Jemma Redgrave | |
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Born | Jemima Rebecca Redgrave 14 January 1965 London, England |
Alma mater | London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1986–present |
Spouse | |
Children | 2 |
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Family | Redgrave |
Jemima Rebecca "Jemma" Redgrave [1] (born 14 January 1965) is a British actress, and a member of the Redgrave family. She played the title character in four series of Bramwell , and has a recurring role in Doctor Who as Kate Stewart, Head of Scientific Research at UNIT. As well as a career in television, she has appeared in many stage productions and on film, including her portrayal of Evie Wilcox in the Merchant Ivory film Howards End .
Redgrave was born in London on 14 January 1965, [2] she is the daughter of actor Corin Redgrave and his first wife, Deirdre Hamilton-Hill, a former fashion model. They divorced when Jemma was nine. As a child, she attended the Godolphin and Latymer school in Hammersmith. [3] She then enrolled at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art [4] at the age of 18.
After graduation, Redgrave landed a succession of high-profile stage acting roles: in the 1988 stage production of Strindberg's Easter; in Lady Windermere's Fan in Belfast, Northern Ireland; as Emily in Thornton Wilder's Our Town ; as Irina in a 1990 revival of Anton Chekhov's The Three Sisters in London's West End with her aunts Vanessa Redgrave and Lynn Redgrave; in 1993 with Colin Firth in Alexander Griboyedov's Chatsky at the Almeida Theatre, London; and in A Midsummer Night's Dream in 2001 at the Albery Theatre (now the Noël Coward Theatre), London, playing Titania alongside Dawn French as Bottom.
In 2010, she appeared in New York's Public Theater in The Great Game: Afghanistan which featured seven hours of on-stage acting. [5] Redgrave appeared in four of the twelve plays. [6] In 2012, Redgrave appeared alongside Ben Chaplin in Roger Michell's production of Farewell to the Theatre at the Hampstead Theatre, followed by starring roles in Donkeys' Years (2014) and An Ideal Husband (2016).
In 2018, Redgrave appeared in another Roger Michell production, appearing again alongside Ben Chaplin, this time in Joe Penhall's Mood Music at The Old Vic. [7]
She has appeared in many roles on British television, including leading actor roles as the eponymous Dr. Eleanor Bramwell in four series of ITV's Bramwell and as D.S. Eve Granger in Cold Blood , alongside John Hannah and Matthew Kelly. Redgrave also appeared as Eleanor in Roger Michell's The Buddha of Suburbia : a four-part adaptation of the ground-breaking novel of the same name by Hanif Kureishi and with a soundtrack written and performed specifically for the production by David Bowie.
In 1989, she appeared in the TV advert for the Rover 200 car, as the 'rescued bride'. The advert followed part of the plotline of the film "The Graduate".
Other prominent roles have included Francesca Rochester in Judge John Deed and Dee Stanton in Like Father, Like Son. In 2007, she portrayed Lady Bertram in Mansfield Park and Sophie Wall in Waking the Dead , followed by a 2009 appearance in the series, Unforgiven, written by Sally Wainwright. In 2013, she also appeared as Doctor Zoe Evans in the BBC One drama series Frankie . [8]
From 2016 to 2018, Redgrave played former RAMC surgeon, Major Berenice Wolfe, in the popular BBC medical drama Holby City . In 2019, she joined the cast of ITV's Grantchester as Amelia, the mother of the show's lead character, Rev. Will Davenport. [9]
On 31 August 2021, she made a surprise return to Holby City as Bernie Wolfe. [10]
