Jasmine Thomas
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Jasmine Thomas is a fictional character
in the British ITV soap opera
Emmerdale
. She was played by Jenna-Louise Coleman
.
, the local vicar. Due to the small size of the village and her young age, Jasmine was not happy. She was lonely at first, only making friends with Steph Stokes (Lorraine Chase
). However, she soon made friends with Debbie Dingle
, despite being polar opposites to each other, and Daz Eden (Luke Tittensor
). She also grew to respect and love her uncle.
After a brief spell at boarding school, she was suspended after taking the rap for a prank and returned to the village. She helped her grandfather Sandy
settle into the village and it became clear that Jasmine was close to him. Ashley and Sandy did not see eye to eye initially but Jasmine and Laurel
managed to smooth things over between them. After another brief spell at boarding school, Jasmine was expelled. After much grovelling, she got a place at the local college to take her A Levels. In March 2006, Debbie kissed Jasmine to get a reaction from her father Cain
but it led to more and the pair began a romantic relationship. Jasmine got caught in the battle between Cain and Debbie when Cain seduced her. Jasmine had sex with Cain, and then found that he had only used her to get at his daughter, Debbie. Debbie caught them kissing and was devastated. Hurt at being used by Cain and trying to get Debbie to forgive her, things got worse for Jasmine when she realised she was pregnant. If she had the baby, it would be Debbie's half-sibling. She had an abortion, which was eventually accepted by Debbie and her family, although her friendship with Debbie ended briefly when Debbie and Scott Windsor
stole money from Rodney Blackstock
. They refused to return it, despite Jasmine's attempts to do so. Nonetheless, the girls managed to patch up their friendship eight months later.
In January 2007, Jasmine decided to become a journalist and was set the task of finding Tom King
's murderer. When Jasmine discovered her friend, Jamie Hope
, lied about his whereabouts at the time of Tom's death, she wondered if he was responsible. The digital camera that implicated Jamie was stolen and Debbie, who took it, told Jamie and Jasmine that they could have it back for £500. Jamie and Jasmine called the police and Debbie gave the camera back; Jasmine was relieved that Jamie was off the hook and it was later revealed to the viewers that it was Tom's son, Carl King who had killed him.
Later that year, during the festivities celebrating the 500th anniversary of the parish of Emmerdale, Jasmine was due to take part in a beauty contest
organised by Louise Appleton
. However, Jasmine felt unhappy about the costume and did not like being made to feel like an object, so she pulled out. The contest was cancelled, following a fight between Katie Sugden
and Jo Stiles
. Jasmine became good friends with Eric Pollard
's son, David Metcalfe
. They dated until David told her that Eric was swindling Pearl Ladderbanks
while pretending to be her friend. She told Pearl and used her charms to get David to give her a car, which she then gave to Pearl.
Jasmine and David reconciled but weren't together long, thanks to Rodney Blackstock's daughter, Nicola De Souza. Knowing Nicola's history, Jasmine was worried Nicola would steal David and she did, soon after her return. Angry at David's betrayal, Jasmine got even by exposing Nicola's lies in the local paper. She claimed to be a widow but Jasmine proved otherwise and made sure that Nicola's stepson, Miles De Souza
, wasn't cheated out of his inheritance. Donald De Souza
's will stated he would only inherit if he was on the wagon. Nicola tried to make sure he wasn't so she would inherit instead. David and Nicola began dating while Jasmine helped Miles stay on the wagon. Jasmine and Miles had feelings for each other but didn't act on them until Debbie pushed them, pretending she and Miles were dating. The plan was to make Jasmine jealous and it worked.
In June 2008, Miles planned to take Jasmine on holiday but she declined. She was annoyed that Miles was watching her so closely when Jake Doland was around. Miles confronted her and threatened to start drinking again. Jasmine stopped him but told him if he didn't trust her, they didn't have a relationship and ended things between them.
Miles's jealousy of Jake was not as out of context as Jasmine thought. Jake and Jasmine's relationship was rocky as she was Ashley's niece and the accidental swap of Mel and Laurel's babies. Jake and Jasmine's relationship started when she reminded Greg and Mel about Jake's birthday and got him a job at The Woolpack. They became close and kissed at Donald's birthday party, unaware Miles was watching them. Everything was fine until Jasmine decided to write a story about a local criminal family, the McFarlanes. Using Debbie's Dingle contacts, she met policeman Shane Doyle for a drink in the Woolpack to interview him. Shane saw Jake was unhappy about seeing her with another man - and decided to get rid of the competition.
