Jeany Spark

Jeany Spark

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.

Acting

2024

Moonflower Murders

Samantha Collins

2022

2020

Van der Valk

Anouk Prinsens

2019

2018

Collateral

CPT Sandrine Shaw

2017

2016

The Crown

Birt's Assistant

2013

2013

2012

2012

2012

Line of Duty

Claire Tindall

2012

Line of Duty

Claire Tindell

2012

Red Lights

Traci Northrop

2011

2011

Vera

Agnes Lennox

2011

Hattie

Joan Malin

2010

Sherlock

Homeless Girl

2008

Wallander

Linda Wallander

2008

Infos

Full Name
Jeany Spark
Gender
Female
Date of Birth
11/7/1982
Website
https://www.unitedagents.co.uk/jeany-spark
Also Known As

Jeanette Spark