In 2012, Redgrave was cast in the long-running science-fiction programme Doctor Who as Kate Stewart, the daughter of recurring character the Brigadier who featured in the series' original 1963–1989 run. First appearing in "The Power of Three" (2012) with the Eleventh Doctor (Matt Smith), Kate is the head of Scientific Research and de facto leader of the fictional military organisation UNIT, a role previously occupied by her father before his retirement. Redgrave reprises Kate in the fiftieth anniversary special "The Day of the Doctor" (2013), which was simulcast on television and in cinemas across the world in 94 countries, earning a Guinness World Record for the world's largest ever simulcast of a TV drama. [11]
Kate would go on to become a recurring character in Doctor Who, with Redgrave reprising the role in episodes with the Twelfth (Peter Capaldi), Thirteenth (Jodie Whittaker) and Fourteenth (David Tennant) Doctors. [12] She will return in the 2024 and 2025 seasons of the programme in episodes featuring the Fifteenth Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa). [13]
Additionally, Redgrave began headlining the audio drama spin-off UNIT: The New Series for Big Finish Productions alongside Ingrid Oliver as Osgood, whom Redgrave appeared on-screen with in Doctor Who. [14] She also played Kate in a promo video for Doctor Who: Time Fracture, an immersive experience that began running in London in April 2021. [15]
Redgrave married Tim Owen, a barrister at Matrix Chambers, in 1992. They had a son, Gabriel, in 1994. The couple separated from 1997 to October 1998. They reconciled, however, and had another son, Alfie, in 2000. They have since divorced. She has a brother, Luke Redgrave, who is a camera operator, [16] and two half-brothers, Arden and Harvey Redgrave. Her mother died in 1997 [16] and her father died in 2010. [17]
She is the granddaughter of Sir Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson, niece of actresses Vanessa Redgrave and Lynn Redgrave, and cousin of Joely Richardson, Carlo Nero and Natasha Richardson. Her step-mother is the actress Kika Markham.
Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
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1988 | Dream Demon | Diana | Harley Cokeliss | |
1992 | Howards End | Evie Wilcox | James Ivory | |
1994 | One Night Stand | Kate | Bill Britten | Short film |
Power and Lovers | Emily | Aldo Lado | ||
1998 | The Acid House | Jenny | Paul McGuigan | |
2003 | I'll Be There | Rebecca Edmonds | Craig Ferguson | |
2005 | Lassie | Daisy | Charles Sturridge | |
2007 | Mansfield Park | Lady Bertram | Iain B. MacDonald | |
2016 | Love & Friendship | Lady DeCourcy | Whit Stillman | |
2016 | Chubby Funny | Bereaved Woman | Harry Michell | |
2021 | Barnes' People | Dr. Rosa Hamilton | Peter Barnes | |
2023 | Red, White & Royal Blue | Narration (voice) | Matthew López | |
2024 | The Beekeeper | President Jessica Danforth | David Ayer |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1988 | Tales of the Unexpected | Violette Charbonneau | Episode: "A Time to Die" |
1990 | The Real Charlotte | Pamela Dysart | Miniseries |
1991 | All Good Things | Elaine Wilson | Miniseries |
Performance | Caroline Coon | Episode: "The Trials of Oz" | |
1993 | Diana: Her True Story | Carolyn Bartholomew | TV film |
The Buddha of Suburbia | Eleanor | 1 episode | |
1995–98 | Bramwell | Dr. Eleanor Bramwell | Main role (27 episodes) |
1998 | Mosley | Cimmie Curzon | Recurring role (4 episodes) |
2000 | Blue Murder | Gale | TV film |
Cry Wolf | Dr. Jocelyn Wolf | 1 episode | |
Fish | Joanna Morgan | Main role (6 episodes) | |
Bramwell V | Dr. Eleanor Bramwell | ||
2001 | High Stakes | Anna Foster | Episode: "The Do-Gooders" |
Judge John Deed | Francesca Rochester | Episodes: "Rough Justice", "Appropriate Response" | |
2002 | Episode: "Nobody's Fool" | ||
