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Jessica Baglow (born 23 March 1989) is an English actress, known for ''
Gentleman Jack'', ''
Where the Heart Is'' and ''
Waterloo Road''.
Early life and career
Baglow was born in
Doncaster
Doncaster (, ) is a city in South Yorkshire, England. Named after the River Don, it is the administrative centre of the larger City of Doncaster. It is the second largest settlement in South Yorkshire after Sheffield. Doncaster is situated in ...
,
South Yorkshire
South Yorkshire is a ceremonial and metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and Humber Region of England. The county has four council areas which are the cities of Doncaster and Sheffield as well as the boroughs of Barnsley and Rotherham.
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, England. She began her acting career at the age of 7, being cast as
Pam Ferris
Pamela Ferris (born 11 May 1948) is a Welsh actress. She has starred in numerous British television series, including ''Connie'' (1985), '' The Darling Buds of May'' (1991–1993), '' Where the Heart Is'' (1997–2000), ''Rosemary & Thyme'' ...
's daughter, Lucy Snow, in the popular
ITV
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** ITV (TV network), a free-to-air national commercial television network covering the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islan ...
series ''
Where The Heart Is''. She was one of the show's original cast members, but after 6 series her character left with her screen father for a new life away from Yorkshire. After leaving ''
Where the Heart Is'' she then appeared in a number of adverts for Oxo in 2003 in the company's bid to introduce a new Oxo family, but the adverts failed to take off. After a couple of acting roles in TV shows ''
Wing and a Prayer
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'' and ''
Doctors
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'' she gained notice in an episode of the first series of
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's ''
The Street The Street may refer to:
Geographical
*Wall Street in New York City's Financial District
* The Street, Lawshall, Suffolk, England
* The Street (Heath Charnock), a building and bridleway in Rivington, Lancashire, England
Film and television
* ''The ...
'' in 2006.
Further parts in ''
New Street Law
''New Street Law'' is a British legal drama television series produced by Red Production Company in association with One-Eyed Dog Ltd for BBC One. The series was created by G. F. Newman and Matthew Hall, and starred an ensemble cast headed by ...
'' and a semi regular role in TV soap ''
Emmerdale
''Emmerdale'' (known as ''Emmerdale Farm'' until 1989) is a British soap opera that is broadcast on ITV1. The show is set in Emmerdale (known as Beckindale until 1994), a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, '' ...
'' followed in 2007, before at the age of 18 Baglow was cast as Karla Bentham in ''
Waterloo Road''. Her portrayal of a student with
Asperger syndrome
Asperger syndrome (AS), also known as Asperger's, is a former neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by significant difficulties in Interpersonal relationship, social interaction and nonverbal communication, along with restricted and re ...
won acclaim and gained her considerable notice during her three years on the show, as she began to progress from child roles to more adult subjects. Baglow subsequently trained at the prestigious
London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) is a drama school located in Hammersmith, London. It is the oldest specialist drama school in the British Isles and a founding member of the Federation of Drama Schools.
LAMDA's Principal is ...
(LAMDA) graduating in 2012.
Career
Baglow primarily focused on television as a child, but upon graduating from LAMDA she gained many highly praised theatre credits. In 2015, she was commended at the
Ian Charleson Awards
The Ian Charleson Awards are theatrical awards that reward the best classical stage performances in Britain by actors under age 30. The awards are named in memory of the renowned British actor Ian Charleson, and are run by the '' Sunday Times'' n ...
for her role as Marina in
Dominic Dromgoole
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's production of ''
Pericles
Pericles (; grc-gre, Περικλῆς; c. 495 – 429 BC) was a Greek politician and general during the Golden Age of Athens. He was prominent and influential in Athenian politics, particularly between the Greco-Persian Wars and the Pelopo ...
'' at
Shakespeare's Globe
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theatre. Dominic Cavendish of ''
The Daily Telegraph
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It was fo ...
'' wrote: "Jessica Baglow is a big find as Pericles's daughter Marina – calmness and dignity personified in her perturbing scenes of abduction and sexual exploitation."
In 2019, she appeared in the acclaimed BBC series ''
Gentleman Jack'', about the
lesbian
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diarist and noblewoman
Anne Lister
Anne Lister (3 April 1791 – 22 September 1840) was an English diarist, famous for revelations for which she was dubbed "the first modern lesbian".
Lister was from a minor landowning family at Shibden in Calderdale, West Riding of Yorkshire ...
, playing her ladies maid Hemingway. It was a significant series for Baglow to do, as around the same time in her personal life she
came out
Coming out of the closet, often shortened to coming out, is a metaphor used to describe LGBT people's self-disclosure of their sexual orientation, romantic orientation, or gender identity.
Framed and debated as a privacy issue, coming out of ...
as
gay
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While scant usage referring to male homosexuality dates to the late 1 ...
and in a relationship on her Instagram account. Her character returned for the show's 2nd series in 2022. Between then she has also appeared in ''
Silent Witness
''Silent Witness'' is a British crime drama television series produced by the BBC, which focuses on a team of forensic pathology experts and their investigations into various crimes. First broadcast in 1996, the series was created by Nigel McC ...
'' in the episode "Reputations" as the character DI Ruth Cracknell, the drama ''
Floodlights
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'' and ''
The Railway Children Return
''The Railway Children Return'', known as ''Railway Children'' in the US, is a 2022 family drama film directed by Morgan Matthews and written by Danny Brocklehurst. It is a sequel to the 1970 film ''The Railway Children'', itself based on the E ...
''.
Filmography
Television
Film
See also
References
External links
1989 births
Living people
20th-century English actresses
21st-century English actresses
Actresses from Yorkshire
Actors from Doncaster
Alumni of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
English child actresses
English stage actresses
English television actresses
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