When Jake had a party, Shane turned up with a colleague, claiming there had been a complaint about the noise. By implying that he had slept with Jasmine, Jake attacked Shane so Shane arrested him for being drunk and disorderly. Jasmine dumped Jake when she realised that he thought she'd cheated on him. Now Jasmine was single again, Shane made it clear he was interested in having a more personal relationship, but she wasn't interested. When she learned Shane had arrested Danielle Hutch, former flame of Eli Dingle
who had ties to the McFarlanes, she asked him about his job. She wanted information for the articles she wrote for the local paper. They then started dating.
In spite of her better judgement, Jasmine saw only the best in Shane. Debbie, who knew the worst, repeatedly warned Jasmine to stay away from him. Shane tipped the McFarlanes off about Jasmine and "confessed" that he'd taken pity on Danielle and let her go. Jasmine believed him, and they slept together. Storm clouds soon gathered over their relationship and when Jasmine questioned Shane, he almost became violent with her. Jasmine then began to suspect his true nature.
On 2 December 2008, Jasmine searched Shane's flat and found large amounts of cash. When she heard him come home, she hid in the closet, but he found her. He told her about his illegal activities and how difficult everything was for him. She pretended to agree, but when he went to get her a drink, Jasmine tried to escape. Shane caught her and tried to rape her before Debbie ran in and hit Shane over the head with a chair. He lost consciousness briefly but came round, grabbing Debbie and attempting to rape her too. Jasmine grabbed the chair leg and hit Shane repeatedly, killing him.
Jasmine was shocked to learn that he was dead. Later that night, Jasmine, Debbie and Eli weighed the body down and threw it into the lake, but not before Jasmine ordered a plane ticket on his credit card, hoping it would look like he'd fled the country. When asked where he was, Jasmine said he'd texted her once but she'd had no contact with him since his departure.
Jasmine had nightmares and was frequently terrified. She tried to get back to normal by inviting Jake over for a drink, but when they began to kiss, memories of her near-rape came flooding back, and she begged him to leave. Slowly, she began to recover.
On Christmas Day 2008, Shane's body was found by Victoria Sugden
who fell into the lake after playing on the ice. Only Victoria's family knew about her claim that she'd seen a corpse, but Jasmine was still worried about the body being found. Several days after Christmas, Victoria and Daz returned to the lake and saw a hand sticking out of the water. When Jasmine heard the news, she dropped a bottle of brandy on the Woolpack floor. Debbie and Eli tried to keep her calm, but she remained on edge as the police questioned her.
Throughout the ordeal with Shane, Debbie and Jasmine became closer. When Jasmine heard that Ross Kirk
had been charged with Shane's murder because of her lies, she told Debbie that she intended to confess. Calling her bluff, Debbie packed a bag and drove Jasmine to the police station. While there, the girls had a heart to heart where Debbie told Jasmine how she felt about her and they kissed
.
The two then embarked on a relationship once again.
On 26 January 2009, the police arrested Eli for Shane's murder after examining the forensics taken from the Dingles' van, finding traces of a bonfire at the Dingles' property. After Eli was arrested, Jasmine and Debbie realised that they needed to get away so decided to flee the country. Debbie took a cab from the garage and Jasmine caught a bus to meet Debbie. However, the police caught Debbie and arrested her. Jasmine watched from the bus as Debbie was taken away by the police, staying where she was and leaving alone.
Jasmine had earlier confessed to the killing to Laurel, who suggested that she go to the police. Jasmine asked for more time to which Laurel agreed. After Jasmine fled, Laurel told Ashley what had happened and they went to the police together. This led to Debbie being charged with manslaughter (later changed to murder) and Laurel being charged with perverting the course of justice. It was later revealed that Jasmine was in Scotland with Sandy.
On 3 March 2009, Jasmine ran in on Debbie's court case and confessed to killing Shane. After being questioned by the police, she was informed that she would be charged with manslaughter. She pleaded guilty and was sentenced to four years in prison, with the prospect of release when half her time is served. Jasmine will more than likely serve only two years in prison maximum.
On 26 March 2009, Debbie visited Jasmine in prison and Jasmine told her she didn't want to see her anymore because she wanted to move on. She also said when she was released, she wanted to make a fresh start away from Emmerdale. The two girls then said their tearful goodbyes, and Jasmine was led back to her cell after telling Debbie their love would last forever even when they were apart.
