Jessica Raine
{{Short description|British actress}}
{{EngvarB|date=September 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Jessica Raine
| image = Jessica Raine 2015.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Raine at the 2015 British Academy Television Awards
| birth_name = Jessica Helen Lloyd
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|05|20|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Eardisley, Herefordshire, England
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 2008–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Tom Goodman-Hill|2015}}
| children = 1
}}
Jessica Raine (née Lloyd; born 20 May 1982) is an English actress. She is best known for her roles as Jenny Lee in the television series Call the Midwife (2012–2014) and Verity Lambert in the television film An Adventure in Space and Time (2013). Raine portrayed Catherine Parr in Becoming Elizabeth, a historical drama series featuring Elizabeth I as a teenager, in June 2022. From October 2022 she played the lead role in the TV thriller series The Devil's Hour. She has also had roles in stage and radio plays.
Early life and education
Raine was born Jessica Lloyd in Eardisley, Herefordshire,{{cite news |title=Eardisley whist drive, Jessica Raine and Felicity Aston |work=Hereford Times |date=9 February 2012 |url=http://www.herefordtimes.com/news/local/community_news/e_f/eardisley/9522569.Eardisley_whist_drive__Jessica_Raine_and_Felicity_Aston/ |access-date= |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125035032/http://www.herefordtimes.com/news/local/community_news/e_f/eardisley/9522569.Eardisley_whist_drive__Jessica_Raine_and_Felicity_Aston/ |archive-date=25 January 2013 |url-status=dead| quote =Jessica Raine is the daughter of Allan and Sue Lloyd, formerly of Eardisley. }} where she was raised on her father's farm.{{cite news |first=Elisa |last=Roche |title=Call The Midwife star Jessica Raine: Why I made babies cry for TV show |newspaper=Daily Express |date=10 April 2012 |url=http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/313696/Call-The-Midwife-star-Jessica-Raine-Why-I-made-babies-cry-for-TV-show/-Call-The-Midwife-star-Jessica-Raine-Why-I-made-babies-cry-for-TV-show-Call-The-Midwife-star-Jessica-Raine-Why-I-made-babies-cry-for-TV-show |access-date=2019-08-05}} She is the younger of two daughters of farmer Allan Lloyd (descended from the Lloyd family of Baynham Hall, who were well known for generations as bonesetters alongside their farming activities),{{cite web |title=Lloyds of Baynham |website=lloydsofbaynham.com |date=16 February 2013 |url=http://www.lloydsofbaynham.com/ |access-date=16 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150801215502/http://lloydsofbaynham.com/ |archive-date=1 August 2015 |url-status=dead}}{{cite journal |first=Robin |last=Bywater |title=Bonesetting: Recollections of a Dying Gift |journal=Leintwatdine History Society Journal |issue=32 |date=June 2010 |url=http://www.lloydsofbaynham.com/images/Leintwardine%20History%20Society.pdf |access-date=2019-08-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022120717/http://www.lloydsofbaynham.com/images/Leintwardine%20History%20Society.pdf |archive-date=22 October 2020 |url-status=dead}} and his wife Sue.
Raine was educated in Kington, Herefordshire, and wanted to be an actress from the age of 13, as her father starred in amateur dramatics with the Eardisley Little Theatre. In sixth form she studied theatre at A-Level, and a BTEC in photography at Hereford College of Arts.{{cite web |author=CB |title=Introducing… Jessica Raine |website=officiallondontheatre.com |date=20 August 2013 |url=https://officiallondontheatre.com/news/introducing-jessica-raine-107450/ |access-date=31 October 2017}}
Raine studied drama and cultural studies at the University of the West of England, Bristol. After graduating, she was turned down by every drama school she applied to, so went to Thailand and taught English as a second language.{{cite news |first=Kate |last=Kellaway |title=Horribly funny ... stroppy ... touching ... troubled but coping |work=The Guardian |date= 4 January 2009 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2009/jan/04/hotlist-actor-theatre-jessica-raine |access-date=5 February 2012}}
Career
=Theatre =
Returning home after a year, she applied to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art a second time and was accepted. Moving to London in anticipation of starting her course, she worked part-time as a waitress and for BT Group.
