Jessica Revell
{{short description|English actress and singer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2015}}
{{Infobox person
|name = Jessica Revell
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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1994|12|13}}
|birth_place = Ascot, Berkshire, England
|education = Tring Park School for the Performing Arts, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
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|occupation = Actress, singer
|known_for = The role of "Elektra" Perkins
|television = Tracy Beaker Returns (2011–2012)
The Dumping Ground (2013, 2017, 2020)
After The DG (2018)
|yearsactive = 2010–2013, 2015-2017, 2020
}}
Jessica Revell (born 13 December 1994) {{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/_PE8SkHfMk/|title=Jessica Revell on Instagram: "ITS MY BIRTHDAYYYYY"|website=Instagram}} is an English actress and singer, best known for her TV role as Mandy "Elektra" Perkins in Tracy Beaker Returns and in the BBC spin-off series The Dumping Ground.
Revell's parents, who are separated, both worked for British Airways, and she has a brother. Revell spent her childhood travelling due to her parents' jobs and spent some of her childhood in France.{{cite news|url=http://www.tringtoday.co.uk/news/education/television-roles-for-arts-school-drama-pupils-1-2493730|title=Television roles for arts school drama pupils|work=Tring Today|date=11 March 2011|access-date=5 January 2016}}{{cite news|url=https://tresamagazine.com/2017/10/04/jessica-revell/|title=Jessica Revell Interview|work=TresA|date=4 October 2017|access-date=10 January 2018}} Revell returned to the United Kingdom and attended Tring Park School for the Performing Arts as a boarding student.
She graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 2023.{{cn|date=September 2023}}
Revell's first role was in Tracy Beaker Returns as Elektra Perkins, and she joined in series 2.{{cite news|url=http://screenterrier.blogspot.co.uk/2010/12/tracy-beaker-returns-back-for-second.html|title=Tracy Beaker Returns - Meet the new characters|work=ScreenTerrier|date=28 December 2010|access-date=5 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160129201538/http://screenterrier.blogspot.co.uk/2010/12/tracy-beaker-returns-back-for-second.html|archive-date=29 January 2016|url-status=dead}} She reprised the role of Elektra for The Dumping Ground in 2013.{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01py5lg/credits|title=The Dumping Ground - Baby credits|work=CBBC|date=11 January 2013|access-date=5 January 2016}}{{cite news|url=http://screenterrier.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/meet-new-stars-of-dumping-ground.html|title=Meet the new stars of The Dumping Ground|work=Screen Terrier|date=17 September 2012|access-date=5 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160129230231/http://screenterrier.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/meet-new-stars-of-dumping-ground.html|archive-date=29 January 2016|url-status=dead}} She also appeared as Elektra in The Dumping Ground Survival Files and The Dumping Ground Dish Up.{{cite news|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/dt929k/dumping-ground-dish-up--series-1---3-elektras-fruit-kebabs|title=Dumping Ground Dish Up Series 1 - 3. Elektra's Fruit Kebabs|work=Radio Times|date=2015|access-date=5 January 2016}} In 2015, she appeared in an episode of Casualty as Kelly Bange.{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05s4fm6|title=Casualty - The King's Crossing|work=BBC|date=18 April 2015|access-date=5 January 2016}}{{cite news|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/dj2sjm/casualty--series-29---27-the-kings-crossing|title=Casualty Series 29 - 27. The King's Crossing|work=Radio Times|year=2015|access-date=5 January 2016}} Revell appeared in two short roles, Girl to Girl to Monkey in 2014, and in Mingmong as Judy in 2015. She also played Jen in the play People Are Messy.{{cite news|url=http://theatreofdebate.co.uk/PeopleareMessy/PeopleareMessy/Characters.html |title=People Are Messy characters |work=Theatre Debate |year=2016 |access-date=23 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316142801/http://theatreofdebate.co.uk/PeopleareMessy/PeopleareMessy/Characters.html |archive-date=16 March 2016 }}
Filmography
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Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2011–2012 | Tracy Beaker Returns | rowspan="4" | Elektra Perkins | rowspan="3"|Regular role |
2012 | Tracy Beaker Survival Files | ||
2013 | rowspan="2" | The Dumping Ground | ||
2017, 2020 | rowspan="1"|Guest role | ||
2014 | Girl to Girl to Monkey | Monkey | Short |
rowspan="3" | 2015 | Casualty | Kelly Bange | rowspan="1" | 1 episode |
Mingmong | Judy | Short | |
The Dumping Ground Dish Up | Elektra Perkins | 5 episodes | |
2016 | People are Messy | Jen | |
rowspan="2" | 2017 | Sam & Mark's Big Friday Wind-Up | Herself | rowspan=2 | 1 episode |
Doctors | Erin Allsopp | ||
2018 | After The DG | Elektra Perkins | Main role |
References
{{Reflist|30em}}
External links
- {{IMDb name|4304826}}
- {{Twitter}}
- {{Instagram|jessvrevell}}
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Category:English television actresses
Category:English child actresses
Category:21st-century English actresses
Category:Actors educated at Tring Park School for the Performing Arts
Category:English expatriates in France
Category:English emigrants to France
Category:Actresses from London
Category:People from Harlington, London
Category:Actors from the London Borough of Hillingdon