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Jessica Raine (born Jessica Lloyd; 1981/1982) is an English actress. She is best known for her roles as Jenny Lee in the television series Call the Midwife (2012–2014) and Verity Lambert in the television film An Adventure in Space and Time (2013). Raine portrayed Catherine Parr in Becoming Elizabeth, a historical drama series featuring Elizabeth I as a teenager, in June 2022. From October 2022 she played the lead role in the TV thriller series The Devil's Hour. She has also had roles in stage and radio plays.
Raine was educated in Kington, Herefordshire, and wanted to be an actress from the age of 13, as her father starred in amateur dramatics with the Eardisley Little Theatre. In sixth form she studied theatre at A-Level, and a BTEC in photography at Hereford College of Arts.
Raine studied drama and cultural studies at the University of the West of England, Bristol. After graduating, she was turned down by every drama school she applied to, so went to Thailand and taught English as a second language.
After graduating in 2008, Raine began a successful stage career, initially cast as Lesley Sharp's goth daughter in Simon Stephens's Harper Regan. She played Tamsin Greig's 16-year-old daughter in David Hare's Gethsemane.
Raine played at the National Theatre in Mike Bartlett's Earthquakes in London as teenage wild-child Jasmine; and then as a secretary in the revival of Clifford Odets's Rocket to the Moon. She also appeared in Ghosts and Punk Rock, for which she won the Manchester Evening News Award for Best Supporting Actress.
She played a role in the Young Vic's revival of The Changeling. In 2012 Raine starred in Beyond Ballets Russes at the London Coliseum.
She starred as the lead character Jenny Lee in the first three series of the BBC One drama Call the Midwife. On 9 March 2014, it was announced that Raine was leaving the show at the end of series three to pursue a film career in the United States.
Raine was a guest star in the 2013 Doctor Who episode "Hide". Later that year, she appeared as Doctor Whos original producer, Verity Lambert, in the fact-based drama An Adventure in Space and Time, showing the creation of the series as part of its 50th anniversary celebrations.
In February 2014, Raine joined the cast of the BBC Two police drama Line of Duty for series two as Detective Constable Georgia Trotman, working for the AC12 anti-corruption unit.
In July 2015, Raine played Tuppence Beresford in the series Partners in Crime based on Agatha Christie's Tommy and Tuppence stories, though the series is set in 1952 rather than the 1920s.
In 2017, Raine played Alison Laithwaite in The Last Post, which she has described as her "favourite character I've played so far, ever. It was a real transformation. She's kind of self-destructive, witty and she's climbing the walls with frustration and boredom, but she just wants to have fun."
In 2019, Raine played Genevieve Taylor, a British liaison officer for Europol in the Netherlands, in the BBC One drama series Baptiste.
In 2022 she played the lead role in the TV thriller series The Devil's Hour, opposite Peter Capaldi.
Career
Theatre
Returning home after a year, she applied to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art a second time and was accepted. Moving to London in anticipation of starting her course, she worked part-time as a waitress and for BT Group.
Screen
Raine's first screen credits were an appearance in a 2009 episode of Garrow's Law and a small role in the 2010 film Robin Hood.
Radio
On radio, she has played Felice Bauer in the Murray Gold play Kafka the Musical, broadcast in April 2011 on BBC Radio 3. She also played the part of Kasey in Ed Harris' radio play The Wall, broadcast in February 2011 on BBC Radio 3.
Personal life
Raine began a relationship with fellow actor Tom Goodman-Hill sometime after they met while appearing in the 2010 production of the play Earthquakes in London. After Goodman-Hill's divorce, they married on 30 August 2015. The couple have a child together, born in February 2019.
Filmography
Film
2010 Robin Hood Princess Isabel of Gloucester 2011 Elsewhere Cath Short film 2012 The Woman in Black Joseph's nanny 2018 Benjamin Billie 2019 Black Shore Holly Short film Carmilla Miss Fontaine
Television
2009 Garrow's Law Ann Porter Episode: #1.2 2012–2014 Call the Midwife Jenny Lee Main cast (series 1–3) 2013 Doctor Who Emma Grayling Episode: "Hide" An Adventure in Space and Time Verity Lambert Television film 2014 Line of Duty DC Georgia Trotman Episode: "The Ambush" 2015 Wolf Hall Jane Rochford Main cast Fortitude Jules Sutter Main cast (series 1) Partners in Crime Tuppence Beresford Main cast 2016 Jericho Annie Quaintain Main cast Inside No. 9 Kathy Episode: "The Devil of Christmas" 2017 The Last Post Alison Laithwaite Main cast 2018 Patrick Melrose Julia Miniseries; main cast Informer Emily Waters Main cast 2019 Baptiste Genevieve Taylor Main cast (series 1) 2022 Becoming Elizabeth Catherine Parr Main cast 2022–present The Devil's Hour Lucy Chambers Main cast
Radio
2009 The Girl at the Lion d'Or Anne Louvert BBC Radio 4 2010 Sarah and Ken Lorna BBC Radio 3 2010–2011 I, Claudius Messalina BBC Radio 4 2011 The Wall Kasey BBC Radio 3 Kafka the Musical Felice Bauer BBC Radio 3 Life and Fate Zina BBC Radio 4 The High Window Merle Davis BBC Radio 4 2012 Ethan Frome Mattie BBC Radio 4 Extra 2013 Jill Elizabeth Dowling BBC Radio 4 2014 Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Rachael Rosen BBC Radio 4 2016 The Muse Narrator BBC Radio 4 Extra 2016–2017 The Forsyte Saga Fleur Mont BBC Radio 4 2018 Vampirella The Countess BBC Radio 3 2019 Palliser novels Lady Glencora Palliser BBC Radio 4 2020 Endell Street Narrator BBC Radio 4
Stage
2008 Harper Regan Sarah Regan National Theatre 2008–2009 Gethsemane Suzette Guest National Theatre 2009 Punk Rock Lily Cahill Royal Exchange / Lyric Hammersmith 2010 Ghosts Regine Duchess Theatre Earthquakes in London Jasmine National Theatre 2011 Rocket to the Moon Cleo Singer National Theatre 2012 The Changeling Beatrice-Joanna Young Vic 2013 Roots Beatie Donmar Warehouse 2016 X Gilda Royal Court Theatre 2020 Bubble Morgan Nottingham Playhouse
Awards and nominations
2009 Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards Best Supporting Actress Punk Rock 2010 Ian Charleson Awards Best Performance in a Play Ghosts 2012 South Bank Sky Arts Award The Times Breakthrough Award: TV Drama Call the Midwife 2014 Critics' Choice Television Awards Best Supporting Actress in a Movie/Miniseries An Adventure in Space and Time
External links
Categories: Living People, People From Kington, Herefordshire, Alumni Of The Royal Academy Of Dramatic Art, Alumni Of The University Of The West Of England, Bristol, British Stage Actresses, British Television Actresses, English Film Actresses, English People Of Welsh Descent, English Radio Actresses, English Stage Actresses, English Television Actresses, Actresses From Herefordshire, Teachers Of English As A Second Or Foreign Language, 21st-century English Actresses, 1980s Births, Date Of Birth Missing, English Expatriates In Thailand
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