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name: "Jenna Coleman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jenna-coleman"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "27 April 1986"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-18T10:47:13.552123+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."
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# Jenna Coleman

Actor. Born 27 April 1986 in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 27 April 1986, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK
- **Also known as:** Jenna-Louise Coleman
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenna_Coleman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q273403, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1982510/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1080542

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*Doctor Who*](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who-2005.md) (78)

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## Biography

Jenna Coleman, also credited early in her career as Jenna-Louise Coleman, is an English actress. She was born on 27 April 1986 in Blackpool, Lancashire.

Coleman began her career playing Jasmine Thomas in the ITV soap opera *Emmerdale* (2005–2009). She gained wider recognition for her role as Clara Oswald in the BBC series *Doctor Who* (2012–2015, with a 2017 appearance), appearing initially under her full name before shortening it professionally. Subsequent leading roles include Queen Victoria in the ITV drama *Victoria* (2016–2019) and Marie-Andrée Leclerc in the miniseries *The Serpent* (2021).

Her film work includes a role in *Captain America: The First Avenger* (2011). She received nominations for newcomer awards at the British Soap Awards and National Television Awards for her *Emmerdale* performance.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, tardis.wiki.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Doctor Who* (2005), Fi1m 78, as Clara Oswald — [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who-2005.md)

## Complete filmography (37)

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

- *All of You* (2025), as Dee
- *Doctor Who at the Proms* (2024), as Clara Oswald (archive footage)
- *The Jetty* (2024), series, as Ember, Executive Producer
- *Jackdaw* (2024), as Bo
- *Wilderness* (2023), series, as Liv Taylor
- *Klokkenluider* (2023), as Flo
- *The Sandman* (2022), series, as Johanna Constantine, Lady Johanna Constantine
- *Billion Pound Bond Street* (2021), as Narrator
- *The Serpent* (2021), series, as Marie-Andrée Leclerc
- *Corporate Monster* (2019), as Ellen
- *National Theatre Live: All My Sons* (2019), as Ann Deever
- *The Cry* (2018), series, as Joanna
- *Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time* (2017), as Clara Oswald
- *Victoria* (2016), series, as Queen Victoria
- *Me Before You* (2016), as Katrina 'Treena' Clark
- *Thunderbirds Are Go!* (2015), series, as Baines (voice)
- *Doctor Who: Last Christmas* (2014), as Clara Oswald
- *Doctor Who: Dark Water / Death in Heaven* (2014), as Clara Oswald
- *Doctor Who: Deep Breath* (2014), as Clara Oswald
- *Inside No. 9* (2014), series, as Beattie — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/inside-no-9.md)
- *Death Comes to Pemberley* (2013), series, as Lydia Wickham
- *Doctor Who: The Time of the Doctor* (2013), as Clara Oswald
- *Doctor Who: Farewell to Matt Smith* (2013), Acting
- *Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor* (2013), as Clara Oswald
- *Doctor Who: Clara and the TARDIS* (2013), as Clara Oswald
- *Doctor Who: She Said, He Said* (2013), as Clara Oswald
- *Dancing on the Edge* (2013), series, as Rosie Williams, Rosie
- *Doctor Who: The Snowmen* (2012), as Clara Oswin Oswald
- *Room at the Top* (2012), series, as Susan Brown
- *Titanic* (2012), series, as Annie Desmond
- *Captain America: The First Avenger* (2011), as Connie
- *Waterloo Road* (2006), series, as Lindsay James
- *Doctor Who* (2005), series, as Clara Oswald — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who-2005.md)
- *Emmerdale* (1972), series, as Jasmine Thomas
- *Control*, Acting
- *Doctor Who*, series, as Clara Oswald
- *Number 10*, series, as Katie Flynn

## Gallery

- ![Jenna Coleman](https://film.one/media/person/226599/gallery-27ed5f0ddd42.jpg) Jenna Coleman — Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Jenna_Coleman_at_Gallifrey_One_2025.jpg/1280px-Jenna_Coleman_at_Gallifrey_One_2025.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Clara Oswald in Hell Bent (2024)](https://film.one/media/person/226599/gallery-b86e6aeeb609.png) Clara Oswald in Hell Bent (2024) — Doctor Who, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/Clara_Oswald_in_Hell_Bent.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![DWE Cardiff Bay, Port Teigr November 2016 Doctor Who Experience](https://film.one/media/person/226599/gallery-1ba359e61e51.jpg) DWE Cardiff Bay, Port Teigr November 2016 Doctor Who Experience — MangakaMaiden Photography, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Doctor_Who_Experience_%2825307760809%29.jpg/1280px-Doctor_Who_Experience_%2825307760809%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![DWE Cardiff Bay, Port Teigr November 2016 Doctor Who Experience](https://film.one/media/person/226599/gallery-ba392afb6315.jpg) DWE Cardiff Bay, Port Teigr November 2016 Doctor Who Experience — MangakaMaiden Photography, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Doctor_Who_Experience_%2830855119501%29.jpg/1280px-Doctor_Who_Experience_%2830855119501%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jenna Coleman](https://film.one/media/person/226599/gallery-6b7cc91f3bcf.jpg) Jenna Coleman — Image via TMDB
- ![Jenna Coleman](https://film.one/media/person/226599/gallery-2ae81bd071f2.jpg) Jenna Coleman — Image via TMDB
- ![Jenna Coleman](https://film.one/media/person/226599/gallery-2b6621ddfe48.jpg) Jenna Coleman — Image via TMDB
- ![Jenna Coleman at Fedcon 26 Sonntag, 2017.](https://film.one/media/person/226599/gallery-4b20ea89f5e4.jpg) Jenna Coleman at Fedcon 26 Sonntag, 2017. — Crosa, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Fedcon_26_Sonntag%2C_2017_%28DSC_4598%29.jpg/1280px-Fedcon_26_Sonntag%2C_2017_%28DSC_4598%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jenna Coleman at Fedcon 26 Sonntag, 2017.](https://film.one/media/person/226599/gallery-7bfe32be4794.jpg) Jenna Coleman at Fedcon 26 Sonntag, 2017. — Crosa, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Fedcon_26_Sonntag%2C_2017_%28DSC_4598%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Fedcon_26_Sonntag%2C_2017_%28DSC_4598%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jenna Coleman](https://film.one/media/person/226599/gallery-ea1334b82843.jpg) Jenna Coleman — Image via TMDB
- ![Jenna Coleman](https://film.one/media/person/226599/gallery-304fc28293cf.jpg) Jenna Coleman — Image via TMDB

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