British actress
Jessica Raine
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Born
| Jessica Helen Lloyd
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1982-05-14
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14 May 1982
(age 42)
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Occupation
| Actress
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Years active
| 2008?present
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Spouse
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Children
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Jessica Raine
(born
Jessica Helen Lloyd
; 14 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). Raine portrayed
Catherine Parr
in
Becoming Elizabeth
, a
historical
drama featuring
Elizabeth I
as a teenager.
Early life and education
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Raine was born Jessica Helen Lloyd,
[1]
on 14 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
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Career beginnings and theatre work
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Returning home after a year, she applied to the
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
a second time and was accepted. Moving to
London
in anticipation of starting her course, she worked part-time as a waitress and for
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
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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 three to pursue a film career 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 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 50th anniversary celebrations.
[16]
In February 2014, Raine joined the cast of the
BBC Two
police drama
Line of Duty
for series two 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 her "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 a 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
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Raine began a relationship with fellow actor
Tom Goodman-Hill
in 2013 after they met while appearing in the play
Earthquakes in London
. They married on 30 August 2015.
[19]
In 2019, she gave birth to a son.
[20]
Filmography
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Film
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Television
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Radio
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Stage
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Awards and nominations
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References
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Staff writers (9 February 2012).
"Eardisley whist drive, Jessica Raine and Felicity Aston"
.
Hereford Times
. Archived from
the original
on 25 January 2013.
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"Jessica Helen Lloyd"
.
Findmypast
. Retrieved
18 October
2016
.
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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
.
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"Lloyds of Baynham"
. John Stratton. 16 February 2013. Archived from
the original
on 1 August 2015
. Retrieved
16 February
2013
.
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Bywater, Robin (June 2010).
"Bonesetting: Recollections of a Dying Gift"
(PDF)
.
Leintwatdine History Society Journal
(32). Archived from
the original
(PDF)
on 22 October 2020
. Retrieved
5 August
2019
.
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a
b
c
CB (20 August 2013).
"Introducing… Jessica Raine"
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Official London Theatre
. Retrieved
31 October
2017
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Kate Kellaway (4 January 2009).
"Horribly funny ... stroppy ... touching ... troubled but coping"
.
The Guardian
. Retrieved
5 February
2012
.
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"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
.
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Culture preview of the Year (29 December 2008).
"Stars who will shine in 2009"
. London, UK: Telegraph
. Retrieved
5 February
2012
.
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Spencer, Charles (31 March 2011).
"Rocket to the Moon, National Theatre, review"
.
The Daily Telegraph
. London, UK.
ISSN
0307-1235
.
OCLC
49632006
. Retrieved
3 November
2012
.
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"Jessica Raine Profile"
. Gordon and French
. Retrieved
5 February
2012
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Richard Eden (25 March 2012).
"Call the Midwife star Jessica Raine in contract dilemma"
.
Daily Telegraph
. Retrieved
15 May
2012
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Methven, Nicola.
"Call The Midwife star Jessica Raine quits award-winning BBC drama for Hollywood"
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Daily Mirror
. Retrieved
17 April
2017
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"BBC Radio 3 ? Drama on 3, Kafka the Musical"
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BBC Radio 3
. 2012
. Retrieved
3 November
2012
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"BBC Radio 3 ? The Wire, The Wall"
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BBC Radio 3
. 2012
. Retrieved
2 September
2012
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"David Bradley to play William Hartnell in Celebration of Doctor Who"
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BBC
. 30 January 2013
. Retrieved
30 January
2013
.
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Earnshaw, Jessica (19 October 2017).
"The Last Post: Jessica Raine admits she was forced to reshoot THIS 'horrendous' scene"
.
Daily Express
.
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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"
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inews uk
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"Call the Midwife star Jessica Raine marries Tom Goodman-Hill 2 weeks after engagement"
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Hello!
. 5 September 2015
. Retrieved
22 January
2018
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"Former Call the Midwife star Jessica Raine has welcomed her first child"
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Good to Know
. 6 March 2019
. Retrieved
28 March
2020
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"Julia Played by Jessica Raine - Patrick Melrose | SHOWTIME"
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SHO.com
. Retrieved
14 December
2022
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"Stars of the future: The Shortlist 2010"
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The Times
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ISSN
0140-0460
. Retrieved
14 December
2022
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"Vote in South Bank Show Breakthrough award"
.
The Times
.
ISSN
0140-0460
. Retrieved
14 December
2022
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"Critics' Choice TV Awards: Complete list of winners and nominees"
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Los Angeles Times
. 20 June 2014
. Retrieved
14 December
2022
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