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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 22, 1962
Place of Birth
Bedford, Bedfordshire, England
Also Known As
- Jaqueline Boatswain
- Jacquie Boatswain
Jacqueline Boatswain
0.4 Popularity
Biography
Jacqueline Boatswain was born in Bedford on June 22nd and as a child demonstrated a musical talent, attending ballet school in London at age seventeen. For some fifteen years she sang and danced in twelve West End shows such as the RSC's 'Kiss Me, Kate', 'Jesus Christ, Superstar' and the revivals of 'Carousel' and 'Chicago' amongst others.In the early 2000s it was suggested to her that she should turn her hand to acting and in 2001 she landed her first role in the BBC production 'Doctors', returning as a semi regular character. She then took on the role of the headmistress in the long running BBC school drama 'Grange Hill', remaining there for three years. Since then she has appeared in other long running series - 'East Enders', "Casualty' and as regulars in 'Hollyoaks'( as fan favourite Simone Loveday ) and 'Shameless' as the pretentious Patreesha St Rose as well as a rather sinister scientist in the children's fantasy 'Wolfblood'. She has also played comedic roles in 'Bad Education' and three series of 'Cuckoo'. She can most recently be seen in ITV's 'Bancroft' and season two of 'Carnival Row' for Amazon when it is released.On stage she has appeared in 'Coriolanus', 'One Monkey Don't Stop No Show', James Baldwin's 'The Amen Corner' with Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Sharon D. Clarke and Sarah Rutherford's 'Adult Supervision', the last three being plays dealing with racial concerns.
Known For
6.7
Sarah Mackie
After the Flood
2024
5.8
Wendy Weston
The Good Ship Murder
2023
7.6
Elaine Simms
The Diplomat
2023
6.6
Diana Maitland
The Chemistry of Death
2023
6.1
Janet Venables
Ridley
2022
7.9
Prime Minister Zewde
The Sandman
2022
5.5
Professor Dorian Gillespie
Avoidance
2022
6.6
Ida Webb (British Witch)
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
2022
7.8
Immigration Officer Powell
Alex Rider
2020
6.3
Audrey Evans
Agatha and the Midnight Murders
2020
Credits
After the Flood
as Sarah Mackie
2024
6.7
The Good Ship Murder
as Wendy Weston
2023
5.8
The Diplomat
as Elaine Simms
2023
7.6
The Chemistry of Death
as Diana Maitland
2023
6.6
Ridley
as Janet Venables
2022
6.1
The Sandman
as Prime Minister Zewde
2022
7.9
Avoidance
as Professor Dorian Gillespie
2022
5.5
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
as Ida Webb (British Witch)
2022
6.6
Alex Rider
as Immigration Officer Powell
2020
7.8
Agatha and the Midnight Murders
as Audrey Evans
2020
6.3
Carnival Row
as Mima Blodwen
2019
7.7
National Theatre Live: Small Island
2019
8.0
Miracle Workers
as Queen Gamillagoor
2019
6.8
Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators
as Odette Dixon
2018
7.2
Bancroft
as Chief Constable Frances Holland
2017
6.9
River
as Ursula
2015
7.4
National Theatre Live: Coriolanus
as Valeria / Fourth Citizen
2014
8.2
Cuckoo
as Jane
2012
6.8
Death in Paradise
as Babette Francois
2011
7.5
Vera
as Sarah Ashers
2011
7.4
Mistresses
as Jenny
2008
5.7
Torchwood
as Plummer
2006
7.3
Life on Mars
as Officer
2006
7.8
London Voodoo
as Ruth
2004
4.9
Shameless
as Patreesha St. Rose
2004
7.6
The Royal
as Safi
2003
7.6
Midsomer Murders
as Rachel Taylor
1997
7.5
Ballet Black
as Dancer (as Jacqui Boatswain)
1986
6.0
Grange Hill
as Mrs. Bassinger
1978
6.7
Grange Hill
as Miss Bassinger
1978
6.7