Jeany Spark
Born: 1982-11-07 in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Known For: Acting
Biography
Jeannette "Jeany" Spark is an English actress, known for portraying Linda Wallander in the British television series Wallander. The actress has also had significant roles in the comedy series Man Down and the drama series The Interceptor. Spark studied English literature at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, graduating with a First-Class Honours degree in 2004. She then trained as an actress at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, graduating in 2007. In 2008, Spark played schoolteacher Mercy Chant in the BBC adaptation of Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D’Urbervilles. Spark also took on the role of Linda Wallander, the daughter of the titular character in the BBC One drama Wallander. In 2011, Spark portrayed Joan Malin in the television drama film Hattie. In 2013, she took the role of the deputy headmistress, Emma, in Man Down, the Channel 4 comedy series. The show lasted for four series. Spark plays the role of Detective Inspector Kate Gemmill in the 2015 BBC drama The Interceptor. In 2016, Spark joined the cast of the ITV drama Jericho. In 2017, Spark took the lead role in the Theatr Clwyd's production of Skylight, a play by David Hare. In 2019, she appeared for the Royal Shakespeare Company in Crooked Dances, a new play by Robin French, as the character Katy Porlock. In 2018, she appeared as Captain Sandrine Shaw in the BBC Two miniseries Collateral. In 2020, Spark was cast as Kate in the Channel 4 drama I Am Hannah starring Gemma Chan.
Filmography
2025
- Patience as Marina Murray
- By the Throat as Amy
2024
- Moonflower Murders as Samantha Collins
- Portraits of Dangerous Women as Steph
2022
- The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power as Commander of the South
2020
- Van der Valk as Anouk Prinsens
2019
- I Am... as Kate
2018
- Collateral as CPT Sandrine Shaw
2017
- Born to Kill as Lauren
- Sump as Sally
2016
- The Crown as Birt's Assistant
2015
- The Interceptor as DI Gemmill
2013
- The Escape Artist as Tara
- Man Down as Emma
2012
- Line of Duty as Claire Tindell
- Red Lights as Traci Northrop
- A Touch of Cloth as Gemma
- Showreel as Grace
2011
- Black Mirror as Camilla
- Vera as Agnes Lennox
- Hattie as Joan Malin
- Shirley as Juhni Sullivan
2010
- Sherlock as Homeless Girl
2008
- Wallander as Linda Wallander
- Tess of the D'Urbervilles as Mercy Chant
1986
- Casualty as Emma McCormack