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My Take
Jenna Coleman is an actress I rate for choosing substance over easy glamour. The Blackpool-born performer broke big as Clara Oswald on Doctor Who, then proved her range carrying Victoria as a young queen with real command, after early years on Emmerdale. She's picked up International Emmy and BAFTA Cymru and Scotland nominations, which tells me the work, not just the profile, is being noticed. That expressive face and steel behind the eyes let her be charming and tough at once. I find she lifts whatever's around her on screen. When she's at the center of a show, the whole thing brightens up.
Overview
Jenna-Louise Coleman (born 27 April 1986) is an English actress, whose roles include Jasmine Thomas in Emmerdale (2005–2009), Clara Oswald in Doctor Who (2012–2015, 2017) and Queen Victoria in Victoria (2016–2019). She has received accolades including nominations for an International Emmy Award, as well as for the BAFTA Cymru and BAFTA Scotland Awards.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Jenna Coleman
- Name (Japanese)
- ジェナ＝ルイーズ・コールマン
- Reading
- じぇな＝るいーず・こーるまん
- Born
- April 27, 1986 (age 40)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Tiger
- Origin
- Blackpool, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / film actor / television actor / stage actor / voice actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.