Jemima Rooper

Jemima Rooper is an English actress who began as a child performer on television and has worked in film, theater and voice roles. Born in Hammersmith, London, she took her first professional parts in The Higher Mortals and Willie's War, and in 1996 she played George throughout Enid Blyton's The Famous Five. After smaller roles in British series, she was Nicki Sutton in the teenage drama As If, then played the ghost Thelma in the supernatural series Hex. Her Hollywood debut came with The Black Dahlia (2006), and her films include A Sound of Thunder (2005), Kinky Boots (2005), The F Word (2013) and One Chance (2013). On television she starred in Lost in Austen and played Medusa in Atlantis. Her stage work includes Her Naked Skin at the National Theatre, One Man, Two Guvnors, and the West End productions Blithe Spirit and Breeders; she has also voiced Izzy Sinclair in Doctor Who audio dramas.