---
name: "Jane Stanness"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jane-stanness"
fi1m_id: "jane-stanness"
imdb_id: "nm1920106"
tmdb_id: 2165663
wikidata_id: "Q86445222"
roles: []
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T18:32:39.086675+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jane Stanness

## Identity

Jane Stanness

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jane-stanness
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jane-stanness
- **IMDb ID:** nm1920106
- **TMDB ID:** 2165663
- **Wikidata ID:** Q86445222
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Stanness, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q86445222, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1920106/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2165663

Actor. Born in Penparcau.

## Details

- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Stanness, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q86445222, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1920106/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2165663

## Biography

Jane Stanness is a Welsh actress, writer and singer-songwriter. Born Jane Alison Sherman in Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, she trained at the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance and began her career in physical theatre and dance before moving into comedy improvisation and character acting.

She is known for her recurring collaborations with Julia Davis. Stanness played Deborah in the 2018 series *Sally4Ever*, Matron in the 2018 film *Slaughterhouse Rulez*, Mary Needham in the 2020 series *Intelligence*, Sheena the Punk Rocker in the 2012 film *A Fantastic Fear of Everything* and Biddy Ritherfoot in *Hunderby* (2012–2015). She has also written for series including *Nighty Night*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Sally4Ever* (2018), Fi1m 78, as Deborah — [page](https://film.one/tv/sally4ever.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Intelligence* (2020), series, as Mary Needham
- *Slaughterhouse Rulez* (2018), as Matron
- *Sally4Ever* (2018), series, as Deborah — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/sally4ever.md)
- *Morning Has Broken* (2014), as Susan
- *A Fantastic Fear of Everything* (2012), as Sheena the Punk Rocker

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