Jemma Donovan made her on-screen debut in the BBC television film Mr Stink when she was 12 years old.
24 Facts About Jemma Donovan
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In 2015, Donovan played Maddy Bastiere in the French-American series Spotless.
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Jemma Donovan made her debut in July 2019 and appeared in the spin-off series Neighbours: Erinsborough High.
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Shortly after moving back to the United Kingdom, Jemma Donovan secured the role of "party girl" Rayne Royce who died from being pushed in her swimming pool by Romeo Nightingale in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks.
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Jemma Donovan is the daughter of actor and singer Jason Donovan and his wife Angela Malloch.
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Jemma Donovan's grandfather is actor Terence Donovan and her grandmother is actress and presenter Sue McIntosh.
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Jemma Donovan's aunt Stephanie McIntosh is an actor and singer.
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Jemma Donovan realised she wanted to pursue a career in the entertainment industry while she was in school.
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Jemma Donovan began attending drama classes when she was 10 years old.
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Jemma Donovan was 12 years old when she appeared as bully Pippa in the BBC television film Mr Stink, which was adapted from the David Walliams book of the same name.
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Jemma Donovan said working on the film made her fall in love with acting.
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In 2015, Jemma Donovan played Maddy Bastiere in the French-American dark comedy-drama series Spotless, which was distributed by Netflix internationally.
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Jemma Donovan spent six months filming the series and she called it one of the best experiences of her life, as it taught her a lot about the industry.
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Jemma Donovan admitted that she did not want to go back to school afterwards.
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Jemma Donovan relocated to Australia in 2018, where she went on a number of auditions arranged by her father's agent, including for Home and Away.
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Jemma Donovan originally auditioned for the role of Roxy Willis, but producers felt she was not right for the part and it eventually went to Zima Anderson.
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Jemma Donovan was unsure about being able to portray Roxy having read the "raunchy" scripts.
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Producers later created the character of Harlow Robinson and Jemma Donovan was cast in the role.
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Harlow's storyline resembled Jemma Donovan's own move from the UK to Australia.
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Jemma Donovan is very headstrong, and I enjoy playing that type of character, who's not so intense, knows what she is doing and likes to get involved and Harlow seems to have those qualities.
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Jemma Donovan made her debut as Harlow in July 2019.
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In 2021, Jemma Donovan returned to the UK to film a special storyline for her character, alongside Amanda Holden.
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In October 2022, Jemma Donovan joined the main cast of British soap opera Hollyoaks as Rayne Royce.
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Jemma Donovan's character was part of a new group of 20-somethings living in a share house, which harks back to the serial's student-focused earlier years.