The Swap | Jen Forrester | 2 episodes | |
My Family | Dr. Connor | Episode: "Shrink Rap" | |
2004 | Amnesia | Jenna Dean | 2 episodes |
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries | Grace Finnegan | Episode: "If Wishes Were Horses" | |
The Grid | MI6 Agent Emily Tuthill | TV miniseries | |
2005 | Tom Brown's Schooldays | Mary Arnold | TV film |
Like Father Like Son | Dee Stanton | 2 episodes | |
Cold Blood | Eve Granger | TV film | |
2006 | Lewis | Trudi Griffon | TV film |
2007 | Waking the Dead | Sophie Wall | 2 episodes |
Cold Blood 2 | Eve Granger | TV film | |
Mansfield Park | Lady Bertram | TV film | |
The Relief of Belsen | Jean McFarlane | TV film | |
2007–08 | Cold Blood | Eve Granger | 3 episodes |
2008 | Agatha Christie's Marple: Murder Is Easy | Jessie Humbleby | TV film |
2009 | Unforgiven | Rachel Belcombe | Main role |
Heston's Feasts | Herself | Heston's Victorian Feast | |
2010 | Law & Order: UK | Helena Marsden | Episode: "Shaken" |
2012–present | Doctor Who | Kate Stewart | Recurring role; Series 7–9, 13; 10 episodes |
2013 | Frankie | Dr. Zoe Evans | Main role (6 episodes) |
2014 | Dracula | Minerva Westenra | 2 episodes |
Inspector George Gently | Jennifer Bing | Episode: "Gently With Honour" | |
2015 | Churchill: 100 Days That Saved Britain | Clementine Churchill | |
2016–18, 2021–22 | Holby City | Bernie Wolfe | Main role (67 episodes) |
2018 | Midsomer Murders | Dr Juno Starling | Episode “Drawing Dead” |
2019–20 | Grantchester | Amelia Davenport | Recurring role (5 episodes) |
2020, 2022–23 | Silent Witness | DI Jill Raymond | 5 episodes |
TBA | Untitled UNIT project | Kate Stewart | [18] [19] |
Year | Title | Role | Theatre | Director |
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1986 | Lady Windermere's Fan | Lady Windermere | Lyric Theatre, Belfast | Richard Digby Day |
1986 | What the Butler Saw | Geraldine | Lyric Theatre, Belfast | Richard Digby Day |
1986 | Miss Julie | Miss Julie | UK Tour | Laurence Boswell |
1988 | Easter | Eleanora | Haymarket Theatre (Leicester) | David Leveaux |
1988 | Panorama | Geraldine | King's Head Theatre | Penny Churns |
1988 | School for Scandal | Lady Teazle | Bristol Old Vic | Les Waters |
1988 | An Enemy of the People | Petra | Playhouse Theatre | David Thacker |
1990 | Seven Years | Clarissa | Royal Court Theatre | |
1990 | Three Sisters | Irina | Queen's Theatre | Robert Sturua |
1991 | Our Town | Emily | Shaftesbury Theatre | Robert Ackerman |
1991 | As You Like It | Rosalind | Greenwich Theatre | Robert Carson |
1992 | Cyrano de Bergerac | Roxanne | Greenwich Theatre | Matthew Francis |
1993 | Chatsky | Sophie | Almeida Theatre & UK Tour | Jonathan Kent |
1998 | Major Barbara | Major Barbara | Piccadilly Theatre | Peter Hall |
2001 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Titania | Noël Coward Theatre | Matthew Francis |
2004 | Misconceptions | Linda | UK Tour | Tim Carroll |
2008 | The Cherry Orchard | Varya | Chichester Festival Theatre | Phillip Franks |
2009–10 | The Great Game: Afghanistan | Various roles | Tricycle Theatre & Washington/Broadway | Indhu Rubasingham |
2012 | Farewell to the Theatre | Dorothy | Hampstead Theatre | Roger Michell |
2014 | Donkeys' Years | Lady Driver | Rose Theatre, Kingston | Lisa Spirling |
2014 | An Ideal Husband | Mrs. Cheveley | Chichester Festival Theatre | Rachel Kavanaugh |
2018 | Mood Music | Vanessa | The Old Vic | Roger Michell |
2019 | Weimar Connections | Poesie | Cadogan Hall | with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra |
2020 | Hansard (rehearsed reading) | Diana | Stephen Joseph Theatre | Paul Robinson |
2023 | Octopolis | George | Hampstead Theatre | Ed Madden |
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