Jessica Gunning
Birthday: Born in 1986-01-01 in Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, England, UK
Deathday: Alive
Jessica Gunning is a British television and theatre actress. She was educated at Holmfirth High School near Huddersfield before attending Rose Bruford College, graduating in 2007.
TV Credits
Law & Order: UK
Character:
Adapted from the hit US series, Law & Order: UK follows a team of police detectives and prosecutors representing the public interest in the criminal justice system....
Doctor Who
Character: Stacey Harris
The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who mastered time travel. The Doctor saves planets for a living—more of a hobby actually, and the Doctor's very, very good at it....
White Heat
Character: Orla
In 1965, seven students meet and, despite being an assorted mix of people, become friends while they share a flat together in London. As time passes, their lives intertwine with each other as they feel the impact of political developments and the outbreak of war and disease....
What Remains
Character: Melissa Young
When the decomposed body of Melissa Young is found by a couple in their new flat, Detective Len Harper is determined to discover what happened to her and why nobody noticed she was missing....
Inside No. 9
Character: Shona
An anthology of darkly comic twisted tales, each one taking place behind a door marked 'number 9'....
Law & Order: UK
Character: Angela
Adapted from the hit US series, Law & Order: UK follows a team of police detectives and prosecutors representing the public interest in the criminal justice system....
The Outlaws
Character: Diane
Seven strangers from different walks of life - people who would never normally interact - are forced to work together to renovate a derelict community centre. They resent the menial physical labour and they resent each other. But when one of their number gets dragged into a dangerous world of organised crime, they unite in ways none of them thought possible....
Mutual Friends
Character: Maryka
Martin's comfortable world is upturned by his friend's mid-life crises, beginning with his best friend's suicide, and the secret affair he had with Martin's wife....
Fortitude
Character: Shirley Allerdyce
Fortitude is a place like nowhere else. Although surrounded by the savage beauty of the Arctic landscape, Fortitude is one of the safest towns on earth. There has never been a violent crime here. Until now. In such a close-knit community a murder touches everyone and the unsettling, mysterious horror of this crime threatens the future of the town itself....
Prime Suspect 1973
Character: WPC Kath Morgan
Jane Tennison is a probationary WPC in 1973 London, where she faces sexism while working her first murder case. Follow her early career, her relationship with her boss DI Len Bradfield, and her determination to prove herself in a male-dominated police force, as she will eventually achieve the rank of Detective Superintendent....
The State
Character: Umm Walid
The experiences of four British men and women who leave their lives behind to join ISIS in Syria....
Back
Character: Jan
Estranged foster-brothers Stephen and Andrew vie to take over the family business following the death of their father....
Urban Myths
Character: Border Officer
Our Urban Myths are stories that have been passed down over time and have now become part of urban folklore. But are they true? We take a slightly tongue in cheek, mischievous – and deliberately ambiguous – look at what might have happened......
Strike
Character: Holly Brockbank
A war veteran turned private detective operates out of a tiny office in London’s Denmark Street. Although wounded both physically and psychologically, his unique insight and background as a military police investigator prove crucial in solving complex crimes that have baffled the police. Based on the bestselling novels written by J.K. Rowling under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith....
Baby Reindeer
Character: Martha Scott
When a struggling comedian shows one act of kindness to a vulnerable woman, it sparks a suffocating obsession which threatens to wreck both their lives....
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Character: Self
After Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent replacement. After 42 years in Los Angeles the program was brought back to New York....
Golden Globe Awards
Character: Self - Nominee
An annual awards ceremony recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign, bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association....
The Emmy Awards
Character: Self - Winner
An annual awards ceremony honoring the best in U.S. prime time television programming as chosen by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences....
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Character: Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC....
In the Dark
Character: DC Sophie Carson
DI Helen Weeks grapples with pregnancy as she undertakes a very personal abduction case....
The Project
Character: Self (archive footage)
Six nights a week, The Project provides Australian viewers with their dose of ‘news delivered differently’, serving up thought-provoking news, current affairs, comedy and entertainment....
CBeebies Bedtime Stories
Character: Self - Storyteller
Join a host of different celebrities for a different story read each night just before bedtime....
CBeebies Bedtime Stories
Character: Self - Storytelling
Join a host of different celebrities for a different story read each night just before bedtime....
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
Character: Self - Winner
One of awards season's premier events, the Actor Awards annually celebrates the outstanding motion picture and television performances of the year, as voted on by SAG-AFTRA's robust and diverse membership of 122,000+ performers....
