---
name: "Jennifer Black"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jennifer-black"
fi1m_id: "jennifer-black"
imdb_id: "nm0085330"
tmdb_id: 116125
wikidata_id: "Q6178129"
roles: ["Actor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:30:29.774946+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."
---

# Jennifer Black

## Identity

Jennifer Black

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jennifer-black
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jennifer-black
- **IMDb ID:** nm0085330
- **TMDB ID:** 116125
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6178129
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Black, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6178129, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0085330/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/116125

Actor. Born in Glasgow, Scotland, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Also known as:** جنیفر بلک
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Black, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6178129, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0085330/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/116125

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Local Hero*](https://film.one/film/local-hero.md) (86)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Jennifer Black is a Scottish actress. Born and raised in Glasgow, she moved to Bridge of Weir at the age of 13 and trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. She worked in repertory theatre in Crewe, spent four years in London and later returned to Scotland.

Black is known for her role as Stella Urquhart in the 1983 film *Local Hero*. She has appeared in numerous television series, including as Chief Superintendent Gill Templer in *Rebus* (2006–2007), Jean Ferguson in *Shetland* (2023) and the Chairwoman in *Succession* (2019). Other credits include *River City* (2007–2021), *The Bill* and *Taggart*. In 1990 she founded her own theatre company and has directed stage productions including *Orphans* and *Thérèse Raquin*.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Local Hero* (1983), Fi1m 86, as Stella Urquhart — [page](https://film.one/film/local-hero.md)

## Complete filmography (15)

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

- *Succession* (2018), series, as Chairwoman — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/succession.md)
- *Shetland* (2013), series, as Jean Ferguson — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/tv/shetland.md)
- *The Waiting Game* (2001), Teleplay
- *I Saw You* (2000), Actor
- *Rebus* (2000), series, as DCS Gill Templer
- *Recipe for Revenge* (1998), Writer
- *Heavenly Pursuits* (1986), as Sister
- *Every Picture Tells a Story* (1984), as School Teacher
- *The Bill* (1984), series, Actor
- *End of the Line* (1984), as Sheila
- *Taggart* (1983), series, Actor
- *Local Hero* (1983), as Stella Urquhart — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/local-hero.md)
- *The Silly Season* (1982), as Janine
- *Ploughman's Share* (1979), as Katherine
- *Different Shores*, as Abigail

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