Jessie Elland

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| name = Jessie Elland

| image = Jessie Elland.jpg

| caption = Elland in 2022

| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|2000}}

| birth_place = Darlington, County Durham, England

| occupation = {{Hlist|Actress|author}}

| yearsactive = 2021–present

| genre = {{Hlist|Horror fiction|historical}}

| website = {{URL|https://www.jessieelland.co.uk/}}

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Jessie Elland (born 2000) is an English actress and author. Elland is known for her role as Chloe Harris in the ITV1 soap opera Emmerdale. She also released her first novel, The Ladie Upstairs, in May 2025.

Life and career

Elland was born in 2000 in Darlington, County Durham. Elland has stated that going to drama school was not an option for her, so she initially studied anthropology at the University of Manchester, as well as auditing a drama course. However, after a week, she switched to a full-time drama course, as well as doing extracurricular drama.{{cite news |title=Emmerdale Chloe Harris star's real life - drastic career change and incredible talent |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/emmerdale-chloe-harris-stars-real-30942546|access-date=23 December 2024 |work=Daily Mirror}} After doing modelling work, Elland made her television debut in two episodes of the Sky One drama series COBRA.{{cite news |title=Inside Emmerdale actress Jessie Elland's life away from Choe Harris role |url=https://www.heart.co.uk/showbiz/tv-movies/emmerdale/who-chloe-harris-jessie-elland-age/ |access-date=23 December 2024 |work=Heart}}

In 2021, Elland was cast in the ITV1 soap opera Emmerdale as Chloe Harris.{{cite news |last1=Seddon |first1=Dan |title=Emmerdale's Sarah Sugden meets heart donor's sister for the first time |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/emmerdale/a37360007/emmerdale-sarah-sugden-heart-donor-sister-chloe/ |access-date=28 June 2022 |work=Digital Spy |publisher=(Hearst Communications) |date=20 August 2021 |archive-date=23 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210823221910/https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/emmerdale/a37360007/emmerdale-sarah-sugden-heart-donor-sister-chloe/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=Casting Announcement: Jessie Elland |url=https://www.itv.com/emmerdale/articles/casting-announcement-jessie-elland |access-date=13 June 2022 |publisher=ITV |date=20 August 2021 |archive-date=13 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220613152722/https://www.itv.com/emmerdale/articles/casting-announcement-jessie-elland |url-status=live }} It was confirmed that her character would be linked to Sarah Sugden (Katie Hill) and she was introduced as the sister of Gemma Harris, a dead teenager whose heart was given to Sarah in a heart transplant three years prior to Chloe's introduction.{{cite news |last1=Patton |first1=Ryan |title=Emmerdale Chloe's true identity to be exposed as much-loved character set to return |url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/emmerdale-chloes-true-identity-exposed-21979349 |access-date=14 June 2022 |work=Liverpool Echo |publisher=(Reach plc) |date=27 October 2021 |archive-date=14 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220614101353/https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/emmerdale-chloes-true-identity-exposed-21979349 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Jones |first1=Craig |title=Meet Emmerdale character Chloe, what we can expect, and who is Jessie Elland who plays her |url=https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/news/celebs-tv/meet-emmerdale-character-chloe-what-21376929 |access-date=14 June 2022 |work=Leeds Live |publisher=(Reach plc) |date=23 August 2021 |archive-date=27 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827022017/https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/news/celebs-tv/meet-emmerdale-character-chloe-what-21376929 |url-status=live }} She stayed on the series until 2023; her storylines during her tenure included escaping from her controlling father, being stalked by Noah Dingle (Jack Downham), discovering her mother is Kerry Wyatt (Laura Norton), having a baby with Mackenzie Boyd (Laurence Robb), falling from a cliff and blackmailing Mackenzie into sole custody of her child.{{cite news |title=Emmerdale star Jessie Elland announces exit for Chloe Harris |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/emmerdale/a46215580/emmerdale-jessie-elland-chloe-harris-exit/ |access-date=23 December 2024 |work=Digital Spy}}{{cite news |title=Why has Jessie Elland quit Emmerdale as Chloe Harris? |url=https://www.ok.co.uk/tv/jessie-elland-quit-emmerdale-chloe-31729490 |access-date=23 December 2024 |work=OK!}} Following her exit, she toured in a production of 101 Dalmatians in 2024.{{cite news |title=Emmerdale star Jessie Elland moves on from Chloe Harris as first big role since exit announced |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/showbiz-news/emmerdale-star-jessie-elland-moves-29139503 |access-date=23 December 2024 |work=Manchester Evening News}}{{cite news |title=Emmerdale's Jessie Elland on 'the biggest difference' between her new acting role and the ITV soap |url=https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/best-in-leeds/whats-on-news/emmerdales-jessie-elland-the-biggest-30138824 |access-date=23 December 2024 |work=Leeds Live}} Also in 2024, she announced that she had a written a novel, The Ladie Upstairs.{{cite news |title=Emmerdale Chloe Harris actress Jessie Elland announces new career move after ITV soap exit |url=https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/news/celebs-tv/emmerdale-chloe-harris-actress-jessie-28723590 |access-date=23 December 2024 |work=Leeds Live}} She explained that since she was six, she had wanted to be both an author and an actress and was overjoyed to have achieved both of her goals.{{cite news |title=Emmerdale star Jessie Elland reveals dream career move after soap exit |url=https://www.whattowatch.com/news/emmerdale-star-jessie-elland-reveals-dream-career-move-after-soap-exit |access-date=23 December 2024 |work=What to Watch}} The book, published in May 2025 by Baskerville, is a historical horror fiction piece.{{cite news |title=Jessie Elland's The Ladie Upstairs sold in pre-empt |url=https://www.paperliterary.com/blog/jessie-ellands-the-ladie-upstairs-sold-in-pre-empt/|access-date=23 December 2024 |work=Paper Literary}}{{cite news |title=Emmerdale star Jessie Elland reveals career move after soap exit |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/emmerdale/a60002461/emmerdale-jessie-elland-book-ladie-upstairs/ |access-date=23 December 2024 |work=Digital Spy}}