Fictional character
A character is the representation of a person in a narrative work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr , the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in Tom Jones in 1749. From this, the sense of...
in the British ITV soap opera
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
Emmerdale
Emmerdale
Emmerdale, is a long-running British soap opera set in Emmerdale , a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, Emmerdale was first broadcast on 16 October 1972...
. She was played by Jenna-Louise Coleman
Jenna-Louise Coleman
Jenna-Louise Coleman is an English actress, known for appearing in the British soap opera Emmerdale.-Background:Coleman was born in Blackpool, Lancashire...
.
Storylines
Jasmine arrived in Emmerdale on 30 June 2005. Sent to the village by her parents during her holidays from boarding school, she stayed with her uncle Ashley ThomasAshley Thomas
Ashley Michael Thomas is a fictional character in the British soap opera Emmerdale played by John Middleton.-1996–99:Ashley soon began developing feelings for the landlady of the Woolpack pub, Bernice Blackstock. He tried putting them aside as Bernice was engaged to Gavin, despite suspecting that...
, the local vicar. Due to the small size of the village and her young age, Jasmine was not happy. She was lonely at first, only making friends with Steph Stokes (Lorraine Chase
Lorraine Chase
Lorraine Chase is an English actress and model. She became well known for her strong cockney accent and frequent use of cockney slang, and found fame through a series of television commercials for Campari before embarking on an acting career.-Television:After initially working as a model, Chase...
). However, she soon made friends with Debbie Dingle
Debbie Dingle
Deborah "Debbie" Dingle is a fictional character in the British ITV1 soap opera Emmerdale. She is portrayed by Charley Webb...
, despite being polar opposites to each other, and Daz Eden (Luke Tittensor
Luke Tittensor
Luke James Tittensor is an English actor best known for playing Daz Eden in the ITV soap Emmerdale.-Television career:...
). She also grew to respect and love her uncle.
Sandy Thomas
Sandy Thomas is a fictional character on the ITV soap opera Emmerdale. He is played by Freddie Jones and made his first appearance on the show 6 November 2005...
settle into the village and it became clear that Jasmine was close to him. Ashley and Sandy did not see eye to eye initially but Jasmine and Laurel
Laurel Thomas
Laurel Thomas is a fictional character in the British soap opera Emmerdale, played by Charlotte Bellamy. She debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 3 September 2002. Laurel has been off-screen at various times while Bellamy has taken maternity leave.-Casting:In 2004, Bellamy announced she...
managed to smooth things over between them. After another brief spell at boarding school, Jasmine was expelled. After much grovelling, she got a place at the local college to take her A Levels. In March 2006, Debbie kissed Jasmine to get a reaction from her father Cain
Cain Dingle
Cain Dingle is a fictional character in the British ITV soap opera Emmerdale. He is played by Jeff Hordley.-Character creation:In 2000 series producer Kieran Roberts introduced three new members of the Dingle family. The new characters were introduced to the regular cast in 2000, who first arrived...
but it led to more and the pair began a romantic relationship. Jasmine got caught in the battle between Cain and Debbie when Cain seduced her. Jasmine had sex with Cain, and then found that he had only used her to get at his daughter, Debbie. Debbie caught them kissing and was devastated. Hurt at being used by Cain and trying to get Debbie to forgive her, things got worse for Jasmine when she realised she was pregnant. If she had the baby, it would be Debbie's half-sibling. She had an abortion, which was eventually accepted by Debbie and her family, although her friendship with Debbie ended briefly when Debbie and Scott Windsor
Scott Windsor
Scott Windsor is a fictional character in the British ITV soap opera Emmerdale.From 1993-1996, Scott Windsor was played by Toby Cockerell...
stole money from Rodney Blackstock
Rodney Blackstock
Rodney Blackstock is a fictional character on the ITV soap opera Emmerdale. He is played by Patrick Mower.-2000–:When Rodney Blackstock turned up in Emmerdale, no one was more surprised to see him than his ex-wife Diane...
. They refused to return it, despite Jasmine's attempts to do so. Nonetheless, the girls managed to patch up their friendship eight months later.
In January 2007, Jasmine decided to become a journalist and was set the task of finding Tom King
Tom King (Emmerdale)
Thomas "Tom" Albert King was a fictional character on the ITV soap opera Emmerdale. He appeared in the show from February 2004 to December 2006. Ken Farrington played him during the character's run.Tom grew up in Emmerdale and was keen to return...
