Jessica Raine
Jessica Raine
Jessica Raine is an English actress. She is best known for playing midwife Jenny Lee in the first three series of BBC One drama Call the Midwife...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionActress
run
You have that moment just before you go on - I've had it in every play - where you just kind of want to run away. There's a whole audience, and they are waiting outside, and you're like, 'Why am I doing this again? Why? Why?'
country school
I was always told at school I was posh, then I came to London, and here I'm told I have a country accent.
My principal at RADA once told me, 'You'll know you're a professional when you don't feel like doing it but you have to do it.'
bit definite dream middle move purely series time
I think my dream would be to move into film, purely because there's a definite beginning, middle and end to a project. I struggle a bit with such a big series that's going all the time.
definitely explore future love
I would like to explore comedy, I want to do more theatre, and I definitely want a future in film. I love science-fiction.
I am not posh. I went to a comprehensive school.
bleeding hard knew lead sound
I don't want to sound too bleeding heart, because I know how lucky I've been, but I never knew how hard it was to be the lead in a television show.
bad gut love money passionate wait work
I'd love to do films, but I'd feel bad in my gut if I did anything just for the money. I want to wait for something I'm really passionate about, even if I don't work for a year.
birth birth-and-death countryside
Im certainly not squeamish at all. The countryside makes you very aware of birth and death.
children want too-much
I find that women want to tell me about their birthing experiences. In the most excruciating detail. Its not put me off having children, but I do feel like I know too much.
memories lambs
My fondest memories are of watching lambs being delivered.
firsts roles scripts
For any role, I pretty much always go to the script, first and foremost.
thinking people faces
I have a really adaptable face, but when I am just being me, people always think I am younger than I am.
girly feel-good shirts
I have a lot of Breton striped top and silk shirts that always feel good. I also like things with a masculine edge and dislike anything too girly.