Jessica Revell | |
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Born | |
Education | Tring Park School for the Performing Arts, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art |
Occupation(s) | Actress, singer |
Years active | 2010– |
Known for | The role of "Elektra" Perkins |
Television | Tracy Beaker Returns (2011–2012) The Dumping Ground (2013, 2017, 2020) After The DG (2018) |
Jessica Revell (born 13 December 1994) [1] is an English actress and singer, best known for her TV role as Mandy "Elektra" Perkins in Tracy Beaker Returns and in the BBC spin-off series The Dumping Ground .
Revell's parents, who are separated, both worked for British Airways, and she has a brother. Revell spent her childhood travelling due to her parents' jobs and spent some of her childhood in France. [2] [3] Revell returned to the United Kingdom and attended Tring Park School for the Performing Arts as a boarding student. [2] [3] She graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 2023.[ citation needed ]
Revell's first role was in Tracy Beaker Returns as Elektra Perkins, and she joined in series 2. [2] [4] She reprised the role of Elektra for The Dumping Ground in 2013. [5] [6] She also appeared as Elektra in The Dumping Ground Survival Files and The Dumping Ground Dish Up . [7] In 2015, she appeared in an episode of Casualty as Kelly Bange. [8] [9] Revell appeared in two short roles, Girl to Girl to Monkey in 2014, and in Mingmong as Judy in 2015. She also played Jen in the play People Are Messy. [10]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2011–2012 | Tracy Beaker Returns | Elektra Perkins | Regular role |
2012 | Tracy Beaker Survival Files | ||
2013 | The Dumping Ground | ||
2017, 2020 | Guest role | ||
2014 | Girl to Girl to Monkey | Monkey | Short |
2015 | Casualty | Kelly Bange | 1 episode |
Mingmong | Judy | Short | |
The Dumping Ground Dish Up | Elektra Perkins | 5 episodes | |
2016 | People are Messy | Jen | |
2017 | Sam & Mark's Big Friday Wind-Up | Herself | 1 episode |
Doctors | Erin Allsopp | ||
2018 | After The DG | Elektra Perkins | Main role |
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