25 Facts About Jackie Clune

Jacqueline Clune was born on 13 December 1965 and is a British actress and writer.

Jackie Clune became established through her Edinburgh Fringe one-woman cabaret shows and her 1995 Karen Carpenter tribute act before graduating to mainstream acting.

Jackie Clune is the third of four children born in Harlow, Essex, to Irish Roman Catholic parents: her father, Don Clune, was a buyer for a computer firm, and her mother a nurse.

Jackie Clune graduated with a degree in drama from the University of Kent.

Jackie Clune started singing in bands part-time, but between sets as a DJ she developed a facility in chatting to the audience.

Jackie Clune's credits include the BBC soap drama EastEnders and ITV's The Bill.

Jackie Clune had a part in Showstopper, Bryony Lavery's play A Wedding Story and portrayed Julie Burchill, at the time a columnist for The Guardian, in the one-woman play Julie Burchill Is Away by Tim Fountain at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and in the West End which launched her to the global press.

Jackie Clune sang the theme tune of, and contributed material to, the TV comedy Smack the Pony.

Jackie Clune promoted the album Love Songs courtesy of a show at the Soho Theatre in London's West End from 15 to 17 July 2010 and has been involved in several musical projects including the 2010 memorial concert for the late Kirsty MacColl, singing with Billy Bragg.

Jackie Clune has published two books, Man of the Month Club and Extreme Motherhood, diaries relating how her lifestyle changed when she found herself pregnant with triplets little more than a year after having her first child.

Jackie Clune performed in 2011 as the outspoken Miss Ogle in the play The Belle's Stratagem, directed by Jessica Swale and a revival of a script by Hannah Cowley from the Georgian period, at the Southwark Playhouse.

Jackie Clune has been a warm-up act for the Singalonga Sound of Music and the Puppetry of the Penis shows.

From October 2012 until 24 August 2013, Jackie Clune played the role of Violet in the ATG national tour of 9 to 5: The Musical, launched at the Manchester Opera House.

Jackie Clune played Glendower and Westmorland in Phyllida Lloyd's new all-female stage production starring Dame Harriet Walter at the Donmar Warehouse of Henry IV which went to St Ann's Warehouse in NY until 13 December 2015.

Jackie Clune played Maggie Tan in The Vote in summer 2015, and then had a leading role at the Salisbury Playhouse in Noel Coward's Fallen Angels, a musical period drama, before joining the ensemble in the female-only Henry IV as above.

Jackie Clune has been in the cast of the Kings Cross Shakespeare trilogy.

Jackie Clune has had a role in the film Denial, 2016 and the acclaimed BBC TV drama Three girls which won a Royal Television Society award in 2018.

Jackie Clune appeared in three BBC television series, Motherland, Ghosts and Mandy.

Jackie Clune is part of the performance arts creative writing team for Queers.

Jackie Clune was in the cast of the American play Utility at the Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond, London.

Jackie Clune was cast in the role of Pompey in Measure for Measure for the autumn billing at the Donmar.

Jackie Clune appeared in the cast of the Olivier Award-thrice-winning Emilia in the West End, in The Vote, and in 9 to 5 again in 2020.

Jackie Clune has had billing as the Narrator for The Rocky Horror Show, and a character part in Just for One Day.

In 2001, Jackie Clune met Heartbeat actor and stunt performer Richard Hannant, who was the fire officer at the Arts Theatre where she was performing, and started a relationship with him.

Jackie Clune has been on the general council of the Equity Committee since 2013 and in August 2020 was elected vice president.