Jessica Raine

Jessica Raine (née Lloyd; born 20 May 1982) is an English actress. She is best known for her roles as Jenny Lee in the television series Call the Midwife (2012–2014) and Verity Lambert in the television film An Adventure in Space and Time (2013). Raine portrayed Catherine Parr in Becoming Elizabeth, an historical drama series featuring Elizabeth I as a teenager, in June 2022. From October 2022 she played the lead role in the TV thriller series The Devil's Hour. She has also had roles in stage and radio plays.

Jessica Raine
Raine at the 2015 British Academy Television Awards
Born	Jessica Helen Lloyd (1982-05-20) 20 May 1982 (age 42) Eardisley, Herefordshire, England
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2008–present
Spouse	Tom Goodman-Hill ​ (m. 2015)​
Children	1

Early life and education

Raine was born Jessica Lloyd in Eardisley, Herefordshire,^[1] where she was raised on her father's farm.^[2] She is the younger of two daughters of farmer Allan Lloyd (descended from the Lloyd family of Baynham Hall, who were well known for generations as bonesetters alongside their farming activities),^[3][4] and his wife Sue.^[1]

Raine was educated in Kington, Herefordshire, and wanted to be an actress from the age of 13, as her father starred in amateur dramatics with the Eardisley Little Theatre.^[1] In sixth form she studied theatre at A-Level, and a BTEC in photography at Hereford College of Arts.^[5]

Raine studied drama and cultural studies at the University of the West of England, Bristol. After graduating, she was turned down by every drama school she applied to, so went to Thailand and taught English as a second language.^[6]

Career

Theatre

Returning home after a year, she applied to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art a second time and was accepted. Moving to London in anticipation of starting her course, she worked part-time as a waitress and for BT Group.^[5]

After graduating in 2008, Raine began a successful stage career, initially cast as Lesley Sharp's goth daughter in Simon Stephens's Harper Regan.^[7] She played Tamsin Greig's 16-year-old daughter in David Hare's Gethsemane.^[8]

Raine played at the National Theatre in Mike Bartlett's Earthquakes in London as teenage wild-child Jasmine; and then as a secretary in the revival of Clifford Odets's Rocket to the Moon.^[9] She also appeared in Ghosts and Punk Rock,^[10] for which she won the Manchester Evening News Award for Best Supporting Actress.

She played a role in the Young Vic's revival of The Changeling. In 2012 Raine starred in Beyond Ballets Russes at the London Coliseum.^[11]

Screen

Raine's first screen credits were an appearance in a 2009 episode of Garrow's Law and a small role in the 2010 film Robin Hood.^[5]

She starred as the lead character Jenny Lee in the first three series of the BBC One drama Call the Midwife. On 9 March 2014, it was announced that Raine was leaving the show at the end of series three to pursue a film career in the United States.^[12]

Raine was a guest star in the 2013 Doctor Who episode "Hide". Later that year, she appeared as Doctor Who's original producer, Verity Lambert, in the fact-based drama An Adventure in Space and Time, showing the creation of the series as part of its 50th anniversary celebrations.^[13]

In February 2014, Raine joined the cast of the BBC Two police drama Line of Duty for series two as Detective Constable Georgia Trotman, working for the AC12 anti-corruption unit.^{[citation needed]}

In July 2015, Raine played Tuppence Beresford in the series Partners in Crime based on Agatha Christie's Tommy and Tuppence stories, though the series is set in 1952 rather than the 1920s.^{[citation needed]}

In 2017, Raine played Alison Laithwaite in The Last Post, which she has described as her "favourite character I've played so far, ever. It was a real transformation. She's kind of self-destructive, witty and she's climbing the walls with frustration and boredom, but she just wants to have fun."^[14][15]

In 2019, Raine played Genevieve Taylor, a British liaison officer for Europol in the Netherlands, in the BBC One drama series Baptiste.^{[citation needed]}

In 2022 she played the lead role in the TV thriller series The Devil's Hour, opposite Peter Capaldi.^[16]

