Early life and family

Born in London, she is the daughter of the actor Corin Redgrave and his first wife Deirdre Hamilton-Hill, a former fashion model. They divorced when Jemma was nine. She has a brother Luke Redgrave, who is an assistant cameraman, and two half-brothers, Arden and Harvey Redgrave. Her mother died of breast cancer in 1997 and her father died of cancer in 2010.

She is the niece of actresses Vanessa Redgrave and Lynn Redgrave and cousin of Joely Richardson, Carlo Nero and Natasha Richardson.

Career

Education

Jemma Redgrave was admitted to the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art at the age of 18.

Stage

After graduation she landed acting roles in the 1988 stage production of Strindberg's Easter, in Lady Windermere's Fan in Belfast, Northern Ireland, as Emily in Thornton Wilder's Our Town, Irina in a 1990 revival of Anton Chekhov's The Three Sisters in London's West End with her aunts Vanessa Redgrave and Lynn Redgrave, in 1993 with Colin Firth in Alexander Griboyedov's Chatsky at the Almeida Theatre, London and in A Midsummer Night's Dream in 2001 at the Albery Theatre, London. In 2010 she appeared in New York's Public Theater in The Great Game: Afghanistan which featured seven hours of on-stage acting. Redgrave appeared in four of the twelve plays.

Television

She has appeared in many roles on British television and is best known for her portrayals as Eve Granger in Cold Blood, Dr. Eleanor Bramwell in Bramwell, Eleanor in The Buddha of Suburbia, Francesca Rochester in Judge John Deed, and Dee Stanton in Like Father, Like Son. In 2007, she portrayed the indolent Lady Bertram in Mansfield Park, and Sophie Wall in Waking the Dead. She appeared as Kate Stewart (formerly played by Beverley Cressman in the two videos Downtime and Dæmos Rising), the daughter of The Brigadier (Lethbridge-Stewart), in "The Power of Three" episode of Doctor Who in 2012 and reprised the role a year later in the 50th anniversary episode "The Day of the Doctor"; and as an aloof psychiatrist, complicit in torture, in Episode 3 of Season 6 of George Gently. Also in 2013 she appeared as Doctor Zoe Evans in the BBC One drama series Frankie. She returned to the role of Kate Stewart in the Doctor Who (series 8) finale "Death in Heaven", and in the 2015 episodes "The Magician's Apprentice", "The Zygon Invasion" and "The Zygon Inversion".

Film

Her film roles include Evie Wilcox in Howards End, Diana Markham in Dream Demon and Daisie in Lassie in 2005.

Personal life

Jemma Redgrave married Tim Owen, a London barrister, in 1992. Redgrave gave birth to their first son, Gabriel, in 1994. They were separated from 1997 to October 1998. However, the couple reconciled and in 2000 Redgrave gave birth to a second son, Alfie.

Redgrave is a celebrity supporter of the British Red Cross where she is particularly interested in working with refugees and diplomatic asylum seekers. She was an active member of the Don't Attack Iraq movement in 2002 and 2003.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1988	Dream Demon	Diana
1992	Howards End	Evie Wilcox
1993	One Night Stand	Kate	Short film
1994	Power and Lovers	Emily
1998	Acid House, TheThe Acid House	Jenny
2002	Moonlight	Mother
2003	I'll Be There	Rebecca Edmonds
2005	Lassie	Daisy
2016	Love and Friendship		(post-production)

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1988	Tales of the Unexpected	Violette Charbonneau	Episode: "A Time to Die"
1990	Real Charlotte, TheThe Real Charlotte	Pamela Dysart	TV miniseries
1991	Performance	Caroline Coon	Episode: "The Trials of Oz"
1993	Diana: Her True Story	Carolyn Bartholomew	TV film
1993	Buddha of Suburbia, TheThe Buddha of Suburbia	Eleanor	Episode: "1.4"
1995-98	Bramwell	Dr. Eleanor Bramwell	Main role (27 episodes)
1998	Mosley	Cimmie Curzon	Recurring role (4 episodes)
2000	Blue Murder	Gale	TV film
2000	Cry Wolf	Dr. Jocelyn Wolf	Episode: "1.5"
2000	Fish	Joanna Morgan	Main role (6 episodes)
2000	Bramwell V	Dr. Eleanor Bramwell	TV series
2001	High Stakes	Anna Foster	Episode: "The Do-Gooders"
2001	Judge John Deed	Francesca Rochester	Episodes: "Rough Justice", "Appropriate Response"
2002	Judge John Deed	Francesca Rochester	Episode: "Nobody's Fool"
2002	The Swap	Jen Forrester	2 episodes
2002	My Family	Dr. Connor	Episode: "Shrink Rap"
2004	Amnesia	Jenna Dean	2 episodes
2004	Inspector Lynley Mysteries, TheThe Inspector Lynley Mysteries	Grace Finnegan	Episode: "If Wishes Were Horses"
2004	Grid, TheThe Grid	MI6 Agent Emily Tuthill	TV miniseries
2005	Tom Brown's Schooldays	Mary Arnold	TV film
2005	Like Father Like Son	Dee Stanton	2 episodes
2005	Cold Blood	Eve Granger	TV film
2006	Lewis	Trudi Griffon	TV film
2007	Waking the Dead	Sophie Wall	Episodes: "Mask of Sanity: Parts 1 & 2"
2007	Cold Blood 2	Eve Granger	TV film
2007	Mansfield Park	Lady Bertram	TV film
2007	Relief of Belsen, TheThe Relief of Belsen	Jean McFarlane	TV film
2007	Cold Blood	Eve Granger	Episodes: "Interference", "Dead and Buried"
2008	Cold Blood	Eve Granger	Episode: "The Last Hurrah"
2008	Agatha Christie's Marple: Murder Is Easy	Jessie Humbleby	TV film
2009	Unforgiven	Rachel Belcombe	Episodes: "1.1", "1.2", "1.3"
2010	Law & Order: UK	Helena Marsden	Episode: "Shaken"
2012-	Doctor Who	Kate Stewart	Episodes: "The Power of Three", "The Day of the Doctor", "Death in Heaven", "The Magician's Apprentice", "The Zygon Invasion" / "The Zygon Inversion"
2013	Frankie	Dr. Zoe Evans	Main role (6 episodes)
2014	Dracula	Minerva Westenra	Episode: "A Whiff of Sulphur" "Four Roses"
2014	Inspector George Gently	Jennifer Bing	Episode: "Gently With Honour"
2015	Churchill: 100 Days That Saved Britain	Clementine Churchill
2016	Holby City	Bernie Wolfe	Main role

[ Source: Wikipedia ]