Jenny Seagrove
Jenny Seagrove is, by now, a veteran actress recognizable to viewers well beyond any single title. Television and film have both stayed in regular use across the career. If one title has to stand in for the rest, it is 'Local Hero'. 'The Guardian' is the other credit that tends to come up. She started at 23.
Jenny Seagrove
21 Movies
14 Series
Jenny Seagrove is, by now, a veteran actress recognizable to viewers well beyond any single title. Television and film have both stayed in regular use across the career. If one title has to stand in for the rest, it is 'Local Hero'. 'The Guardian' is the other credit that tends to come up. She started at 23.
Movies
Plays Dr. Sarah King
Appointment with Death
1988
Plays Jenny
Dead End
1980
Plays Kate Rafter
My Sister's Bones
2026
Plays Marina
Local Hero
1983
Plays Camilla
The Guardian
1990
Plays Anna
Moonlighting
1982
Plays Sophie
Nate and Hayes
1983
Plays Mary Morstan
The Sign of Four
1987
Plays Louisa Gould
Another Mother's Son
2017
Plays Queen Gertrude
Hamlet
2024
Plays Kate
Off the Rails
2021
Plays Taxi Passenger
Run For Your Wife
2012
Plays Fay Hubbard
A Chorus of Disapproval
1989
Plays Heath Club Receptionist and Girl with John Cleese
Bullseye!
1990
Plays Suzanne Brody
Don't Go Breaking My Heart
1999
Plays Melanie James
Magic Moments
1989
Plays Sara Helston
Mark of the Devil
1984
Plays Sally
A Shocking Accident
1982
Plays Merlock
Peripheral
2018
Plays Jane Beatty
Miss Beatty's Children
1992
TV Shows
Plays Jo Mills
Judge John Deed
2001
Plays Diana Gayelorde-Sutton
Diana
1984
Plays Monaca di Monza
I promessi sposi
1989
Plays Laura Fairlie
The Woman in White
1982
Plays Paula Fairley
Hold the Dream
1987
Plays Young Emma Harte
A Woman of Substance
1985
Plays Cecile Rattenbury
Lewis
2007
Plays Meg
The Hitchhiker
1983
Plays Thérésa
Love at First Sight
1992
Plays Nora Broom
Endeavour
2013
Plays Sister Frances
Peak Practice
1993
Plays Miss Mary Morstan
Sherlock Holmes
1984
Plays Sara Helston
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
1984
Plays Simone
X Company
2015
Latest Trailers
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My Sister's Bones
Full Filmography
My Sister's Bones
Kate Rafter
2026
Film
Hamlet
Queen Gertrude
2024
Film
Off the Rails
Kate
2021
Film
Peripheral
Merlock
2018
Film
Another Mother's Son
Louisa Gould
2017
Film
X Company
Simone · 1 episode
2015
TV
Endeavour
Nora Broom · 1 episode
2013
TV
Run For Your Wife
Taxi Passenger
2012
Film
Lewis
Cecile Rattenbury · 1 episode
2009
TV
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Frequently Asked Questions
How old is Jenny Seagrove and where are they from?
Jenny Seagrove is 69 years old, born on July 4, 1957 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaya [now Malaysia].
What are the most famous roles of Jenny Seagrove?
Jenny Seagrove is best known for roles in Local Hero, The Guardian, Appointment with Death.
How many movies has Jenny Seagrove been in?
Over a 46-year career (since 1980), Jenny Seagrove has appeared in 21 movies and 14 TV shows.
What was Jenny Seagrove's first movie?
The career of Jenny Seagrove began with Dead End (1980).
What is Jenny Seagrove's most recent movie or series?
Jenny Seagrove's most recent release is Beautiful Birds, which premiered on July 31, 2026.
What TV shows has Jenny Seagrove appeared in?
On television, Jenny Seagrove has appeared in Endeavour, Sherlock Holmes, Lewis, Casualty.
Jenny Seagrove
1957-07-04 · Kuala Lumpur, Malaya [now Malaysia]
Jennifer Ann Seagrove (born 4 July 1957) is an English actress. She trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and rose to fame playing the lead in a TV dramatisation of Barbara Taylor Bradford's A Woman of Substance and the 1983 film Local Hero. She is now well known in the character of Jo Mills in the long-running BBC drama series Judge John Deed (2001–07). Her credits as a voiceover artist include a series of Waitrose television advertisements.