1. Jessica Amy Barden was born on 21 July 1992 and is an English actress.
21 Facts About Jessica Barden
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Jessica Barden received a British Independent Film Award nomination for her performance in Scarborough.
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Jessica Barden was born on 21 July 1992 in Northallerton, North Yorkshire.
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Jessica Barden's father is a prison officer, and her mother is an accountant; she has two brothers.
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Jessica Barden discovered acting through school and her father's love of film.
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Jessica Barden began taking classes at a local drama club and working as a television extra.
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Jessica Barden made her acting debut in 1999 with a small role in an episode of the CITV series My Parents Are Aliens.
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Jessica Barden later appeared in episodes of the series No Angels and The Chase.
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Jessica Barden was 14 when she joined the cast of the ITV soap opera Coronation Street, playing Kayleigh Morton from March 2007 until the Morton family's departure from the soap in September 2008.
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Jessica Barden made her film debut in the 2007 comedy-drama Mrs Ratcliffe's Revolution.
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In 2010, Jessica Barden appeared in the film Tamara Drewe, a dramatisation of the comic strip of the same name, for which Jessica Barden was nominated for Young British Performer of the Year by the London Film Critics' Circle.
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Jessica Barden was named a 2015 Screen International Star of Tomorrow.
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In 2016, Jessica Barden played the titular role of the Channel 4 television film Ellen as well as Jasmine in the comedy film Mindhorn and Justine in the third series of Penny Dreadful on Sky Atlantic.
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Jessica Barden starred in the 2018 films The New Romantic and Scarborough.
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Jessica Barden won the IMDb Breakout Star Award and was named a 2018 BAFTA Breakthrough Brit.
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Jessica Barden appeared in the 2019 music videos for Conan Gray's "Maniac" and Ozzy Osbourne's "Under the Graveyard", as well as the film Jungleland and the Australian Foxtel series Lambs of God.
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Jessica Barden had lead roles in the 2020 films Holler and Pink Skies Ahead.
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In January 2021, it was announced Jessica Barden had been cast as Jane in the 2022 Netflix thriller Pieces of Her, an adaptation of Karin Slaughter's novel of the same name.
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In May 2024, Jessica Barden was cast as Young Valya Harkonnen in Dune: Prophecy.
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On 19 October 2021, Jessica Barden announced she had given birth to their first child, a daughter.
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Jessica Barden has opened up about her experiences with anxiety and therapy.