Jennie Jacques


Jennie Jacques is an English actress. Her first major role was as Annie Miller in Desperate Romantics, a six-part BBC Two television drama serial about the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood that was broadcast in July and August 2009. From 2013–2014 she played the lead role of WPC Gina Dawson on the BBC television series WPC 56. Since 2015 Jacques has played the recurring role of Saxon Queen Judith on the television series Vikings.

Early life

Jacques was born in Walgrave Hospital and grew up in Coventry, Leamington Spa, and Warwick.

Career

Jacques played Katie Fielding in the ITV police series The Bill and artists' model Annie Miller in the BBC Two period drama Desperate Romantics. She was cast as Beth in the home invasion urban thriller Cherry Tree Lane and Ree Ree in the futuristic thriller Shank. Jacques has also appeared in Casualty on BBC1, where she played Lily Knowles, the carer of Megan Roach, in the episode "Nice and Easy Does It" broadcast on 7 August 2010.
In 2011, Jacques was featured in the promotional video for the Mason single Boadicea. She also appeared in slasher film Demons Never Die, in which she appeared nude during a sex scene with Robert Sheehan.
Jacques appeared in an episode of Father Brown in 2013, and was then cast as the lead actress in the BBC afternoon series WPC 56, about a woman police constable in the male-dominated world of 1956. Both programmes were made by BBC Birmingham.
Jacques portrays Judith, the fictional daughter of King Aelle, in the third, fourth, and fifth seasons of Vikings.
In 2015, Jacques played the role of Tash in the ITV sitcom The Delivery Man, which aired for six episodes.

Filmography

YearShowRoleNotes
2009The BillKatie FieldingEpisodes: "Teenage Kicks, Part One & Two"
2009Desperate RomanticsAnnie MillerMain role
2010Lark Rise to CandlefordEmily MullinsEpisode #3.10
2010Stanley ParkRaggedy AnnPilot for BBC Three
2010CasualtyLily KnowlesEpisode: "Nice and Easy Does It"
2012Love LifeTillyTelevision miniseries, 2 episodes
2013Father BrownViolet ParnassusEpisode: "The Wrong Shape"
2013–2014WPC 56WPC Gina DawsonLead role, 10 episodes
2015–2019VikingsJudithRecurring role, 29 episodes
2015The Delivery ManTashMain role, 6 episodes
2019London KillsAmberMain role

YearFilmRoleNotes
2010ShankRee Ree
2010Cherry Tree LaneBeth
2011Demons Never DieJasmine
2012Truth or DareEleanorAlso known in the United States as Truth or Die