Jemma Redgrave
Encyclopedia
Jemma Redgrave is a fourth-generation English
actress of the Redgrave family
.
as Jemima Rebecca Redgrave, she is the daughter of the late actor Corin Redgrave
and his first wife, the late Deirdre Hamilton-Hill, a former fashion model. They divorced when Jemma was nine. She has a brother Luke Redgrave, who is an assistant cameraman and two half-brothers Arden and Harvey Redgrave. Her mother died of breast cancer in 1997 and her father died of cancer in 2010.
She is the niece of actresses Vanessa Redgrave
and the late Lynn Redgrave
and cousin of Joely Richardson
, Carlo Nero
and the late Natasha Richardson
.
at the age of 18.
Stage
After graduation she landed acting roles in the 1988 stage production of Strindberg's Easter, "Lady Windermere's Fan
" in Belfast, Northern Ireland; as Emily in Thornton Wilder's "Our Town
"; Irina in a 1990 revival of 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, London. In 2010 she appeared in New York's The Public Theater in The Great Game: Afghanistan, which featured 7 hours of on-stage acting. Redgrave appeared in four of the twelve plays. In April, 2011, she pulled out of Liverpool Everyman's production of MacBeth
. Redgrave was to have played Lady Macbeth
opposite David Morrissey
's Macbeth.
Television
She has taken on roles on British
television
, and is best known for her portrayals as Eve Granger in Cold Blood, Dr. Eleanor Bramwell in Bramwell
, Eleanor in The Buddha of Suburbia, Francesca Rochester in Judge John Deed
, and Dee Stanton in Like Father Like Son. In 2007, she portrayed the indolent Lady Bertram in Mansfield Park
.
Film
Her film roles include Evie Wilcox in Howards End
and Daisie in Lassie
in 2005.
Redgrave is a celebrity supporter of the British Red Cross
where she is particularly interested in working with refugees and asylum seekers. She was an active member of the Don’t Attack Iraq movement in 2002 and 2003, and in her spare time enjoys kick boxing.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
actress of the Redgrave family
Redgrave family
The Redgrave family is an English acting dynasty, spanning four generations. Members of the family worked in theatre beginning in the nineteenth century, and later in film and television. Some family members have also written plays and books. Vanessa Redgrave is the most prominent, having won...
.
Early life/family
Born in LondonLondon
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
as Jemima Rebecca Redgrave, she is the daughter of the late actor Corin Redgrave
Corin Redgrave
Corin William Redgrave was an English actor and political activist.-Early life:Redgrave was born in Marylebone, London, the only son and middle child of actors Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson...
and his first wife, the late Deirdre Hamilton-Hill, a former fashion model. They divorced when Jemma was nine. She has a brother Luke Redgrave, who is an assistant cameraman and two half-brothers Arden and Harvey Redgrave. Her mother died of breast cancer in 1997 and her father died of cancer in 2010.
She is the niece of actresses Vanessa Redgrave
Vanessa Redgrave
Vanessa Redgrave, CBE is an English actress of stage, screen and television, as well as a political activist.She rose to prominence in 1961 playing Rosalind in As You Like It with the Royal Shakespeare Company and has since made more than 35 appearances on London's West End and Broadway, winning...
and the late Lynn Redgrave
Lynn Redgrave
Lynn Rachel Redgrave, OBE was an English actress.A member of the well-known British family of actors, Redgrave trained in London before making her theatrical debut in 1962...
and cousin of Joely Richardson
Joely Richardson
Joely Kim Richardson is an English actress, most known recently for her role as Queen Catherine Parr in the Showtime television show The Tudors and Julia McNamara in the television drama Nip/Tuck...
, Carlo Nero
Carlo Nero
Carlo Gabriel Redgrave Nero is an English screenwriter and film director.- Biography :The son of actors Franco Nero and Vanessa Redgrave, his half-sisters are actress Joely Richardson and the late Tony-award-winning actress Natasha Richardson . He was a nephew of the late actors Corin and Lynn...
and the late Natasha Richardson
Natasha Richardson
Natasha Jane Richardson was an English actress of stage and screen. A member of the Redgrave family, she was the daughter of actress Vanessa Redgrave and director/producer Tony Richardson and the granddaughter of Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson...
