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Jessica Stevenson
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Jessica Hynes.
Early life and education
Hynes was born Jessica Stevenson in Lewisham, London, and grew up in Brighton, where she attended St Luke's Infant and Junior Schools and Dorothy Stringer School. After her parents split up, she was raised by her mother. She moved back to London as a young adult. Her maternal grandmother came from the village of Llanelian, north Wales, where her uncle also ran a farm. Her mother is a fluent Welsh speaker. In 2023, Hynes took part in the S4C series Iaith ar Daith, where she began to learn the Welsh language; she cited being able to speak Welsh to her mother as a reason why she wanted to take part in the programme.