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Suzanne Packer
Suzanne Packer
Born	Suzanne Jackson; 26 November 1962 (age 61); Cardiff, Wales
Nationality	British
Occupation	Actress/Teacher
Years active	1990–present
Spouse	Jesse Newman (divorced)
Children	Paris Newman

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Suzanne Packer (born Suzanne Jackson on 26 November 1962)^[1] is a Welsh actress who is best known for playing the role of Tess Bateman in the long-running television series Casualty from September 2003 until August 2015. She returned to the show as a guest for the 30th anniversary episodes. She now teaches in many Welsh schools.^[2]^[3]

Early life

Packer is the daughter of Jamaican immigrant parents to Abergavenny, and her mother worked as a nurse. She is the elder sister of the Olympic hurdler Colin Jackson.^[4] Whilst studying at Llanedeyrn High School in Cardiff, she already showed an interest in acting, playing the lead in school plays including Oklahoma and The King and I.

Career

Packer attended the National Youth Theatre of Wales before earning a BA in theatre and drama at the University of Warwick. She then trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London.^[5] In 1991 she co-founded BiBi Crew, Britain's first theatre troupe made up entirely of Black women.^[6]

Arriving back in Cardiff with her three-month-old son, she gained an audition for the BBC drama Casualty, and was cast as Tess Bateman, first appearing on screen from September 2003. In November 2006 Martina Laird who played the role of Comfort left Casualty, which then meant that Suzanne was the second longest serving cast member.^[2]

On August 22, 2015, she quit Casualty after playing the character of Tess for nearly 12 years to become a member of the cast of Stella and Doctors.

Packer appeared with her brother Colin on the first series of Pointless Celebrities on 6 July 2011. They were eliminated in the first round.^[7]

In 2018, she began portraying the role of Nurse Digby in the BBC Three series In My Skin.^[8] On 4 November 2018, Packer played Eve Cicero in the Doctor Who episode, "The Tsuranga Conundrum".^[9]

Personal life

Packer is divorced from American actor Jesse Newman and in 2006 lived in Cardiff with their son Paris.^[4]

Filmography

Year	Title	Character	Production	Notes
1990–2000	Brookside	Josie Johnson/Brooks	Channel 4	17 episodes.
1992	Crime Story	Barbara Pilkington	ITV	1 episode: "All Good Friends"
1994	The Lifeboat	Helen Mitchell	Unknown	1 episode: "Shadow of Doubt"
1995	Grange Hill	Miss Foster	BBC	2 episodes
1995	Some Kind of Life	Dr. Judson	Unknown
1996	Wales Playhouse	Veronica	BBC Wales	1 episode: "Strangers in the night"
1996	Porkpie	Trish	Channel 4	1 episode: "Fatal Distraction"
1997	Tiger Bay	Marie	Unknown	4 episodes.
1998	Brothers and Sisters	Siobhan Etienne	Unknown
1999	The Bill	Katherine Adams	ITV	1 episode: "Treading Water"
2000	Dirty Work	Rhiannon	Unknown	6 episodes.
2002	Third Watch	Dr. Sharon Reid	NBC	American crime drama. Episode: "The Greater Good"
2003–2015, 2016	Casualty	Tess Bateman	BBC	Series regular
2004–2005	Holby City			2 episodes
2005	Casualty @ Holby City			3 episodes
2014	Under Milk Wood	Mrs. Beynon		Television film
2015	Doctors	Rose Blair		Episode: "The Heart of England"
2016	Stella	Carol	Sky 1	Series 5
2016	The Level	Teresa Devlin	ITV	Recurring role
2017	Vera	Sophia	ITV	"Natural Selection"
2017	Bang	Layla	S4C/BBC	Main role
2017, 2019	Un Bore Mercher / Keeping Faith	Delyth Lloyd	S4C/BBC	Main role
2018	Death in Paradise	Maya Oprey	BBC	1 episode
2018	Hold the Sunset	Mrs. Pool		Episode: "Roger the Carer"
2018	Doctor Who	Eve Cicero		Episode: "The Tsuranga Conundrum"
2018	The ABC Murders	Capstick		3 episodes
2018, 2020	In My Skin	Nurse Digby	BBC Three	Recurring role
2020	Cyswllt (Mewn COVID)	Ruth	S4C