.
Career
Jemma Redgrave was admitted to the London Academy of Music and Dramatic ArtLondon Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art is a leading British drama school in west London. LAMDA's president is Timothy West and its new principal is Joanna Read, who recently succeeded Peter James...
at the age of 18.
Stage
After graduation she landed acting roles in the 1988 stage production of Strindberg's Easter, "Lady Windermere's Fan
Lady Windermere's Fan
Lady Windermere's Fan, A Play About a Good Woman is a four act comedy by Oscar Wilde, first produced 22 February 1892 at the St James's Theatre in London. The play was first published in 1893...
" in Belfast, Northern Ireland; as Emily in Thornton Wilder's "Our Town
Our Town
Our Town is a three-act play by American playwright Thornton Wilder. It is a character story about an average town's citizens in the early twentieth century as depicted through their everyday lives...
"; Irina in a 1990 revival of Chekhov's "The Three Sisters
Three Sisters (play)
Three Sisters is a play by Russian author and playwright Anton Chekhov, perhaps partially inspired by the situation of the three Brontë sisters, but most probably by the three Zimmermann sisters in Perm...
" in London's West End with her aunts Vanessa Redgrave
Vanessa Redgrave
Vanessa Redgrave, CBE is an English actress of stage, screen and television, as well as a political activist.She rose to prominence in 1961 playing Rosalind in As You Like It with the Royal Shakespeare Company and has since made more than 35 appearances on London's West End and Broadway, winning...
and Lynn Redgrave
Lynn Redgrave
Lynn Rachel Redgrave, OBE was an English actress.A member of the well-known British family of actors, Redgrave trained in London before making her theatrical debut in 1962...
; in 1993 with Colin Firth
Colin Firth
SirColin Andrew Firth, CBE is a British film, television, and theatre actor. Firth gained wide public attention in the 1990s for his portrayal of Mr. Darcy in the 1995 television adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice...
in Alexander Griboyedov's Chatsky at the Almeida Theatre, London; and in A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream is a play that was written by William Shakespeare. It is believed to have been written between 1590 and 1596. It portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and the Queen of the Amazons, Hippolyta...
in 2001 at the Albery Theatre, London. In 2010 she appeared in New York's The Public Theater in The Great Game: Afghanistan, which featured 7 hours of on-stage acting. Redgrave appeared in four of the twelve plays. In April, 2011, she pulled out of Liverpool Everyman's production of MacBeth
Macbeth
The Tragedy of Macbeth is a play by William Shakespeare about a regicide and its aftermath. It is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy and is believed to have been written sometime between 1603 and 1607...
. Redgrave was to have played Lady Macbeth
Lady Macbeth
Lady Macbeth may refer to:*Lady Macbeth, from William Shakespeare's play Macbeth**Queen Gruoch of Scotland, the real-life Queen on whom Shakespeare based the character...
opposite David Morrissey
David Morrissey
David Mark Morrissey is an English actor and director. Morrissey grew up in the Kensington and Knotty Ash areas of Liverpool, and learned to act at the city's Everyman Youth Theatre. At the age of 18, he was cast in the television series One Summer , which won him recognition throughout the country...
's Macbeth.
Television
She has taken on roles on British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
, and is best known for her portrayals as Eve Granger in Cold Blood, Dr. Eleanor Bramwell in Bramwell
Bramwell
Bramwell is a British television series starring Jemma Redgrave as Dr. Eleanor Bramwell, a woman challenging the domination of men in the medical establishment, who runs a free hospital for the poor in the East End of London, during the late Victorian era .The series by Carlton Television was shown...
, Eleanor in The Buddha of Suburbia, Francesca Rochester in Judge John Deed
Judge John Deed
Judge John Deed is a British legal drama television series produced by the BBC in association with One-Eyed Dog for BBC One. It was created by G.F. Newman and stars Martin Shaw as Sir John Deed, a High Court judge who tries to seek real justice in the cases before him. It also stars Jenny Seagrove...
, and Dee Stanton in Like Father Like Son. In 2007, she portrayed the indolent Lady Bertram in Mansfield Park
Mansfield Park
Mansfield Park may mean:* Mansfield Park by Jane Austen* Mansfield Park , based on the novel, directed by Patricia Rozema, starring Frances O'Connor, Embeth Davidtz, and Sheila Gish in 1999...
