
Jenna Coleman
Known for Acting · 55 credits
- Born
- 1986-04-27 (age 40)
- Place of birth
- Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK
- Also known as
- Jenna-Louise Coleman
Biography
Jenna-Louise Coleman, since 2013 credited as Jenna Coleman, is an English actress. She is known for her roles as Jasmine Thomas in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale (2005–2009), Clara Oswald in the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who (2012–2015, 2017), Queen Victoria in the ITV period drama Victoria (2016–2019), Joanna Lindsay in the crime miniseries The Cry (2018), and Marie-Andrée Leclerc in the crime miniseries The Serpent (2021). She landed the part of Jasmine Thomas in Emmerdale in 2005 and, for it, she was nominated for the "Best Newcomer" award at British Soap Awards in 2007, and at the National Television Awards in 2006, she was nominated for the "Most Popular Newcomer" award. She received a nomination for the "Best Actress" award from the TV Choice Awards.
In 2011, she made her feature film debut in Captain America: The First Avenger. She played Susan Brown in a BBC Four television adaptation of the John Braine novel Room at the Top in 2012. Also in 2012, she landed the part of Annie Desmond in a mini-series Titanic. She provided the voice for the character Melia in the English dub of the 2011 video game Xenoblade Chronicles. In 2012, she was cast as Rosie in Dancing on the Edge. She starred as Lydia Wickham in the adaptation of Death Comes to Pemberley (2013).
She made a surprise appearance on Doctor Who in the first episode of the seventh series as Oswin Oswald, a guest character, but she debuted as a series regular in the Christmas special episode "The Snowmen" as Clara Oswin Oswald. She plays eleventh's and twelve's Doctor companion until 2015. In 2016, she starred in ITV's drama Victoria.
Known For
TV Shows (24)

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest

Doctor Who
2005
as Clara Oswald

The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self

Conan
2010
as Self - Guest

Emmerdale
1972
as Jasmine Thomas

The Sandman
2022
as Johanna Constantine / Lady Johanna Constantine

Waterloo Road
2006
as Lindsay James

The Last Leg
2013
as Self

Inside No. 9
2014
as Beattie

Victoria
2016
as Queen Victoria

An Audience with...
1978
as Self

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022

Thunderbirds Are Go!
2015
as Baines (voice)

Wilderness
2023
as Liv Taylor

Titanic
2012
as Annie Desmond

The Serpent
2021
as Marie-Andrée Leclerc

Dancing on the Edge
2013
as Rosie Williams

Doctor Who Extra
2014
as Self

The Jetty
2024
as Ember

Death Comes to Pemberley
2013
as Lydia Wickham

Room at the Top
2012
as Susan Brown

The Cry
2018
as Joanna
Number 10
Doctor Who
as Clara Oswald
Movies (31)

Me Before You
2016
as Katrina 'Treena' Clark

Captain America: The First Avenger
2011
as Connie

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
2013
as Clara Oswald

All of You
2025
as Dee

Doctor Who: The Time of the Doctor
2013
as Clara Oswald

Jackdaw
2024
as Bo

Doctor Who at the Proms
2024
as Clara Oswald (archive footage)

National Theatre Live: All My Sons
2019
as Ann Deever

Doctor Who: Last Christmas
2014
as Clara Oswald

The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
2013
as Self

Doctor Who: The Snowmen
2012
as Clara Oswin Oswald

Doctor Who: Deep Breath
2014
as Clara Oswald

The Big Night In
2020
as Self

Doctor Who at the Proms
2013
as Self - Special Guest Appearance / Clara Oswald

Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time
2017
as Clara Oswald

Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
2013
as Self

Doctor Who: Dark Water / Death in Heaven
2014
as Clara Oswald
Control

Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison
2014
as Self
Doctor Who: Farewell to Matt Smith
2013

Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor
2013
as Self

Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion
2014
as Self / Clara Oswald (archive footage)

Doctor Who: Earth Conquest - The World Tour
2014
as Self

Doctor Who Explained
2013
as Self

Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide
2013
as Self

Corporate Monster
2019
as Ellen

Doctor Who: Clara and the TARDIS
2013
as Clara Oswald

Klokkenluider
2023
as Flo
A Separate Peace
2020
as Self / Nurse Maggie Coates

Billion Pound Bond Street
2021
as Narrator

Doctor Who: She Said, He Said
2013
as Clara Oswald
About Jenna Coleman
Jenna-Louise Coleman, since 2013 credited as Jenna Coleman, is an English actress. She is known for her roles as Jasmine Thomas in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale (2005–2009), Clara Oswald in the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who (2012–2015, 2017), Queen Victoria in the ITV period drama Victoria (2016–2019), Joanna Lindsay in the crime miniseries The Cry (2018), and Marie-Andrée Leclerc in the crime miniseries The Serpent (2021). She landed the part of Jasmine Thomas in Emmerdale in 2005 and, for it, she was nominated for the "Best Newcomer"… With 55 credits spanning from 1972 to 2025, Jenna Coleman has appeared in 31 films and 24 TV shows.
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Most Popular Jenna Coleman Movies
- Me Before You (2016) — as Katrina 'Treena' Clark
- Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) — as Connie
- Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor (2013) — as Clara Oswald
- All of You (2025) — as Dee
- Doctor Who: The Time of the Doctor (2013) — as Clara Oswald
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