

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.
2024
Samantha Collins
2022
Commander of the South
2020
Anouk Prinsens
2019
Kate
2018
CPT Sandrine Shaw
2017
Lauren
2016
Birt's Assistant
2013
2013
Emma
2012
Grace
2012
Gemma
2012
Claire Tindall
2012
Claire Tindell
2012
Traci Northrop
2011
Camilla
2011
Agnes Lennox
2011
Joan Malin
2010
Homeless Girl
2008
Linda Wallander
2008
Mercy Chant
Jeanette Spark