.
Film
Her film roles include Evie Wilcox in Howards End
Howards End
Howards End is a novel by E. M. Forster, first published in 1910, which tells a story of class struggle in turn-of-the-century England. The main theme is the difficulties, troubles, and also the benefits of relationships between members of different social classes...
and Daisie in Lassie
Lassie
Lassie is a fictional collie dog character created by Eric Knight in a short story expanded to novel length called Lassie Come-Home. Published in 1940, the novel was filmed by MGM in 1943 as Lassie Come Home with a dog named Pal playing Lassie. Pal then appeared with the stage name "Lassie" in six...
in 2005.
Personal life
Jemma Redgrave lives in London and was married to Tim Owen, a barrister, in 1992. The couple separated in 1997 and reunited in 1998. They have two children, Gabriel and Alfie.Redgrave is a celebrity supporter of the British Red Cross
British Red Cross
The British Red Cross Society is the United Kingdom branch of the worldwide impartial humanitarian organisation the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. The society was formed in 1870, and is a registered charity with over 31,000 volunteers and 2,600 staff. At the heart of their work...
where she is particularly interested in working with refugees and asylum seekers. She was an active member of the Don’t Attack Iraq movement in 2002 and 2003, and in her spare time enjoys kick boxing.
Selected filmography
- A Time to Die (1988) - Violette Charbonneau
- Tales of the UnexpectedTales of the Unexpected (TV series)Tales of the Unexpected is a British television series originally aired between 1979 and 1988, made by Anglia Television for ITV. Filming began in 1978.The series was an anthology of different tales...
(TV series) - Dream DemonDream DemonDream Demon is a British horror film, released in 1988, starring Jimmy Nail, Timothy Spall and Jemma Redgrave , who is on the verge of marrying caddish Mark Greenstreet . Spending the night in her spooky old family mansion, Jemma stares into a mirror and begins experiencing terrifying dreams. She...
(1988) - Diana - The Trials of OzThe Trials of OzThe Trials of Oz is 1991 BAFTA Award-nominated BBC drama film about famous 1971 trial in which the editors of the British underground magazine Oz were charged with obscenity...
(1991 TV movie) - Caroline Coon - Howards EndHowards End (film)Howards End is a 1992 film based upon the novel of the same title by E. M. Forster , a story of class relations in turn-of-the-20th-century England...
(1992) - Evie Wilcox - The Buddha of SuburbiaThe Buddha of Suburbia (TV serial)The Buddha of Suburbia was a 1993 BBC television miniseries, directed by Roger Michell. It was based on the novel of the same name by Hanif Kureishi. The programme starred Naveen Andrews as the main character, Karim Amir. Other cast members included David Bamber, Steven Mackintosh, Harish Patel,...
(1993 TV mini-series) - Eleanor - BramwellBramwellBramwell is a British television series starring Jemma Redgrave as Dr. Eleanor Bramwell, a woman challenging the domination of men in the medical establishment, who runs a free hospital for the poor in the East End of London, during the late Victorian era .The series by Carlton Television was shown...
(1995 TV series) - Dr. Eleanor Bramwell - Bramwell II (1996 TV mini-series) - Dr. Eleanor Bramwell
- Bramwell III (1997 TV series) - Dr. Eleanor Bramwell
- Bramwell IV (1998 TV series) - Dr. Eleanor Bramwell
- Bramwell: Our Brave Boys (1998 TV movie) - Dr. Eleanor Bramwell
- Bramwell: Loose Women (1998 TV movie) - Dr. Eleanor Bramwell
- MosleyMosleyMosley is a family name.The Mosley family were the lords of the manor of Manchester, England until 1846. They also became wealthy landowners in Staffordshire...
(1998 TV movie) - Cimmie Curzon - The Acid HouseThe Acid HouseThe Acid House is a 1994 book by Irvine Welsh, later made into a film. It is a collection of short stories, with each story featuring a new set of characters and scenarios.-Stories:...
