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Jacqueline Boatswain
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Occupation Actress
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Jacqueline Boatswain is an English actress. She was born in Bedford, England. Her family comes from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Jacqueline is well-known for her roles in many popular TV shows.

Acting Career

Jacqueline Boatswain has had a long and exciting acting career. She is famous for playing Mrs. Bassinger, the headmistress, in the BBC school drama Grange Hill. She was on the show from 2003 to 2006. Her character's first name was never told, but it started with "S".

Besides Grange Hill, Jacqueline has appeared in many other TV series. She was in Casualty and played a police officer in Doctors. She also has a lot of experience acting on stage in plays.

In 2013, she joined the cast of the TV show Shameless. She played a character named Patreesha St. Rose. From 2014 to 2016, she played Victoria Sweeney in the show Wolfblood. She also lent her voice to the video game Bloodborne in 2015, playing Eileen the Crow.

Jacqueline became a regular cast member on the Channel 4 soap opera, Hollyoaks, in 2015. She played the character Simone Loveday. She left Hollyoaks in early 2019. More recently, she appeared in the BBC drama Collateral in 2018. In 2020, she was in Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators. She also returned to Doctors in 2021. In 2023, she played Babette Francois in an episode of Death in Paradise.

Movies and TV Shows

Jacqueline Boatswain has acted in both movies and many television series. Here are some of them:

Movies

Year Title Role Notes
2004 London Voodoo Ruth
2014 Coriolanus Valeria, Fourth Citizen
2019 National Theatre Live: Small Island Miss Ma
2022 Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore Ida Webb (British Witch)

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1988 Red Dwarf Dancer Episode: "Parallel Universe"
1989 Goldeneye Dancer in gambling club Television film
1990 A Bit of Fry & Laurie Dancer Episode #2.1
2001, 2003–2004, 2014, 2021 Doctors Celeste Baptiste / Custody Sergeant / Sergeant Bevan / Heather Derby 6 episodes
2002–2005 Casualty Karen Blythe / Diamond Cusack 4 episodes
2003–2005 Grange Hill Mrs. Bassinger 50 episodes
2007 Life on Mars Officer 1 Episode #2.8
2007 The Royal Safi 2 episodes
2007 Little Devil Bernie Episode #1.3
2008 Mistresses Jenny Episode: "Men Behaving Badly"
2008 Torchwood Plummer Episode: "Reset"
2011 Silk Turley's Solicitor Episode #1.5
2011 The Importance of Being Whatever Kathy 2 episodes
2013 Shameless Patreesha St Rose 9 episodes
2014 In the Club Louise 3 episodes
2014 Bad Education Governor Episode: "Strike"
2014–2016 Wolfblood Victoria 10 episodes
2014–2018 Cuckoo Jane 6 episodes
2015 Banana Pamela Scott Episode #1.2
2015 River Ursula Episode #1.1
2015–2019 Hollyoaks Simone Loveday 246 episodes
2017 Hospital People Doctor 3 episodes
2018 Collateral Monique
2019 Carnival Row Mima Blodwen 4 episodes
2020 Bancroft Chief Constable Frances Holland 3 episodes
2020 Vera Sarah Ashers Episode: "Dirty"
2020 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators Odette Dixon Episode: "Reputation, Reputation, Reputation!"
2020 Miracle Workers Queen Gamillagoor Episode: "Dark Ages: Holiday"
2020 Alex Rider Immigration Officer Powell Episode: "Episode One"
2020 Strike Claire Morbury Episode: "Lethal White: Part 1"
2020 Agatha and the Midnight Murders Audrey Evans Television film
2021 Finding Alice Administrator Episode #1.5
2022 Midsomer Murders Rachel Taylor Episode: "The Scarecrow Murders"
2023 Death in Paradise Babette François

Video Games

Year Title Role Notes
2013 Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag Additional Multiplayer Voices
2015 Bloodborne Eileen the Crow / Yharnamite (F1)
2017 Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Additional Voices
2018 World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth Voice
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