Film Independent Spirit Awards
Character: Self - Winner
Specialty film and groundbreaking television programming is celebrated as well as Film Independent's slate of artist development programs....
Critics Choice Awards
Character: Self - Winner
The Critics' Choice Movie Awards are bestowed annually by the Broadcast Film Critics Association to honor the finest in cinematic achievement....
Lorraine
Character: Self - Guest
Lorraine is the early weekday morning, lifestyle and entertainment show for ITV, presented by Lorraine Kelly and Kate Garraway. ITV Breakfast produces Lorraine, which airs every weekday from 08:30 until 09:25, following Daybreak. The programme replaced Kelly's previous show, GMTV with Lorraine....
The Shift: Women On The Force
Character: Self - Narrator
This brand new observational documentary gives us unprecedented access to West Yorkshire Police, following the exceptional work of women at every level of the Force. Frontline policing has never been tougher, and this six-part series explores the demands facing officers in Britain today, the dangers they face on a daily basis and the impact this has on their private lives. The proportion of female police officers in England and Wales has increased from 7% in 1977 to 29% in 2017 but men still dom...
Doctor Who Confidential
Character: Self (uncredited)
Doctor Who Confidential is a documentary to complement the revival of the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. Each episode was broadcast on BBC Three on Saturdays, immediately after the broadcast of the weekly television episode on BBC One. The running time of the first two series was 30 minutes, being extended to 45 minutes in the third. BBC Three also broadcast a cut-down edition of the programme, lasting 15 minutes, shown after the repeats on Sundays and Fridays...
Inside No. 9
Character: Party Guest
An anthology of darkly comic twisted tales, each one taking place behind a door marked 'number 9'....
Isolation Stories
Character: Stranger (voice)
A series of four short dramas depicting life in lockdown. Each episode will be 15 minutes in duration and will reflect what families are going through after weeks of isolation. The series will be filmed observing the strict rules of lockdown with actors and their families filming the scenes themselves watched remotely by the directors. Each of the directors — Paul Whittington, Paul Andrew Williams, Louise Hooper and David Blair — will be watching footage via their mobile phones and giving advice...
MotherFatherSon
Character: Pam
Max is a charismatic self-made American businessman with media outlets in London and around the world. When the self-destructive lifestyle of his 30 year-old son, Caden, spirals out of control, the devastating consequences threaten the future of the family, its empire, and a country on the brink of change....
Trollied
Character: Donna
Set in Valco, a fictional budget supermarket in the north west of England, Trollied finds the funny in one of our most familiar surroundings and focuses on the types of characters we all recognise: bored checkout staff, ineffectual managers and a range of customers, from the irate to the downright bizarre....
Tourist Trap
Character: Maxine
Tourist Trap is a Welsh TV mockumentary-style comedy series following the fictional tourist board WOW Wales....
Jericho
Character: Mabel
In the Yorkshire Dales in the 1870s, the shantytown of Jericho is the home of a community that will live, thrive and die in the shadow of the viaduct they've been brought together to build....
Top Coppers
Character: Agent Romero
Top Coppers follows the adventures of cops John Mahogany and Mitch Rust, as they attempt to rid the fictional world of Justice City from its deranged criminal underworld. The universe and its characters are derived from the conventions of American and British cop shows of the Seventies and Eighties, from Starsky & Hutch to The Professionals, but is set in no specific time or country. With big, silly characters and hilarious stories, Top Coppers is filled with familiar tropes and references from ...
Quick Cuts
Character: Annie
A quick-cutting sitcom crossed with a sketch show, set in a hairdressing salon. The owner of Quick Cuts is Sue (Doon Mackichan), who turns a blind eye to the various faults, failings and eccentricities of her staff. Together with Sue's relentlessly crooked boyfriend Trevor, they are one big dysfunctional family. The narrative sitcom element of Quick Cuts follows the lives of the staff while the sketch element will be the encounters between the customers and the hairdressers with the camera actin...
Great Night Out
Character: Summer
Great Night Out is a British comedy-drama based in Stockport, North-West England that aired on ITV in early 2013. On 27 February 2013, it was announced that there will be a second series. It was later cancelled in April, as confirmed by Boardman via Twitter. Although the series scored decent ratings averaging over 3 million a week....
Little Crackers
Character: Matron
Little Crackers is a series of Christmas short films featuring stars of British and Irish comedy....
Doctors
Character: Ann Turnbull
Set in the fictional Midlands town of Letherbridge, defined as being close to the city of Birmingham, this soap opera follows the staff and families of a doctor's surgery....