Radio

On radio, she has played Felice in the Murray Gold play Kafka the Musical, broadcast in April 2011 on BBC Radio 3.^[17] She also played the part of Kasey in Ed Harris' radio play The Wall, broadcast in February 2011 on BBC Radio 3.^[18]

Personal life

Raine began a relationship with fellow actor Tom Goodman-Hill after they met while appearing in the 2010 production of the play Earthquakes in London. ^[19]At the time, Goodman-Hill was married to Kerry Bradley; they had been a couple for 20 years and had two children together – a son and a daughter. Goodman-Hill eventually divorced Bradley and married Raine on 30 August 2015. The couple have a child together, born in February 2019.^[20]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	Robin Hood	Princess Isabel of Gloucester
2011	Elsewhere	Cath	Short film
2012	The Woman in Black	Joseph's nanny
2018	Benjamin	Billie
2019	Black Shore	Holly	Short film
	Carmilla	Miss Fontaine

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	Garrow's Law	Ann Porter	Episode: #1.2
2012–2014	Call the Midwife	Jenny Lee	Main cast (series 1–3)
2013	Doctor Who	Emma Grayling	Episode: "Hide"
	An Adventure in Space and Time	Verity Lambert	Television film
2014	Line of Duty	DC Georgia Trotman	Episode: "The Ambush"
2015	Wolf Hall	Jane Rochford	Main cast
	Fortitude	Jules Sutter	Main cast (series 1)
	Partners in Crime	Tuppence Beresford	Main cast
2016	Jericho	Annie Quaintain	Main cast
	Inside No. 9	Kathy	Episode: "The Devil of Christmas"
2017	The Last Post	Alison Laithwaite	Main cast
2018	Patrick Melrose	Julia	Miniseries; main cast
	Informer	Emily Waters	Main cast
2019	Baptiste	Genevieve Taylor	Main cast (series 1)
2022	Becoming Elizabeth	Catherine Parr	Main cast
2022–present	The Devil's Hour	Lucy Chambers	Main cast

Radio

Year	Title	Role	Radio station
2009	The Girl at the Lion d'Or	Anne Louvert	BBC Radio 4
2010	Sarah and Ken	Lorna	BBC Radio 3
2010–2011	I, Claudius	Messalina	BBC Radio 4
2011	The Wall	Kasey	BBC Radio 3
	Kafka the Musical	Felice Bauer	BBC Radio 3
	Life and Fate	Zina	BBC Radio 4
	The High Window	Merle Davis	BBC Radio 4
2012	Ethan Frome	Mattie	BBC Radio 4 Extra
2013	Jill	Elizabeth Dowling	BBC Radio 4
2014	Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?	Rachael Rosen	BBC Radio 4
2016	The Muse	Narrator	BBC Radio 4 Extra
2016–2017	The Forsyte Saga	Fleur Mont	BBC Radio 4
2018	Vampirella	The Countess	BBC Radio 3
2019	The Pallisers	Lady Glencora Palliser	BBC Radio 4
2020	Endell Street	Narrator	BBC Radio 4

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Venue
2008	Harper Regan	Sarah Regan	National Theatre
2008–2009	Gethsemane	Suzette Guest	National Theatre
2009	Punk Rock	Lily Cahill	Royal Exchange / Lyric Hammersmith
2010	Ghosts	Regine	Duchess Theatre
	Earthquakes in London	Jasmine	National Theatre
2011	Rocket to the Moon	Cleo Singer	National Theatre
2012	The Changeling	Beatrice-Joanna	Young Vic
2013	Roots	Beatie	Donmar Warehouse
2016	X	Gilda	Royal Court Theatre
2020	Bubble	Morgan	Nottingham Playhouse

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2009	Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Punk Rock	Won	[21]
2010	Ian Charleson Awards	Best Performance in a Play	Ghosts	Nominated	[22]
2012	South Bank Sky Arts Award	The Times Breakthrough Award: TV Drama	Call the Midwife	Nominated	[23]
2014	Critics' Choice Television Awards	Best Supporting Actress in a Movie/Miniseries	An Adventure in Space and Time	Nominated	[24]