The Jetty actress Jenna Coleman's unlikely link to Bridgerton and Downton Abbey stars revealed
ok.co.ukJenna Coleman is currently starring in BBC drama The Jetty playing Detective Ember Manning and is always brushing up against famous faces.
However there’s a role from Jenna’s past where she was alongside two period drama stars. Jenna rose to fame in Emmerdale (where she played Jasmine Thomas), but it was her next role was where she met Bridgerton’s Phoebe Dynevor (who plays Daphne Bridgerton) and Sophie McShera (Downton Abbey’s Daisy Mason).
All three women starred in Waterloo Road where they joined series five as new pupils. During the series that aired in 2009 on BBC One, Waterloo Road merged with a private school, John Fosters, which saw Lindsay James (Jenna), Siobhan Mailey (Phoebe) and Ros McCain (Sophie) join the school.
Jenna’s Waterloo Road character, Lindsay, had arguably the biggest storyline of the series. In the first few episodes, Lindsay’s mum was arrested for murdering her father.
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