Life of Riley
Character: Annie
Life of Riley is a British comedy television series, shown on BBC One and BBC HD. The show stars Caroline Quentin and Neil Dudgeon, who are recently married, and is set around their dysfunctional family. The show also features the couple's four children, Danny, Katy, Ted, and Rosie. After three series it was confirmed that the show had been cancelled....
Movie Credits
Sometimes Chinese
Character: Barbara
Nigel Dent is living a suburban nightmare. His life a meaningless black hole, void of any love or joy. Barbara, Nigel’s wife is a narcissist and bully, cackling her way through life and bossing her husband around. Nigel and Barbara are on a road trip to an unknown destination. They're joined by their work colleague Roz who has an unhealthy obsession with Nigel, and will stop at nothing until she gets what she wants....
Pride
Character: Siân James
In 1984, a group of LGBT activists decide to raise money to support the National Union of Mineworkers during their lengthy strike. There is only one problem: the Union seems embarrassed to receive their support....
Love Is Thicker Than Water
Character: Emily
Vida and Arthur come from vastly different backgrounds. Sensitive and touching, sometimes quirky and tragic, always uncompromisingly truthful, a fresh look how conflicting family ties challenge love in a modern day Romeo and Juliet tale....
The Scandalous Lady W
Character: Mary Sotheby
A gripping 18th century drama details the scandalous life of Lady Seymour Worsley, who dared to leave her husband and elope with his best friend, Captain George Bisset. Lady Seymour Worsley escapes her troubled marriage only to find herself at the centre of a very public trial brought by her powerful husband Sir Richard Worsley....
Lizzie and Sarah
Character: Branita
Lizzie and Sarah are two fiftysomething suburban housewives, perpetually mistreated and ignored by unloving, selfish husbands. The highlight of their otherwise dull lives is their role in an amateur dramatic society, The Borking Players. In the aftermath of a tragic accident which causes the death of a popular local teenager, emotions run high, and following a dismal birthday lunch for Sarah, the two friends embark on a spur-of-the-moment shopping trip. As the day unfolds, they find a way to wre...
The Magic Faraway Tree
Character: Dame Washalot
A modern family relocates to the countryside where the children discover a magical tree with eccentric residents. They're transported to fantastical lands, rekindling their family bond through adventures....
Ghost in the Machine
Character: Noreen
Lonely Noreen daydreams of being whisked away by a square-jawed cowboy, but her reality is far more mundane. She lives virtually enslaved on the family farm in the North of England, with only her father's demeaning comments about her weight as company. So it's no wonder that she pays attention to the first thing that's ever shown her any kindness, even if it is an abandoned 60 year-old talking tractor. A friendship quickly develops, Noreen sets about restoring the tractor, and together they hatc...
That Day We Sang
Character: Pauline
TV Film adaptation of Victoria Wood's hit musical set in Manchester in 1929 and 1969. When middle aged loners Tubby and Enid attend a reunion of the choir in which they sang as children, the music evokes powerful memories, leading them to realise they still have a chance to find happiness....
Summerland
Character: Mrs. Bassett
A woman during the Second World War opens her heart to an evacuee after initially resolving to be rid of him....
The Mermaid of Mevagissey
Character: Nessa
Mathew Trewella is a lad adrift, living in the shadow of his brother Pete; fishermen in a small Cornish village. Banned from every pub, his options have run out. Whilst singing to himself at sea on Pete’s fishing trawler, Mathew finds a strange beast: unconscious, clearly female and part human, in the net. Seeing the chance to exploit this, the brothers smuggle it to the local aquarium and, roping in Pete’s wife Nessa, they debate what to do....
Sunny Dancer
Character: Karen
Ivy is a teenager in remission from cancer, whose mum and dad insist she attend Children Run Free Camp, a summer retreat for young adults affected by cancer. However, as Ivy is reluctantly dragged through camp experience, she discovers new feelings with new friends....
The Christophers
Character: Sally Sklar
The estranged children of a once-famous artist hire a forger to complete his unfinished works so they can be "discovered" and sold after his death....
La Couchette
Character: Shona
On board the sleeper from Paris to Bourg St Maurice, a motley collection of passengers try to get a quiet night's sleep as the train makes its way across France. But as the sleeping compartment fills up, the chances of that begin to look highly unlikely. In deuxième classe, everyone can hear you scream....
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
Character: Evie Howard (voice)
A collage crime movie from the first novel of Agatha Christie....