Jenna Coleman was born in Lancashire on April 27th, 1986. Her parents are Keith and Karen Coleman. She went to Arnold school and was also head girl there. She has been member of Theatre Company since her school days. The name of the company is “In Yer Space”. With that company, she gave an award winning performance in the play named as “Crystal Clear” which was shown at Edinburgh Festival. She once revealed that she was given her name by her grandmother after a character’s name from a much hit American series from 80s named as “Dallas”. Her acting career started at a very early age.
In 2005, she played the character of Jasmine Thomas in soap opera named as “Emmerdale”. In the year 2006, she was nominated for “Best Newcomer award” in the National Television Awards. She was among the nominations for “Best Newcomer Award” by British Soap Awards in the year of 2007. She received multiple nominations in the year of 2009 from British Soap Awards – Best Actress, Best Dramatic Performance Awards and Sexiest Females.
In the same year, she was nominated by the TV choice Awards in Best Actress category. Her debut feature film debut was with a role in the movie “Captain America: The First Avenger”. She was seen in the mini-series “Titanic” in the character of Julian Fellowes. She gave voice to the character named as Melia for the English dubbed version of the game “Xenoblade Chronicles”.
She played the character of Rosie in the series “Dancing on the edge”. It was aired in the month of February of 2013. She landed the role in the famous series “Doctor Who” from the year of 2012. She was seen in one episode in September 2012. However she became regular cast after Christmas of the same year. However she left the show after 9th season. After that she was seen in the role of “Queen Victoria”. She presented the “BAFTA Television Awards” in 2013. In the year of 2016, she was seen in the drama named as “Queen Victoria”. It is an eight part series.
She has been actively involved in the charity work related to the awareness of HIV in South Africa. She is associated with “One To One Children’s Fund”. She was seen in the role of Lyndia Wickham in “Death Comes to Pemberley”. In the year of 2014, she won in the category of UK TV actress award during the Glamorous Awards. In 2015, she was nominated twice as Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress on Television.
She has had only one partner so far. She was in relationship with Richard Madden. However, the recent reports say that the couple head for a split by end of 2015. She did not grow up with many siblings. She has only one brother. She has a net worth of 5 million dollars which is a very good number to achieve at such an early age. Her biography can be found on all the major websites. She is known as a beautiful, dimpled cheeks actress.
Birth Date: | 27 Apr, 1986 |
Age: | 34 yrs |
Occupations: | Actor Film actor |
Citizenship: | United Kingdom |
Birth Place: | Blackpool |
Gender: | Female |
Description: | English actress |
Net Worth 2021: | 5 million |