Jeany Spark
Known for Acting · 26 credits
- Born
- 1982-11-07 (age 43)
- Place of birth
- Harpenden, Hertfordshire, England, UK
- Also known as
- Jeanette Spark
Biography
Jeannette "Jeany" Spark is an English actress, known for portraying Linda Wallander in the British television series Wallander. The actress has also had significant roles in the comedy series Man Down and the drama series The Interceptor.
Spark studied English literature at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, graduating with a First-Class Honours degree in 2004. She then trained as an actress at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, graduating in 2007.
In 2008, Spark played schoolteacher Mercy Chant in the BBC adaptation of Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D’Urbervilles. Spark also took on the role of Linda Wallander, the daughter of the titular character in the BBC One drama Wallander.
In 2011, Spark portrayed Joan Malin in the television drama film Hattie. In 2013, she took the role of the deputy headmistress, Emma, in Man Down, the Channel 4 comedy series. The show lasted for four series.
Spark plays the role of Detective Inspector Kate Gemmill in the 2015 BBC drama The Interceptor. In 2016, Spark joined the cast of the ITV drama Jericho.
Known For
TV Shows (19)
Black Mirror
2011
as Camilla
The Crown
2016
as Birt's Assistant
Vera
2011
as Agnes Lennox
Casualty
1986
as Emma McCormack
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
2022
as Commander of the South
Sherlock
2010
as Homeless Girl
Line of Duty
2012
as Claire Tindell / Claire Tindall
Patience
2025
as Marina Murray
Van der Valk
2020
as Anouk Prinsens
Wallander
2008
as Linda Wallander
Moonflower Murders
2024
as Samantha Collins
Man Down
2013
as Emma
Collateral
2018
as CPT Sandrine Shaw
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
2008
as Mercy Chant
I Am...
2019
as Kate
The Escape Artist
2013
as Tara
A Touch of Cloth
2012
as Gemma
The Interceptor
2015
as DI Gemmill
Born to Kill
2017
as Lauren
Movies (7)
About Jeany Spark
Jeannette "Jeany" Spark is an English actress, known for portraying Linda Wallander in the British television series Wallander. The actress has also had significant roles in the comedy series Man Down and the drama series The Interceptor. Spark studied English literature at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, graduating with a First-Class Honours degree in 2004. She then trained as an actress at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, graduating in 2007. In 2008, Spark played schoolteacher Mercy Chant in the BBC adaptation of Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D’U… With 26 credits spanning from 1986 to 2025, Jeany Spark has appeared in 7 films and 19 TV shows.
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Most Popular Jeany Spark Movies
- Red Lights (2012) — as Traci Northrop
- Hattie (2011) — as Joan Malin
- Portraits of Dangerous Women (2024) — as Steph
- Shirley (2011) — as Juhni Sullivan
- Sump (2017) — as Sally
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