After graduating in 2008, Raine began a successful stage career, initially cast as Lesley Sharp's goth daughter in Simon Stephens's Harper Regan.{{cite news |first=Liz |last=Hogard |title=Meet Jessica Raine, star of new BBC drama Call the Midwife |work=Evening Standard |location=London |date=16 January 2012 |url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/home/article-24028141-jessica-raine-star-of-new-bbc-drama-call-the-midwife.do |access-date=5 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120013100/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/home/article-24028141-jessica-raine-star-of-new-bbc-drama-call-the-midwife.do |archive-date=20 January 2012 |url-status=dead}} She played Tamsin Greig's 16-year-old daughter in David Hare's Gethsemane.{{cite news |title=Stars who will shine in 2009 - Theatre: Jessica Raine |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |date=29 December 2008 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culture-preview-of-the-year/4015521/Stars-who-will-shine-in-2009-Theatre-Jessica-Raine.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=5 February 2012}}
Raine played at the National Theatre in Mike Bartlett's Earthquakes in London as teenage wild-child Jasmine; and then as a secretary in the revival of Clifford Odets's Rocket to the Moon.{{cite news |title=Rocket to the Moon, National Theatre, review |first=Charles |last=Spencer |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |date=31 March 2011 |url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-reviews/8419780/Rocket-to-the-Moon-National-Theatre-review.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=3 November 2012}} She also appeared in Ghosts and Punk Rock,{{cite web |title=Jessica Raine Profile |website=gordonandfrench.co.uk |url=http://gordonandfrench.co.uk/artists-profile.php?ArtistID=108 |access-date=5 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211128202959/https://www.gordonandfrench.co.uk/artists-profile.php?ArtistID=108 |archive-date=28 November 2021 |url-status=dead}} for which she won the Manchester Evening News Award for Best Supporting Actress.
She played a role in the Young Vic's revival of The Changeling. In 2012 Raine starred in Beyond Ballets Russes at the London Coliseum.{{cite news |first=Richard |last=Eden |title=Call the Midwife star Jessica Raine in contract dilemma |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |date=25 March 2012 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/9164808/Call-the-Midwife-star-Jessica-Raine-in-contract-dilemma.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=15 May 2012}}
=Screen =
Raine's first screen credits were an appearance in a 2009 episode of Garrow's Law and a small role in the 2010 film Robin Hood.
She starred as the lead character Jenny Lee in the first three series of the BBC One drama Call the Midwife. On 9 March 2014, it was announced that Raine was leaving the show at the end of series three to pursue a film career in the United States.{{cite news |first=Nicola |last=Methven |title=Call The Midwife star Jessica Raine quits award-winning BBC drama for Hollywood |work=Daily Mirror |date=2014-03-09 |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/call-midwife-cast-jessica-raine-3219086 |access-date=17 April 2017}}
Raine was a guest star in the 2013 Doctor Who episode "Hide". Later that year, she appeared as Doctor Who{{'}}s original producer, Verity Lambert, in the fact-based drama An Adventure in Space and Time, showing the creation of the series as part of its 50th anniversary celebrations.{{cite news |author= |title=Doctor Who drama casts David Bradley as William Hartnell |publisher=BBC |date=30 January 2013 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-21251726 |access-date=2024-10-23}}
In February 2014, Raine joined the cast of the BBC Two police drama Line of Duty for series two as Detective Constable Georgia Trotman, working for the AC12 anti-corruption unit.{{citation needed|date=November 2024}}
In July 2015, Raine played Tuppence Beresford in the series Partners in Crime based on Agatha Christie's Tommy and Tuppence stories, though the series is set in 1952 rather than the 1920s.{{citation needed|date=November 2024}}
In 2017, Raine played Alison Laithwaite in The Last Post, which she has described as her "favourite character I've played so far, ever. It was a real transformation. She's kind of self-destructive, witty and she's climbing the walls with frustration and boredom, but she just wants to have fun."{{cite news |first=Jessica |last=Earnshaw |title=The Last Post: Jessica Raine admits she was forced to reshoot this 'horrendous' scene |work=Daily Express |department=TV & Radio |date=19 October 2017 |url=https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/868693/The-Last-Post-BBC-review-TV-series-Jessica-Raine-The-One-Show |access-date=2024-10-23}}{{cite news |title=It's dashed hot in BBC1's new Sunday drama – but The Last Post isn't quite "warm bath" TV |first=Jeff |last=Robson |date=1 October 2017 |work=The i Paper |url=https://inews.co.uk/culture/television/dashed-hot-bbc1s-new-sunday-drama-last-post-isnt-quite-warm-bath-tv-94615 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2024-10-23}}
