Jessica Brooks

For the American make-up artist, see Jessica Brooks (make-up artist).

Jessica Kate Brooks (born 28 May 1981) is an English actress. In musical theatre, she is a soprano. She has appeared in various BBC television productions, including Murder Rooms: The Kingdom of Bones, and featured in episodes of Footballer's Wives.

Jessica Brooks
Born	Jessica Kate Brooks (1981-05-28) 28 May 1981 (age 44) Ealing, London, England
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2001–present

Brooks is known for her role as Ghanima Atreides in the 2003 Sci-Fi Channel mini-series, Children of Dune. She is also a trained voice-over artist, and has studied classics at Oxford University. In 2003, she co-starred in her first feature film, Collusion.

Brooks has appeared in an episode of the long-running British TV show, Casualty (series 21, episode 11 "All Through The Night") as police officer, Nikki Soames. She has also appeared in an episode of Midsomer Murders titled "Four Funerals and a Wedding".

In 2008, she played the role of Lisa Houseman in the stage version of Dirty Dancing.^[1]

Filmography

Film & television

Year	Title	Role	Type
2001	Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes	Elizabeth Proctor	TV series
2003	Adventure Inc	Lucy Lyle	TV series
2003	Ferrari	Lina Lardi	Feature film
2003	Footballers' Wives	Federica Hauser	TV series, episodes: "Fall from Grace", "Facing the Truth", and "A Change of Career?"
2003	Children of Dune	Ghanima Atreides	TV miniseries
2003	Collusion	Serena Ames
2003	Blue Dove	Zoe
2004	Nature Unleashed: Avalanche	Callie	Film
2005	Supernova	Brooke Richardson	TV series
2005	Red Mercury	Jemma	Feature film
2006	Casualty	Nickie Soames	TV series, episode: "All Through the Night"
2006	Midsomer Murders	Fiona Aynscombe	TV series, episode: "Four Funerals and a Wedding"
2007	The Bill	DI Liz Brown	TV series, episode: "Death or Glory"
2008	Swan Song	Beth
2009	Hotel Babylon	Zoe	TV series, episode #4.1