Jemma Redgrave

Jemima Rebecca Redgrave (born 14 January 1965), known as Jemma Redgrave, is a fourth-generation British actress of the Redgrave family. She played the title character in four series of '' Bramwell'', and has a recurring role in ''Doctor Who'' as Kate Stewart, Head of Scientific Research at UNIT. As well as a career in television, she has appeared in many onstage productions and on film, including her portrayal of Evie Wilcox in the BAFTA-award-winning Merchant Ivory adaptation of ''Howards End''.

Early life and family

Born in London, she is the daughter of actor Corin Redgrave and his first wife, Deirdre Hamilton-Hill, a former fashion model. They divorced when Jemma was nine. She has a brother, Luke Redgrave, who is a camera operator, and two half-brothers, Arden and Harvey Redgrave. Her mother died in 1997 and her father died in 2010.

She is the granddaughter of Sir Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson, niece of actresses Vanessa Redgrave and Lynn Redgrave, and cousin of Joely Richardson, Carlo Nero and Natasha Richardson. Her step-mother is the actress Kika Markham.

Career

Education

As a child, she attended the Godolphin and Latymer school in Hammersmith. She then enrolled at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art at the age of 18.

Stage

After graduation, Redgrave landed a succession of high-profile stage acting roles: in the 1988 stage production of Strindberg's ''Easter''; in ''Lady Windermere's Fan'' in Belfast, Northern Ireland; as Emily in Thornton Wilder's ''Our Town''; as Irina in a 1990 revival of Anton Chekhov's '' The Three Sisters'' in London's West End with her aunts Vanessa Redgrave and Lynn Redgrave; in 1993 with Colin Firth in Alexander Griboyedov's ''Chatsky'' at the Almeida Theatre, London; and in ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' in 2001 at the Albery Theatre (now the Noël Coward Theatre), London, playing Titania alongside Dawn French as Bottom.

In 2010, she appeared in New York's Public Theater in '' The Great Game: Afghanistan'' which featured seven hours of on-stage acting. Redgrave appeared in four of the twelve plays. In 2012, Redgrave appeared alongside Ben Chaplin in Roger Michell's production of ''Farewell to the Theatre'' at the Hampstead Theatre, followed by starring roles in ''Donkeys' Years'' (2014) and '' An Ideal Husband'' (2016).

In 2018, Redgrave appeared in another Roger Michell production, appearing again alongside Ben Chaplin, this time in Joe Penhall's '' ''Mood Music'''' at The Old Vic.

Television

She has appeared in many roles on British television, including leading actor roles as the eponymous Dr. Eleanor Bramwell in four series of ITV's '' Bramwell'' and as D.S. Eve Granger in '' Cold Blood'', alongside John Hannah and Matthew Kelly. Redgrave also appeared as Eleanor in Roger Michell's '' The Buddha of Suburbia'': a four-part adaptation of the ground-breaking novel of the same name by Hanif Kureishi and with a soundtrack written and performed specifically for the production by David Bowie.

Other prominent roles have included Francesca Rochester in ''Judge John Deed'' and Dee Stanton in ''Like Father, Like Son''. In 2007, she portrayed Lady Bertram in ''Mansfield Park'' and Sophie Wall in '' Waking the Dead'', followed by a 2009 appearance in the series, ''Unforgiven'', written by Sally Wainwright. In 2013, she also appeared as Doctor Zoe Evans in the BBC One drama series ''Frankie''.

From 2016 to 2018, Redgrave played former RAMC surgeon, Major Berenice Wolfe, in the popular BBC
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