---
name: "Jenny Rainsford"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jenny-rainsford"
fi1m_id: "jenny-rainsford"
imdb_id: "nm5082535"
tmdb_id: 1648727
wikidata_id: "Q63967977"
roles: ["Actor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-22T21:49:27.692166+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."
---

# Jenny Rainsford

## Identity

Jenny Rainsford

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jenny-rainsford
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jenny-rainsford
- **IMDb ID:** nm5082535
- **TMDB ID:** 1648727
- **Wikidata ID:** Q63967977
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_Rainsford, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q63967977, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5082535/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1648727

Actor. Born in Watford, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Active:** 2012–2018
- **Also known as:** Jennifer Rainsford
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 76 to 75 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Comedy 2, Fantasy 1, History 1, Horror 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $586m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_Rainsford, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q63967977, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5082535/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1648727

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Fleabag*](https://film.one/tv/fleabag.md) (90)

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

## Biography

Jenny Rainsford is an English actress. A native of Watford, she graduated with a degree in English from the University of Oxford before training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, from which she graduated in 2011.

She is known for her role as Boo in the television series *Fleabag* (2016–2019) and as Mae in the film *The Favourite* (2018). Other screen credits include *Prometheus* (2012), *About Time* (2013) and *Persuasion* (2022). Her stage work includes productions for the Royal Shakespeare Company, Headlong, the Royal Court Theatre and the Young Vic.

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

## On Fi1m (4)

- *The Favourite* (2018), Fi1m 87, as Mae — [page](https://film.one/film/the-favourite.md)
- *Fleabag* (2016), Fi1m 90, as Boo — [page](https://film.one/tv/fleabag.md)
- *About Time* (2013), Fi1m 66, as Polly — [page](https://film.one/film/about-time.md)
- *Prometheus* (2012), Fi1m 60, as Archaeological Assistant — [page](https://film.one/film/prometheus.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

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

- *The Game* (2025), series, as Tina Oakley
- *Such a Lovely Day* (2023), as Nettie
- *Resolutions - Whose Planet are you on?* (2023), as Jacque
- *Coffee Wars* (2023), as Stoney
- *Persuasion* (2022), as Mrs. Harville
- *Showtrial* (2021), series, as Laura Thornley
- *The Favourite* (2018), as Mae — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/the-favourite.md)
- *RSC Live: The Tempest* (2017), as Miranda
- *Fleabag* (2016), series, as Boo — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/tv/fleabag.md)
- *About Time* (2013), as Polly — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/about-time.md)
- *Prometheus* (2012), as Archaeological Assistant — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/prometheus.md)
- *Call the Midwife* (2012), series, as Dena Bowland — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/call-the-midwife.md)
- *Silent Witness* (1996), series, as Alice Chalmers

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