(1998) - Jenny in the segment "The Acid House" - Bramwell V (2000 TV series) - Dr. Eleanor Bramwell
- Blue Murder (2000 TV movie) - Gale
- FishFish (TV series)Fish was a spin-off television series of the sitcom Barney Miller. It starred Abe Vigoda as New York Police Department Detective Phil Fish and Florence Stanley as his wife Bernice.- Overview :...
(2000 TV series) - Joanna Morgan - Judge John DeedJudge John DeedJudge John Deed is a British legal drama television series produced by the BBC in association with One-Eyed Dog for BBC One. It was created by G.F. Newman and stars Martin Shaw as Sir John Deed, a High Court judge who tries to seek real justice in the cases before him. It also stars Jenny Seagrove...
(2001 TV series) - Francesca Rochester - The SwapThe SwapThe Swap is a 1979 American film directed by Jordan Leondopoulos. The film is edited from the 1969 film Sam's Song also directed by Leondopoulos.The film is also known as Line of Fire .- Cast :...
(2002 TV movie) - Jen Forrester - My Family (TV series)
- I'll Be There (2003) - Rebecca Edmonds
- The Inspector Lynley MysteriesThe Inspector Lynley MysteriesThe Inspector Lynley Mysteries is a series of BBC television programmes about Detective Inspector Thomas "Tommy" Lynley, 8th Earl of Asherton of Scotland Yard and Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers...
(TV series) - AmnesiaAmnesiaAmnesia is a condition in which one's memory is lost. The causes of amnesia have traditionally been divided into categories. Memory appears to be stored in several parts of the limbic system of the brain, and any condition that interferes with the function of this system can cause amnesia...
(2004 TV movie) - Jenna Dean - The GridThe Grid (TV series)The Grid is a 2004 television miniseries co-produced by the BBC, Fox TV Studios and Carnival Films. It starred Dylan McDermott and Julianna Margulies. It aired on TNT in the US and on BBC Two in the UK over three consecutive nights and is available on DVD in the UK, United States and Australia...
(2004 TV mini-series) - MI6 Agent Emily Tuthill - Tom Brown's SchooldaysTom Brown's SchooldaysTom Brown's Schooldays is a novel by Thomas Hughes. The story is set at Rugby School, a public school for boys, in the 1830s; Hughes attended Rugby School from 1834 to 1842...
(2005 TV movie) - Mary Arnold - Like Father Like Son (2005 TV movie) - Dee Stanton
- LassieLassie (2005 film)Lassie is a 2005 family-based film directed by Charles Sturridge. When a family hits financial crisis, they have no choice but to sell Lassie...
(2005) - Daisy - Inspector LewisInspector LewisRobert "Robbie" Lewis is a fictional character in the Inspector Morse crime novels by Colin Dexter. The "sidekick" to Morse, Lewis is a Detective Sergeant in the Thames Valley Police, and appears in all 13 Morse novels. In the television adaptation, Inspector Morse, he is played by Kevin Whately...
(2006 TV movie) - Trudi Griffon - Mansfield ParkMansfield ParkMansfield Park may mean:* Mansfield Park by Jane Austen* Mansfield Park , based on the novel, directed by Patricia Rozema, starring Frances O'Connor, Embeth Davidtz, and Sheila Gish in 1999...
(2007 TV movie) - Mrs. Bertram - The Relief of BelsenThe Relief of BelsenThe Relief of Belsen is a feature-length drama that was first shown on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom on 15 October 2007. It depicts events that unfolded at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp following the liberation of the camp by British troops in April 1945...
(2007 TV docudrama) - Jean McFarlane - Waking The DeadWaking the Dead (TV series)Waking the Dead is a British television police procedural crime drama series produced by the BBC featuring a fictional Cold Case Unit comprising CID police officers, a psychological profiler and a forensic scientist. A pilot episode aired in September 2000 and there have been a total of nine series...
(2007 TV series) - Sophie Harris - MarpleMarple (TV series)Marple is a British television series based on the Miss Marple and other murder mystery novels by Agatha Christie. It is also known as Agatha Christie's Marple. The title character was played by Geraldine McEwan from the first to third series, until her retirement from the role. She was replaced...
: Murder is EasyMurder is EasyMurder is Easy is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on June 5, 1939 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in September of the same year under the title of Easy to Kill...
(2008 TV film) - Jessie Humbleby