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Jackie Clune

Biography

British entertainer and writer. She was a drama lecturer and BBC Radio London journalist before she was encouraged to try her hand at stand up comedy. She became established through her Edinburgh Fringe one woman cabaret shows and her 1995 Karen Carpenter tribute act before graduating to mainstream acting and forming the Red Rag Women's Theatre Company. During her 20s and 30s, Clune identified as a lesbian but in 2001, she met Heartbeat actor and stunt performer Richard Hannant, who was the fire officer at the Arts Theatre where she was performing, and started a relationship with him. Eleven months later she became pregnant with their first child, a daughter, Saoirse. The couple went on to have naturally conceived triplets (2005) and married in 2008.

Known For

National Theatre at Home: Grenfell: In the Words of Survivors
National Theatre at Home: Grenfell: In the Words of Survivors
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar
Henry IV
Henry IV
Breathtaking
Breathtaking
Emilia
Emilia

Filmography

2025 Towards Zero
as Mrs Barrett
2023 The Great Escaper
as Judith Cook
2023 National Theatre at Home: Grenfell: In the Words of Survivors
as Judith Blakeman
2023 No Escape
as Sandra
2022 Marriage
as Helen
2021 Emilia
as Lord Thomas Howard/Hester/Lady Helena
2020 Mandy
as Nurse
2020 Mandy
as Mrs. Anderson
2019 Good Omens
as Oyster Woman
2019 Good Omens
as Waitress
2019 Ghosts
as Gwen
2018 Julius Caesar
as Julius Caesar
2018 Henry IV
as Westmoreland/Glendower
2018 The Tempest
as Stefano
2017 Motherland
as Mrs. Lamb
2017 Three Girls
as Jillian Menzies
2016 Denial
as Heather Rogers
2016 Borderline
as Proctor
2015 The Vote
as Maggie Tann
2013 Father Brown
as Thelma Bryce