's murderer. When Jasmine discovered her friend, Jamie Hope
Jamie Hope
James "Jamie" Hope is a fictional character in the British ITV soap opera Emmerdale. He was played by Alex Carter and first appeared onscreen on 16 February 2006...
, lied about his whereabouts at the time of Tom's death, she wondered if he was responsible. The digital camera that implicated Jamie was stolen and Debbie, who took it, told Jamie and Jasmine that they could have it back for £500. Jamie and Jasmine called the police and Debbie gave the camera back; Jasmine was relieved that Jamie was off the hook and it was later revealed to the viewers that it was Tom's son, Carl King who had killed him.
Later that year, during the festivities celebrating the 500th anniversary of the parish of Emmerdale, Jasmine was due to take part in a beauty contest
Beauty contest
A beauty pageant or beauty contest, is a competition that mainly focuses on the physical beauty of its contestants, although such contests often incorporate personality, talent, and answers to judges' questions as judged criteria...
organised by Louise Appleton
Louise Appleton
Louise Appleton is a fictional character in the British soap opera Emmerdale played by Emily Symons. Aussie Louise arrived in the village as a temporary barmaid and ended up as co-landlady with best friend Diane Sugden, before selling to Diane's sister Val Lambert in 2006...
. However, Jasmine felt unhappy about the costume and did not like being made to feel like an object, so she pulled out. The contest was cancelled, following a fight between Katie Sugden
Katie Sugden
Katherine "Katie" Sugden is a fictional character in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale, and is played by Sammy Winward. She originally appeared between 2001 and 2005 and returned in 2006 and has remained in the show since.-Casting:...
and Jo Stiles
Jo Stiles
Josephine Madonna "Jo" Sugden is a fictional character in the British ITV soap opera Emmerdale. She was played by Roxanne Pallett.-Overview:...
. Jasmine became good friends with Eric Pollard
Eric Pollard
Eric Charles Pollard is a fictional character from the British soap opera Emmerdale played by Chris Chittell.Pollard has appeared on the show since 1986, making him the second longest running current character after Alan Turner who has appeared since 1982. He has lied to, cheated and swindled...
's son, David Metcalfe
David Metcalfe
David Eric Metcalfe is a fictional character in the British ITV soap opera Emmerdale. He is played by Matthew Wolfenden. He is the illegitimate son of Eric Pollard-2006–09:...
. They dated until David told her that Eric was swindling Pearl Ladderbanks
Pearl Ladderbanks
Pearl Ladderbanks is a fictional character on the ITV soap opera Emmerdale. She is played by Meg Johnson. She first appeared on the show during the episode airing on 30 July 2003.-2003–07:...
while pretending to be her friend. She told Pearl and used her charms to get David to give her a car, which she then gave to Pearl.
Jasmine and David reconciled but weren't together long, thanks to Rodney Blackstock's daughter, Nicola De Souza. Knowing Nicola's history, Jasmine was worried Nicola would steal David and she did, soon after her return. Angry at David's betrayal, Jasmine got even by exposing Nicola's lies in the local paper. She claimed to be a widow but Jasmine proved otherwise and made sure that Nicola's stepson, Miles De Souza
Miles De Souza
Miles De Souza was a fictional character on the ITV soap opera Emmerdale. He made his first appearance on 1 November 2007 and his last appearance on 31 July 2008, and was portrayed by Ayden Callaghan.-Creation:...
, wasn't cheated out of his inheritance. Donald De Souza
Donald De Souza
Donald De Souza is a fictional character in the British soap opera Emmerdale played by Michael Jayston. Appearing between 2007 and 2008, Donald De Souza arrives as the husband of Nicola Blackstock, although their marriage quickly falls apart...
's will stated he would only inherit if he was on the wagon. Nicola tried to make sure he wasn't so she would inherit instead. David and Nicola began dating while Jasmine helped Miles stay on the wagon. Jasmine and Miles had feelings for each other but didn't act on them until Debbie pushed them, pretending she and Miles were dating. The plan was to make Jasmine jealous and it worked.
In June 2008, Miles planned to take Jasmine on holiday but she declined. She was annoyed that Miles was watching her so closely when Jake Doland was around. Miles confronted her and threatened to start drinking again. Jasmine stopped him but told him if he didn't trust her, they didn't have a relationship and ended things between them.
