Acting · Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK · Born April 27, 1986
Jenna-Louise Coleman (born April 27, 1986) 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.
MovieAll of You
2025
as Dee
MovieDoctor Who at the Proms
2024
as Clara Oswald (archive footage)
TVThe Jetty
2024
as Ember
MovieJackdaw
2024
as Bo
TVWilderness
2023
as Liv Taylor
MovieKlokkenluider
2023
as Flo
TVSunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022
TVThe Sandman
2022
as Johanna Constantine
MovieBillion Pound Bond Street
2021
as Narrator
TVThe Serpent
2021
as Marie-Andrée Leclerc
A Separate Peace
2020
as Self / Nurse Maggie Coates
MovieThe Big Night In
2020
as Self
MovieCorporate Monster
2019
as Ellen
MovieNational Theatre Live: All My Sons
2019
as Ann Deever
TVThe Cry
2018
as Joanna
MovieDoctor Who: Twice Upon a Time
2017
as Clara Oswald
TVVictoria
2016
as Queen Victoria
MovieMe Before You
2016
as Katrina 'Treena' Clark
MovieDoctor Who: Face the Raven & Heaven Sent & Hell Bent
2015
as Clara Oswald
MovieDoctor Who: The Zygon Invasion & The Zygon Inversion
2015
as Clara Oswald
MovieDoctor Who: The Girl Who Died & The Woman Who Lived
2015
as Clara Oswald
MovieDoctor Who: Under the Lake & Before the Flood
2015
as Clara Oswald
MovieDoctor Who: The Magician's Apprentice & The Witch's Familiar
2015
as Clara Oswald
TVThunderbirds Are Go!
2015
as Baines (voice)
MovieDoctor Who: Last Christmas
2014
as Clara Oswald
MovieDoctor Who: Dark Water / Death in Heaven
2014
as Clara Oswald
MovieDoctor Who: Deep Breath
2014
as Clara Oswald
TVDoctor Who Extra
2014
as Self
MovieDoctor Who: Earth Conquest - The World Tour
2014
as Self
MovieDoctor Who: The Ultimate Companion
2014
as Self / Clara Oswald (archive footage)
MovieDoctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison
2014
as Self
TVLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
TVInside No. 9
2014
as Beattie
TVDeath Comes to Pemberley
2013
as Lydia Wickham
Doctor Who: Farewell to Matt Smith
2013
MovieDoctor Who: The Time of the Doctor
2013
as Clara Oswald
MovieDoctor Who Live: The Afterparty
2013
as Self
MovieThe Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
2013
as Self
MovieDoctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
2013
as Clara Oswald
MovieDoctor Who: The Ultimate Guide
2013
as Self
MovieDoctor Who Explained
2013
as Self
MovieDoctor Who: Clara and the TARDIS
2013
as Clara Oswald
MovieDoctor Who at the Proms
2013
as Self - Special Guest Appearance / Clara Oswald
MovieDoctor Who Live: The Next Doctor
2013
as Self
MovieDoctor Who: She Said, He Said
2013
as Clara Oswald
TVDancing on the Edge
2013
as Rosie Williams
TVThe Last Leg
2013
as Self
MovieDoctor Who: The Snowmen
2012
as Clara Oswin Oswald
TVRoom at the Top
2012
as Susan Brown
TVTitanic
2012
as Annie Desmond
MovieCaptain America: The First Avenger
2011
as Connie
TVConan
2010
as Self - Guest
TVThe Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
TVWaterloo Road
2006
as Lindsay James
TVDoctor Who
2005
as Clara Oswald
TVAn Audience with...
1978
as Self
TVEmmerdale
1972
as Jasmine Thomas
Control
Number 10
as Katie Flynn
Doctor Who
as Clara Oswald