References

^ Abbie Wightwick (28 September 2018). "Brilliant, Black and Welsh: A celebration of 100 African Caribbean and African Welsh people". Wales Online. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Characters & Cast: Tess Bateman". Casualty. BBC. Retrieved 6 March 2009.
^ Hayward, Anthony (1996). Who's Who on Television. London: Boxtree. ISBN 0 7522 1067 X.^{[page needed]}
^ ^a ^b "Colin Jackson and his sister, Suzanne". Sunday Times. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
^ Hayward 1996, p. 193
^ Abram, Nicola (2020), Abram, Nicola (ed.), "Theatre of Black Women", Black British Women's Theatre: Intersectionality, Archives, Aesthetics, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 23–84, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-51459-4_2, ISBN 978-3-030-51459-4, retrieved 28 October 2020
^ "Episode 3". BBC. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
^ "BBC orders a dark comedy about a teen and her mentally ill mum". Chortle. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
^ Ling, Thomas (4 November 2018). "Doctor Who series 11 episode 5: meet the guest cast of The Tsuranga Conundrum". Radio Times.

External links

Suzanne Packer at IMDb
Sunday Morning with Colin Jackson and Suzanne Packer (BBC Radio Wales)

[WalesOnline-1] Abbie Wightwick (28 September 2018). "Brilliant, Black and Welsh: A celebration of 100 African Caribbean and African Welsh people". Wales Online. Retrieved 15 January 2020.

[CasualtyCharBio-2] "Characters & Cast: Tess Bateman". Casualty. BBC. Retrieved 6 March 2009.

[3] Hayward, Anthony (1996). Who's Who on Television. London: Boxtree. ISBN 0 7522 1067 X.^{[page needed]}

[STimes176991-4] "Colin Jackson and his sister, Suzanne". Sunday Times. Retrieved 23 April 2014.

[5] Hayward 1996, p. 193

[:1-6] Abram, Nicola (2020), Abram, Nicola (ed.), "Theatre of Black Women", Black British Women's Theatre: Intersectionality, Archives, Aesthetics, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 23–84, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-51459-4_2, ISBN 978-3-030-51459-4, retrieved 28 October 2020

[7] "Episode 3". BBC. Retrieved 23 February 2013.

[8] "BBC orders a dark comedy about a teen and her mentally ill mum". Chortle. Retrieved 27 March 2020.

[9] Ling, Thomas (4 November 2018). "Doctor Who series 11 episode 5: meet the guest cast of The Tsuranga Conundrum". Radio Times.

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 ==Career==
-Packer attended the National Youth Theatre of Wales before earning a [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] in theatre and drama at the [[University of Warwick]]. She then trained at the [[Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art]] in London.<ref>Hayward 1996, p. 193</ref>
+Packer attended the National Youth Theatre of Wales before earning a [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] in theatre and drama at the [[University of Warwick]]. She then trained at the [[Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art]] in London.<ref>Hayward 1996, p. 193</ref> In 1991 she co-founded [[BiBi Crew]], Britain's first theatre troupe made up entirely of Black women.<ref name=":1">{{Citation|last=Abram|first=Nicola|title=Theatre of Black Women|date=2020|url=https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51459-4_2|work=Black British Women's Theatre: Intersectionality, Archives, Aesthetics|pages=23–84|editor-last=Abram|editor-first=Nicola|place=Cham|publisher=Springer International Publishing|language=en|doi=10.1007/978-3-030-51459-4_2|isbn=978-3-030-51459-4|access-date=2020-10-28}}</ref>
 Arriving back in Cardiff with her three-month-old son, she gained an audition for the [[BBC One|BBC]] drama ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]'', and was cast as [[Tess Bateman]], first appearing on screen from September 2003. In  November 2006 Martina Laird who played the role of Comfort left ''Casualty'', which then meant that Suzanne was the second longest serving cast member.<ref name=CasualtyCharBio>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/casualty/characters/tess.shtml#actor|title=Characters & Cast: Tess Bateman|work=Casualty|publisher=BBC|accessdate=2009-03-06}}</ref>

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