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Jade Anouka
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Jade Anouka
12 June 1989 Slade Green, London, England
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| Nationality | British |
| Education | Guildford School of Acting |
| Occupation | Actress, poet |
| Years active | 2007–present |
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Grace Savage
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| Children | 2 |
Jade Anouka is a talented English actress, born on June 12, 1989. She is well-known for her many roles on stage and for appearing in popular TV shows. You might have seen her in His Dark Materials on BBC One or in the ITV dramas Trauma and Cleaning Up.
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Growing Up and Learning to Act
Jade Anouka grew up in Slade Green, London. She was the middle child of three. Her mother was a maths teacher from Trinidad, and her father was a mortgage advisor from Jamaica. Her brother and sister both chose careers in science.
Jade first started acting by joining a drama club on Saturday mornings in Dartford, Kent. When she was older, she received a special scholarship to join the National Youth Theatre. After that, she studied acting at the Guildford School of Acting. Right after she finished her studies, she was hired by the famous Royal Shakespeare Company. There, she even earned a special award for teaching about Shakespeare.
Jade's Acting Journey
Jade Anouka began her acting career on stage in 2007. One of her first big roles was in a play called The Penelopiad. In 2011, she was praised for her performance as Ophelia in Hamlet at Shakespeare's Globe theatre.
Early TV Roles
Jade also appeared in several TV shows. She had small roles in Doctor Who in 2013, Chewing Gum in 2015, and Stan Lee's Lucky Man. Later, she got a bigger role in the TV series Trauma in 2018. She also appeared in an episode of Death in Paradise in 2020.
Award-Winning Stage Work
In 2014, Jade won an award for her amazing one-woman show called Chef. She performed this show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, which is a very big arts festival. The next year, she brought the show to London for more performances.
Jade was also a part of a special series of Shakespeare plays directed by Phyllida Lloyd. In these plays, all the roles were played by women. Jade played important characters like Mark Antony in Julius Caesar, Hotspur in Henry IV, and Ariel in The Tempest. Her performances in these plays were highly praised and were even shown on the BBC in 2018. In 2018, she was recognized as one of the "BAFTA Breakout Stars" by InStyle magazine.
Recent TV and Film Projects
In 2019, Jade appeared in the TV drama Cleaning Up and the Netflix series Turn Up Charlie. A big role came in August 2020 when she confirmed she would play Ruta Skadi in the fantasy drama His Dark Materials, which is shown on BBC and HBO.
More recently, in 2021, it was announced that Jade would star in a play in London in 2022. She also appeared in the TV mini-series The Drowning and Angela Black in 2021. In 2024, she took on a main role in the series Dune: Prophecy.
Jade as a Poet
Besides acting, Jade Anouka is also a poet! She performs her poetry on stage. In 2016, she published a book of her poems called Eggs on Toast.
Personal Life
Jade Anouka is married to musician Grace Savage. They got married in May 2022. They have two children; their first daughter was born in December 2021, and their second baby was born in February 2024.
Film and Television Appearances
Jade Anouka has appeared in many films and television shows. Here are some of them:
Films
- 2009: That Serious Face (Short film)
- 2010: Love's Labour's Lost
- 2015: The Vote (TV film)
- 2019: Fisherman's Friends
- 2019: Last Christmas
- 2020: The Rhythm Section
- 2021: Ear for Eye
- 2022: Fisherman's Friends: One and All
Television Shows
- 2013: Doctor Who (Episode: "The Bells of Saint John")
- 2017: Chewing Gum
- 2018: Trauma (Mini-series)
- 2019: Cleaning Up (Series regular)
- 2019: Turn Up Charlie (Series regular)
- 2020: Death in Paradise
- 2020–2022: His Dark Materials (Series regular)
- 2021: The Drowning (Mini-series)
- 2024: Dune: Prophecy (Main role)
Theatre Performances
Jade has performed in many plays, often in famous theatres. Some of her notable theatre roles include:
- The Penelopiad (2007)
- Hamlet as Ophelia (2011)
- Julius Caesar as Calpurnia (2012, 2013)
- Romeo and Juliet as Juliet (2011, 2013)
- Chef (2014, 2015)
- Henry IV as Hotspur (2015)
- Doctor Faustus (2016)
Video Games
Jade has also lent her voice to video games!
- 2019: Control as Helen Marshall
- 2020: Control: The Foundation as Helen Marshall