When Jake had a party, Shane turned up with a colleague, claiming there had been a complaint about the noise. By implying that he had slept with Jasmine, Jake attacked Shane so Shane arrested him for being drunk and disorderly. Jasmine dumped Jake when she realised that he thought she'd cheated on him. Now Jasmine was single again, Shane made it clear he was interested in having a more personal relationship, but she wasn't interested. When she learned Shane had arrested Danielle Hutch, former flame of Eli Dingle
Eli Dingle
Eli Dingle is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera Emmerdale, played by Joseph Gilgun. He first appeared on screen in the episode which aired on 13 July 2006 and made his last appearance on 30 April 2010.-Casting:...
who had ties to the McFarlanes, she asked him about his job. She wanted information for the articles she wrote for the local paper. They then started dating.
In spite of her better judgement, Jasmine saw only the best in Shane. Debbie, who knew the worst, repeatedly warned Jasmine to stay away from him. Shane tipped the McFarlanes off about Jasmine and "confessed" that he'd taken pity on Danielle and let her go. Jasmine believed him, and they slept together. Storm clouds soon gathered over their relationship and when Jasmine questioned Shane, he almost became violent with her. Jasmine then began to suspect his true nature.
Jasmine was shocked to learn that he was dead. Later that night, Jasmine, Debbie and Eli weighed the body down and threw it into the lake, but not before Jasmine ordered a plane ticket on his credit card, hoping it would look like he'd fled the country. When asked where he was, Jasmine said he'd texted her once but she'd had no contact with him since his departure.
Jasmine had nightmares and was frequently terrified. She tried to get back to normal by inviting Jake over for a drink, but when they began to kiss, memories of her near-rape came flooding back, and she begged him to leave. Slowly, she began to recover.
On Christmas Day 2008, Shane's body was found by Victoria Sugden
Victoria Sugden
Victoria Anne Sugden is a fictional character in the British soap opera Emmerdale originally played by Jessica Heywood, then Hannah Midgley and currently Isabel Hodgins.-1994–:...
who fell into the lake after playing on the ice. Only Victoria's family knew about her claim that she'd seen a corpse, but Jasmine was still worried about the body being found. Several days after Christmas, Victoria and Daz returned to the lake and saw a hand sticking out of the water. When Jasmine heard the news, she dropped a bottle of brandy on the Woolpack floor. Debbie and Eli tried to keep her calm, but she remained on edge as the police questioned her.
Throughout the ordeal with Shane, Debbie and Jasmine became closer. When Jasmine heard that Ross Kirk
Ross Kirk
Ross Kirk is a fictional character in the British soap opera Emmerdale played by Samuel Anderson. He appeared from 2007 to 2009. A cousin of Paddy Kirk, Ross is a police officer and during his 15 months in the village he has an affair with Donna Windsor-Dingle, and is imprisoned after being charged...
had been charged with Shane's murder because of her lies, she told Debbie that she intended to confess. Calling her bluff, Debbie packed a bag and drove Jasmine to the police station. While there, the girls had a heart to heart where Debbie told Jasmine how she felt about her and they kissed
.
The two then embarked on a relationship once again.
On 26 January 2009, the police arrested Eli for Shane's murder after examining the forensics taken from the Dingles' van, finding traces of a bonfire at the Dingles' property. After Eli was arrested, Jasmine and Debbie realised that they needed to get away so decided to flee the country. Debbie took a cab from the garage and Jasmine caught a bus to meet Debbie. However, the police caught Debbie and arrested her. Jasmine watched from the bus as Debbie was taken away by the police, staying where she was and leaving alone.
Jasmine had earlier confessed to the killing to Laurel, who suggested that she go to the police. Jasmine asked for more time to which Laurel agreed. After Jasmine fled, Laurel told Ashley what had happened and they went to the police together. This led to Debbie being charged with manslaughter (later changed to murder) and Laurel being charged with perverting the course of justice. It was later revealed that Jasmine was in Scotland with Sandy.
On 3 March 2009, Jasmine ran in on Debbie's court case and confessed to killing Shane. After being questioned by the police, she was informed that she would be charged with manslaughter. She pleaded guilty and was sentenced to four years in prison, with the prospect of release when half her time is served. Jasmine will more than likely serve only two years in prison maximum.
On 26 March 2009, Debbie visited Jasmine in prison and Jasmine told her she didn't want to see her anymore because she wanted to move on. She also said when she was released, she wanted to make a fresh start away from Emmerdale. The two girls then said their tearful goodbyes, and Jasmine was led back to her cell after telling Debbie their love would last forever even when they were apart.
External links
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