1. Jemima Rebecca "Jemma" Redgrave was born on 14 January 1965 and is a British actress, and a member of the Redgrave family.
13 Facts About Jemma Redgrave
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Jemma Redgrave is known for her roles as the title character in Bramwell and as Kate Lethbridge-Stewart in Doctor Who and its upcoming spin-off, The War Between the Land and the Sea.
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Jemma Redgrave then enrolled at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art at the age of 18.
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In 2012, Jemma Redgrave appeared alongside Ben Chaplin in Roger Michell's production of Farewell to the Theatre at the Hampstead Theatre, followed by starring roles in Donkeys' Years and An Ideal Husband.
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In 2018, Jemma Redgrave appeared in another Roger Michell production, appearing again alongside Ben Chaplin, this time in Joe Penhall's Mood Music at The Old Vic.
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Jemma Redgrave appeared as Eleanor in Roger Michell's The Buddha of Suburbia: a four-part adaptation of the ground-breaking novel of the same name by Hanif Kureishi and with a soundtrack written and performed specifically for the production by David Bowie.
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From 2016 to 2018, Jemma Redgrave played former RAMC surgeon, Major Berenice Wolfe, in the popular BBC medical drama Holby City.
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Kate would go on to become a recurring character in Doctor Who, with Jemma Redgrave reprising the role in episodes with the Twelfth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Doctors.
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Additionally, Jemma Redgrave began headlining the Big Finish audio drama spin-off UNIT: The New Series as Kate alongside Ingrid Oliver as Osgood, whom Jemma Redgrave appeared on-screen with multiple times in Doctor Who, and would go on to play Kate in other spin-off audio plays.
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Jemma Redgrave married Tim Owen, a barrister at Matrix Chambers, in 1992.
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Jemma Redgrave has a brother, Luke Redgrave, who is a camera operator, and two half-brothers, Arden and Harvey Redgrave.
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Jemma Redgrave's mother died in 1997 and her father died in 2010.
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Jemma Redgrave is the granddaughter of Sir Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson, niece of actresses Vanessa Redgrave and Lynn Redgrave, and cousin of Joely Richardson, Carlo Nero, and Natasha Richardson.