Jenna-Louise Coleman
| Jenna-Louise Coleman | |
|---|---|
| Born | 27 April 1986 Blackpool, England |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2005–present |
Jenna-Louise Coleman (born 27 April 1986) is an English actress, known for appearing in the British soap opera Emmerdale.[1]
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[edit] Background
Coleman was born in Blackpool, Lancashire. She attended Arnold School in Blackpool where she was Head Girl and gained straight A's in her A-levels.[2]
While she was at school Coleman was a member of a theatre company, with whom she performed at the Edinburgh Festival. In a 2008 interview she said that, "I knew when I was 10 that I wanted to act full-time."[3]
[edit] Career
After being turned down by a number of Drama schools, Coleman was about to give up on becoming an actress,[4] when in 2005 her big break came when she joined Emmerdale as Jasmine Thomas, the niece of local vicar Ashley Thomas. In 2005 she appeared in the annual BBC Children in Need charity appeal.
In 2007 Coleman was nominated for two awards. In The British Soap Awards she was nominated as "Best Newcomer" and in the National Television Awards she was nominated as "Most Popular Newcomer".[5] In July 2007 she was nominated in the "Sexiest Female" category at the Inside Soap Awards.[6] However she lost out in the end to Roxanne McKee who plays Louise Summers in Hollyoaks.
Coleman revealed in a Daily Mirror interview on 2 December 2008 how she was left emotionally shattered and physically bruised after filming an Emmerdale scene in which her character murders her boyfriend, Shane Doyle, played by Paul McEwan, after he tried to rape her, saying, "It was really violent. I had marks on my body where Paul held me down. He was shoving me about but I told him to go for it. I wanted it to look as realistic as possible. But I was really scared of him in that moment. Afterwards, I ached all over and we couldn’t look at each other." She also revealed that she will be taking a break from Emmerdale in 2009, saying, "I’ve been here three-and-a-half years and it’s my first proper job so I’m itching to do something else."[3]
In the 2009 British Soap Awards she was nominated in the "Best Actress","Sexiest Female" and "Best Dramatic Performance" categories[citation needed]
In May 2009 it was announced that Coleman would be joining BBC drama Waterloo Road, as new "hard girl", Lindsay James.[7] Her first appearance came in episode one of the fifth series in October 2009 and she left halfway through the series in December.
In December 2010, it was announced that Coleman would be appearing in a new BBC Four television adaptation of the John Braine novel, Room at the Top.[8][9][10]
She made her big screen debut in Captain America: The First Avenger in 2011.
Jenna did the voice acting for the character Melia in the 2011 video game, Xenoblade Chronicles.
[edit] Personal life
Coleman currently lives in Leeds[11] and her 21st birthday party in the city was featured in OK! magazines 577th issue on 26 June 2007.[12]
[edit] References
- ^ "Jenna-Louise Coleman". Internet Movie Database. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1982510/. Retrieved 2008-06-13.
- ^ "Blackpool soap star needs your help". Blackpool Gazette. 31 July 2006. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070928043333/http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/blackpool-news/Blackpool-soap-star-needs-your.1663325.jp. Retrieved 2007-09-02.
- ^ a b Oddy, Jane (2 December 2008). "Emmerdale star Jenna-Louise Coleman on tonight's rape scenes, body hang-ups and her perfect man". Daily Mirror. http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/latest/2008/12/02/emmerdale-star-jenna-louise-coleman-on-tonight-s-rape-scenes-body-hang-ups-and-her-perfect-man-115875-20939497/. Retrieved 2009-01-11.
- ^ "My Emmerdale romance (and it's not Cain or Debbie Dingle); EXCLUSIVE: SOAP STAR JENNA FINDS LOVE ON SET". Daily Mirror. 30 May 2006. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-146366051.html. Retrieved 2009-01-11.
- ^ "Awards for Jenna-Louise Coleman". Internet Movie Database. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1982510/awards. Retrieved 2007-09-02.
- ^ Green, Kris (3 July 2007). "Inside Soap Awards 2007: The Nominations". Digital Spy. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/a64083/inside-soap-awards-2007-the-nominations.html?page=3. Retrieved 2007-09-02.
- ^ http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/a155824/ex-emmerdale-actress-joins-waterloo-road.html
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0103qm0
- ^ http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/local/localbrad/8758094.Stars_in_city_to_remake_classic_film/
- ^ http://www.screenyorkshire.co.uk/news/news-archive/casting-unveiled-on-room-at-the-top
- ^ Vivian, Rhiannon (7 December 2008). "Emmerdale's Charley Webb and Jenna Louise Coleman's credit crunch Christmas: 'We can't resist a bargain'". Sunday Mirror. http://www.mirror.co.cuk/celebs/celebs-on-sunday/2008/12/07/emmerdale-s-charley-webb-and-jenna-Louise-coleman-s-credit-crunch-christmas-we-can-t-resist-a-bargain-115875-20949031/. Retrieved 2009-01-11.
- ^ "More Information on Jenna-Louise Coleman". Joe Gallagher Entertainments. http://www.joegallagherentertainments.com/moreinfo.php?id=15&type=2. Retrieved 2009-01-11.[dead link]