In 2019, Raine played Genevieve Taylor, a British liaison officer for Europol in the Netherlands, in the BBC One drama series Baptiste.{{citation needed|date=November 2024}}
In 2022 she played the lead role in the TV thriller series The Devil's Hour, opposite Peter Capaldi.{{Cite web|last=Kanter|first=Jake|date=June 22, 2021|title='The Devil's Hour': Jessica Raine, Peter Capaldi To Headline Amazon Thriller Series |url=https://deadline.com/2021/06/the-devils-hour-peter-capaldi-jessica-raine-cast-amazon-1234778672/ |website=Deadline|archive-date=22 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210622070250/https://deadline.com/2021/06/the-devils-hour-peter-capaldi-jessica-raine-cast-amazon-1234778672/|url-status=live}}
=Radio =
On radio, she has played Felice in the Murray Gold play Kafka the Musical, broadcast in April 2011 on BBC Radio 3.{{cite web |title=Kafka the Musical {{!}} Sun 24 Apr 2011 20:00 {{!}} BBC Radio 3 |publisher=BBC |date=2024-06-09 |orig-date=2011-04-24 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b010glpd |access-date=2024-10-23}} She also played the part of Kasey in Ed Harris' radio play The Wall, broadcast in February 2011 on BBC Radio 3.{{cite web |title=The Wall {{!}} Sat 26 Feb 2011 21:30 {{!}} BBC Radio 3 |publisher=BBC |date=2012-05-12 |orig-date=2011-02-26 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00yy8x3 |access-date=2024-10-23}}
Personal life
Raine began a relationship with fellow actor Tom Goodman-Hill after they met while appearing in the 2010 production of the play Earthquakes in London. {{cite magazine |date=5 September 2015 |title=Call the Midwife star Jessica Raine marries Tom Goodman-Hill 2 weeks after engagement |url=https://us.hellomagazine.com/brides/2015090527098/jessica-raine-marries-tom-goodman-hill/ |access-date=22 January 2018 |magazine=Hello!}}At the time, Goodman-Hill was married to Kerry Bradley; they had been a couple for 20 years and had two children together – a son and a daughter. Goodman-Hill eventually divorced Bradley and married Raine on 30 August 2015. The couple have a child together, born in February 2019.{{cite web |first=Jessica |last=Ransom |title=Former Call the Midwife star Jessica Raine has welcomed her first child |website=goodtoknow.co.uk |date=6 March 2019 |url=http://www.goodtoknow.co.uk/family/family-news/jessica-raine-tom-goodman-hill-baby-news-482639 |access-date=28 March 2020}}
Filmography
= Film =
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"| Notes |
|---|
| 2010
| Princess Isabel of Gloucester | |
| 2011
| Elsewhere | Cath |
| 2012
| Joseph's nanny | |
| 2018
| Benjamin | Billie | |
| rowspan="2"| 2019
| Black Shore | Holly | Short film |
| Carmilla
| Miss Fontaine | |
= Television =
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"| Notes |
|---|
| 2009
| Ann Porter | Episode: #1.2 |
| 2012–2014
| Main cast (series 1–3) |
| rowspan="2"| 2013
| Emma Grayling | Episode: "Hide" |
| An Adventure in Space and Time |
| 2014
| DC Georgia Trotman | Episode: "The Ambush" |
| rowspan="3"| 2015
| Main cast |
| Fortitude
| Jules Sutter | Main cast (series 1) |
| Partners in Crime
| Main cast |
| rowspan="2"| 2016
| Jericho | Annie Quaintain | Main cast |
| Inside No. 9
| Kathy | Episode: "The Devil of Christmas" |
| 2017
| Alison Laithwaite | Main cast |
| rowspan="2"| 2018
| Julia | Miniseries; main cast |
| Informer
| Emily Waters | Main cast |
| 2019
| Baptiste | Genevieve Taylor | Main cast (series 1) |
| 2022
| Main cast |
| 2022–present
|Lucy Chambers | Main cast |
= Radio =
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role !Radio station |
|---|
| 2009
|Anne Louvert |
| 2010
|Sarah and Ken |Lorna |
| 2010–2011
|BBC Radio 4 |
| rowspan="4" |2011
|The Wall |Kasey |BBC Radio 3 |
| Kafka the Musical
|BBC Radio 3 |
| Life and Fate
|Zina |BBC Radio 4 |
| The High Window
|Merle Davis |BBC Radio 4 |
| 2012
|Mattie |
| 2013
|Jill |Elizabeth Dowling |BBC Radio 4 |
| 2014
|Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? |Rachael Rosen |BBC Radio 4 |
| 2016
|The Muse |Narrator |BBC Radio 4 Extra |
| 2016–2017
|Fleur Mont |BBC Radio 4 |
| 2018
|The Countess |BBC Radio 3 |
| 2019
|Lady Glencora Palliser |BBC Radio 4 |
| 2020
|Narrator |BBC Radio 4 |
= Stage =
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role !Venue |
|---|
| 2008
|Sarah Regan |
| 2008–2009
|Suzette Guest |National Theatre |
| 2009
| Lily Cahill |
| rowspan="2" |2010
|Regine |
| Earthquakes in London
|Jasmine |National Theatre |
| 2011
|Cleo Singer |National Theatre |
| 2012
|Beatrice-Joanna |
| 2013
|Beatie |
| 2016
|X |Gilda |
| 2020
|Bubble |Morgan |
Awards and nominations
References
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Category:Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Category:Alumni of the University of the West of England, Bristol
Category:British stage actresses
Category:British television actresses
Category:English film actresses
Category:English people of Welsh descent
Category:English radio actresses
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Category:Actresses from Herefordshire
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