Jessica Brooks

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Jessica Brooks
Born
Jessica Kate Brooks

(1981-05-28) 28 May 1981 (age 43)
Ealing, London, England
OccupationActress
Years active2001–present

Jessica Kate Brooks (born 28 May 1981) is an English actress. In musical theatre, she is a soprano. She has appeared in various BBC television productions, including Murder Rooms: The Kingdom of Bones, and featured in episodes of Footballer's Wives .

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Brooks is known for her role as Ghanima Atreides in the 2003 Sci-Fi Channel mini-series, Children of Dune . She is also a trained voice-over artist, and has studied classics at Oxford University. In 2003, she co-starred in her first feature film, Collusion.

Brooks has appeared in an episode of the long-running British TV show, Casualty (series 21, episode 11 "All Through The Night") as police officer, Nikki Soames. She has also appeared in an episode of Midsomer Murders titled "Four Funerals and a Wedding".

In 2008, she played the role of Lisa Houseman in the stage version of Dirty Dancing . [1]

Filmography

Film & television

YearTitleRoleType
2001 Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes Elizabeth ProctorTV series
2003 Adventure Inc Lucy LyleTV series
2003 Ferrari Lina LardiFeature film
2003 Footballers' Wives Federica HauserTV series, episodes: "Fall from Grace", "Facing the Truth", and "A Change of Career?"
2003 Children of Dune Ghanima AtreidesTV miniseries
2003CollusionSerena Ames
2003Blue DoveZoe
2004 Nature Unleashed: Avalanche CallieFilm
2005 Supernova Brooke RichardsonTV series
2005 Red Mercury JemmaFeature film
2006 Casualty Nickie SoamesTV series, episode: "All Through the Night"
2006 Midsomer Murders Fiona AynscombeTV series, episode: "Four Funerals and a Wedding"
2007 The Bill DI Liz BrownTV series, episode: "Death or Glory"
2008Swan SongBeth
2009 Hotel Babylon ZoeTV series, episode #4.1

References

  1. "Dirty Dancing, The Classic Story on Stage | Cast | Jessica Brooks". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2008.