Jenna-Louise Coleman is an English actress. She is known for her roles as Jasmine Thomas in soap opera Emmerdale, Clara Oswald in the science-fiction series Doctor Who, and Queen Victoria in the period drama Victoria. Coleman’s grandmother named her Jenna after the character of Jenna Wade played by Priscilla Beaulieu Presley in the 1980s American TV drama series Dallas.
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Jenna-Louise Coleman is an English actress. She is known for her roles as Jasmine Thomas in soap opera Emmerdale, Clara Oswald in the science-fiction series Doctor Who, Queen Victoria in the period drama Victoria, and Melia Antiqua in the video game Xenoblade Chronicles. Coleman’s grandmother named her Jenna after the character of Jenna Wade played by Priscilla Beaulieu Presley in the 1980s American TV drama series Dallas. Coleman was born in Blackpool, Lancashire, the daughter of Karen and Keith Coleman. She attended Arnold School, where she was head girl. While at school, Coleman was a member of the theatre company In Yer Space, with which she performed in the play Crystal Clear at the Edinburgh Festival. She earned a spot to study English at York University, but passed it up for a role in the soap opera emmerdale. In May 2009, it was announced that Coleman would be joining BBC school-based drama series, Waterloo Road, as Lindsay James.
In 2011, she made her feature film debut with a small role in Captain America: The First Avenger. In 2012, she was cast as Rosie in Stephen Poliakoff’s original drama series Dancing on the Edge, which follows the fortunes of a black jazz band in the 1930s. She starred as Lydia Wickham in the adaptation of Death Comes to Pemberley. On 21 March 2012, Doctor Who producer Steven Moffat confirmed at a press conference that she would play the companion of the Eleventh Doctor. Moffat chose her for the role because she worked the best alongside Smith and could talk faster than he could. Coleman subsequently debuted as a series regular in the Christmas special episode The Snowmen as Victorian governess and barmaid Clara Oswin Oswald.
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