Jemma Redgrave

Jemma Rebecca Redgrave (born 14 January 1965) is a fourth-generation English actress of the Redgrave family.

Early life and family

Born in London, she is the daughter of the actor Corin Redgrave and his first wife Deirdre Hamilton-Hill, a former fashion model. They divorced when Jemma was nine. She has a brother Luke Redgrave, who is an assistant cameraman, and two half-brothers, Arden and Harvey Redgrave. Her mother died of breast cancer in 1997 and her father died of cancer in 2010.

She is the niece of actresses Vanessa Redgrave and Lynn Redgrave and cousin of Joely Richardson, Carlo Nero and Natasha Richardson.

Career

Education

Jemma Redgrave was admitted to the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art at the age of 18.

Stage

After graduation she landed acting roles in the 1988 stage production of Strindberg's Easter, in Lady Windermere's Fan in Belfast, Northern Ireland, as Emily in Thornton Wilder's Our Town, Irina in a 1990 revival of Anton Chekhov's The Three Sisters in London's West End with her aunts Vanessa Redgrave and Lynn Redgrave, in 1993 with Colin Firth in Alexander Griboyedov's Chatsky at the Almeida Theatre, London and in A Midsummer Night's Dream in 2001 at the Albery Theatre, London. In 2010 she appeared in New York's Public Theater in The Great Game: Afghanistan which featured seven hours of on-stage acting. Redgrave appeared in four of the twelve plays.

Jemma

Jemma or Jama'are is a town in Bauchi State, Nigeria.

Geography

Jemma sits 30 km straight west of Azare and 65 km east of Dutse, on the west bank of the Bunga River. 20 km south of Jemma along the river lies the town of Disina. The town has an estimated population of 15,352. Jemma Sarmiento

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Jemma (given name)

Jemma is a female given name and variant spelling of Gemma, meaning gem. It may refer to the following people;

  • Jemma Griffiths, birth name of British singer Jem;
  • Jemma McKenzie-Brown, an English actress;
  • Jemma Redgrave, British actress;
  • Jemma Wellesley, Countess of Mornington, British make up artist and model
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