Jeany Spark
Known For
Acting
Born
1982-11-07 in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Biography
Jeannette "Jeany" Spark is an English actress, known for portraying Linda Wallander in the British television series Wallander. The actress has also had significant roles in the comedy series Man Down and the drama series The Interceptor. Spark studied English literature at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, graduating with a First-Class Honours degree in 2004. She then trained as an actress at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, graduating in 2007. In 2008, Spark played schoolteacher Mercy Chant in the BBC adaptation of Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D’Urbervilles. Spark also took on the role of Linda Wallander, the daughter of the titular character in the BBC One drama Wallander. In 2011, Spark portrayed Joan Malin in the television drama film Hattie. In 2013, she took the role of the deputy headmistress, Emma, in Man Down, the Channel 4 comedy series. The show lasted for four series. Spark plays the role of Detective Inspector Kate Gemmill in the 2015 BBC drama The Interceptor. In 2016, Spark joined the cast of the ITV drama Jericho. In 2017, Spark took the lead role in the Theatr Clwyd's production of Skylight, a play by David Hare. In 2019, she appeared for the Royal Shakespeare Company in Crooked Dances, a new play by Robin French, as the character Katy Porlock. In 2018, she appeared as Captain Sandrine Shaw in the BBC Two miniseries Collateral. In 2020, Spark was cast as Kate in the Channel 4 drama I Am Hannah starring Gemma Chan.
Most Known For
Black Mirror
as Camilla
The Crown
as Birt's Assistant
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
as Commander of the South
Vera
as Agnes Lennox
Sherlock
as Homeless Girl
Line of Duty
as Claire Tindell
Line of Duty
as Claire Tindall
Van der Valk
as Anouk Prinsens
Wallander
as Linda Wallander
Patience
as Marina Murray
Moonflower Murders
as Samantha Collins
Collateral
as CPT Sandrine Shaw
Red Lights
as Traci Northrop
The Escape Artist
as Tara
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
as Mercy Chant
The Interceptor
as DI Gemmill
I Am...
as Kate
A Touch of Cloth
as Gemma
Man Down
as Emma
Born to Kill
as Lauren