyd (descended from the Lloyd family of Baynham Hall, who were well known for generations as bonesetters alongside their farming activities),[4][5] and his wife Sue, who trained as a dancer and 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[6] and studied drama and cultural studies at the University of the West of England, Bristol. After graduating, she was turned down by every drama school she applied to, so went to Thailand and taught English as a second language.[7]

Career[]

Career beginnings and theatre work[]

Returning home after a year, she applied to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art a second time and was accepted.[6] Moving to London in anticipation of starting her course, she worked part-time as a waitress and for the company BT Group.[6]

After graduating in 2008, Raine began a successful stage career, initially cast as Lesley Sharp's goth daughter in Simon Stephens's Harper Regan.[8] She played Tamsin Greig's 16-year-old daughter in David Hare's Gethsemane.[9]

Raine 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.[10] She has also appeared in Ghosts and Punk Rock,[11] 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.[12]

Film, radio and television[]

Raine's first screen credits were an appearance in a 2009 episode of Garrow's Law and a small role in the 2010 film Robin Hood.[6]

She starred as the lead character Jenny Lee in the first three series of the BBC One drama Call the Midwife. 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.[13]

In radio, she has played Felice in the Murray Gold play Kafka the Musical, broadcast in April 2011 on BBC Radio 3.[14] She also played the part of Kasey in Ed Harris' radio play The Wire, the Wall,[15] first broadcast in February 2011.

Raine was a guest star in the 2013 Doctor Who episode "Hide". Later that year, she appeared as Doctor Who's original producer, Verity Lambert, in the fact-based drama An Adventure in Space and Time, showing the creation of the series as part of its fiftieth anniversary celebrations.[16]

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

In July 2015, Raine played Tuppence Beresford in the series Partners in Crime based on Agatha Christie's Tommy and Tuppence stories, though the series is set in 1952 rather than the 1920s.

In 2017, Raine played Alison Laithwaite in The Last Post, which she has described as "...my favourite character I’ve played so far, ever. It was a real transformation.... She’s kind of self-destructive, witty and she’s climbing the walls with frustration and boredom, but she just wants to have fun.”[17] This was seen as very different role to her Call the Midwife character.[18]

In 2019, Raine played Genevieve Taylor, a British liaison officer for Europol in the Netherlands, in the BBC One drama series Baptiste.

Personal life[]

Raine began a relationship with fellow actor Tom Goodman-Hill in 2010 after they met while appearing in a play. Goodman-Hill and Raine married on 30 August 2015.[19] In 2019, she gave birth to a son.[20]

Filmography[]

Film[]

Year Title Role Notes
2010 Robin Hood Princess Isabel of Gloucester
2011 Elsewhere Cath Short
2012 The Woman in Black Joseph's nanny
2018 Benjamin Billie
2019 Black Shore Holly Short
Carmilla Miss Fontaine

Television[]

Year Title Role Notes
2009 Garrow's Law Ann Porter Episode 1 (season 2)
2012–2014 Call the Midwife Jenny Lee 23 episodes
2013 Doctor Who Emma Grayling Episode: "Hide"
An Adventure in Space and Time Verity Lambert Television film
2014 Line of Duty Georgia Trotman Episode: "The Ambush"
2015 Wolf Hall Jane Rochford 6 episodes
Fortitude Jules Sutter 10 episodes
Partners in Crime Tuppence Beresford 6 episodes
2016 Jericho Annie Quaintain 8 episodes
Inside No. 9 Kathy Episode: "The Devil of Christmas"
2017 The Last Post Alison Laithwaite 6 episodes
2018 Patrick Melrose Julia 5 episodes
Informer Emily Waters 6 episodes
2019 Baptiste Genevieve Taylor 4 episodes
2021 Becoming Elizabeth Catherine Parr

Awards and nominations[]

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2014 4th Critics' Choice Television Awards Best Supporting Actress in a Movie/Miniseries An Adventure in Space and Time Nominated

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Staff writers (9 February 2012). "Eardisley whist drive, Jessica Raine and Felicity Aston". Hereford Times. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013.
  2. ^ "Jessica Helen Lloyd". Findmypast. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  3. ^ Roche, Elisa (10 April 2012). "Call The Midwife star Jessica Raine: Why I made babies cry for TV show". Daily Express. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  4. ^ "Lloyds of Baynham". John Stratton. 16 February 2013.
  5. ^ Bywater, Robin (June 2010). "Bonesetting: Recollections of a Dying Gift" (PDF). Leintwatdine History Society Journal (32). Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b c d CB (20 August 2013). "Introducing… Jessica Raine". Official London Theatre. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  7. ^ Kate Kellaway (4 January 2009). "Horribly funny ... stroppy ... touching ... troubled but coping". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
  8. ^ "Meet Jessica Raine, star of new BBC drama Call the Midwife". Thisislondon.co.uk. 16 January 2012. Archived from the original on 20 January 2012. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
  9. ^ Culture preview of the Year (29 December 2008). "Stars who will shine in 2009". London, UK: Telegraph. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
  10. ^ Spencer, Charles (31 March 2011). "Rocket to the Moon, National Theatre, review". The Daily Telegraph. London, UK: TMG. ISSN 0307-1235. OCLC 49632006. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
  11. ^ "Jessica Raine Profile". Gordon and French. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
  12. ^ Richard Eden (25 March 2012). "Call the Midwife star Jessica Raine in contract dilemma". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
  13. ^ Methven, Nicola. "Call The Midwife star Jessica Raine quits award-winning BBC drama for Hollywood". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  14. ^ "BBC Radio 3 – Drama on 3, Kafka the Musical". BBC Radio 3. 2012. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
  15. ^ "BBC Radio 3 – The Wire, The Wall". BBC Radio 3. 2012. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  16. ^ "David Bradley to play William Hartnell in Celebration of Doctor Who". BBC. 30 January 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
  17. ^ Earnshaw, Jessica (19 October 2017). "The Last Post: Jessica Raine admits she was forced to reshoot THIS 'horrendous' scene". Daily Express.
  18. ^ Robson, Jeff (1 October 2017). "It's dashed hot in BBC1's new Sunday drama – but The Last Post isn't quite "warm bath" TV". inews uk.
  19. ^ "Call the Midwife star Jessica Raine marries Tom Goodman-Hill 2 weeks after engagement". Hello!. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  20. ^ "Former Call the Midwife star Jessica Raine has welcomed her first child". Good to Know. Retrieved 28 March 2020.

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