Jeany Spark

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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. Born in Chelmsford and raised in Harpenden, 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...

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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of PowerSeries • 2022Black MirrorSeries • 2011CasualtySeries • 1986The CrownSeries • 2016VeraSeries • 2011SherlockSeries • 2010Line of DutySeries • 2012LewisSeries • 2007PatienceSeries • 2025Van der ValkSeries • 2020WallanderSeries • 2008Moonflower MurdersSeries • 2024Man DownSeries • 2013CollateralSeries • 2018A Touch of ClothSeries • 2012I Am...Series • 2019Tess of the D'UrbervillesSeries • 2008The InterceptorSeries • 2015The Escape ArtistSeries • 2013Red LightsMovie • 2012Born to KillSeries • 2017