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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
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, England. She began her acting career at the age of 7, being cast as
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's daughter, Lucy Snow, in the popular
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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 ''
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'' she gained notice in an episode of the first series of
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'' in 2006. Further parts in ''
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'' and a semi regular role in TV soap ''
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'' followed in 2007, before at the age of 18 Baglow was cast as Karla Bentham in '' Waterloo Road''. Her portrayal of a student with
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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
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(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
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for her role as Marina in
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's production of ''
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'' at
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theatre. Dominic Cavendish of ''
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'' 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
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diarist and noblewoman
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, playing her ladies maid Hemingway. It was a significant series for Baglow to do, as around the same time in her personal life she
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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 ''
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'' in the episode "Reputations" as the character DI Ruth Cracknell, the drama ''
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''.


Filmography


Television


Film


See also


References


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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 {{England-actor-stub