Jessica Brooks
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Jessica Kate Brooks is an actress. In musical theatre
, she is a soprano
. She has appeared in various BBC
television productions, including Murder Rooms: The Kingdom of Bones, and featured in episodes of Footballer's Wives.
Brooks is known for her role as Ghanima Atreides in the Sci-Fi Channel
mini-series, Children of Dune
. She is also a trained voice-over artist, and has studied Classics at Oxford University
. In 2003, she co-starred in her first feature film, Collusion.
Brooks has appeared in an episode of the long-running British TV show, Casualty
(series 21, episode 11 "All Through The Night") as police officer, Nikki Soames. She has also appeared in an episode of Midsomer Murders
titled "Four Funerals and a Wedding".
In 2008, she played the role of Lisa Houseman in the stage version of Dirty Dancing
.
Musical theatre
Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance. The emotional content of the piece – humor, pathos, love, anger – as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an...
, she is a soprano
Soprano
A soprano is a voice type with a vocal range from approximately middle C to "high A" in choral music, or to "soprano C" or higher in operatic music. In four-part chorale style harmony, the soprano takes the highest part, which usually encompasses the melody...
. She has appeared in various BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
television productions, including Murder Rooms: The Kingdom of Bones, and featured in episodes of Footballer's Wives.
Brooks is known for her role as Ghanima Atreides in the Sci-Fi Channel
Sci Fi Channel (United States)
Syfy , formerly known as the Sci-Fi Channel and SCI FI, is an American cable television channel featuring science fiction, supernatural, fantasy, reality, paranormal, wrestling, and horror programming. Launched on September 24, 1992, it is part of the entertainment conglomerate NBCUniversal, a...
mini-series, Children of Dune
Children of Dune
Children of Dune is a 1976 science fiction novel by Frank Herbert, third in a series of six novels set in his Dune universe. Initially selling over 75,000 copies, it became the first hardcover best-seller ever in the science fiction field...
. She is also a trained voice-over artist, and has studied Classics at Oxford University
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
. In 2003, she co-starred in her first feature film, Collusion.
Brooks has appeared in an episode of the long-running British TV show, Casualty
Casualty (TV series)
Casualty, stylised as Casual+y, is a British weekly television show broadcast on BBC One, and the longest-running emergency medical drama television series in the world. Created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, it was first broadcast on 6 September 1986, and transmitted in the UK on BBC One. The...
(series 21, episode 11 "All Through The Night") as police officer, Nikki Soames. She has also appeared in an episode of Midsomer Murders
Midsomer Murders
Midsomer Murders is a British television detective drama that has aired on ITV since 1997. The show is based on the books by Caroline Graham, as originally adapted by Anthony Horowitz. The lead character is DCI Tom Barnaby who works for Causton CID. When Nettles left the show in 2011 he was...
titled "Four Funerals and a Wedding".
In 2008, she played the role of Lisa Houseman in the stage version of Dirty Dancing
Dirty Dancing
Dirty Dancing is a 1987 American romantic film. Written by Eleanor Bergstein and directed by Emile Ardolino, the film features Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey in the lead roles, as well as Cynthia Rhodes and Jerry Orbach...
.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes | Elizabeth Proctor | TV series, episode: "The Kingdom of Bones" |
| 2003 | Adventure Inc | Lucy Lyle | TV series, episode: "Angel of St. Edmunds" |
| 2003 | Ferrari | Lina Lardi | |
| 2003 | Footballers' Wives Footballers' Wives Footballers' Wives is a British television drama surrounding the fictional Premier League Association football club Earls Park F.C., its players, and their wives. It was broadcast on the ITV network from 8 January 2002 to 14 April 2006... |
Federica Hauser | TV series, episodes: "Fall from Grace", "Facing the Truth", and "A Change of Career?" |
| 2003 | Children of Dune Children of Dune (TV miniseries) Frank Herbert's Children of Dune is a three-part miniseries written by John Harrison and directed by Greg Yaitanes, based on Frank Herbert's novels Dune Messiah and Children of Dune .... |
Ghanima Atreides | TV mini-series |
| 2003 | Collusion | Serena Ames | |
| 2003 | Blue Dove | Zoe | |
| 2004 | Nature Unleashed: Avalanche | Callie | |
| 2005 | Supernova Supernova (TV series) Supernova is a British comedy television programme produced by Hartswood Films and jointly commissioned by the BBC in the UK and UKTV in Australia. It follows Dr Paul Hamilton , a Welsh astronomer, who leaves a dull academic post and unloved girlfriend for a new job at the Royal Australian... |
Brooke Richardson | TV series |
| 2005 | Red Mercury Red Mercury (film) Red Mercury is a 2005 United Kingdom film starring Stockard Channing, Pete Postlethwaite, Juliet Stevenson, Ron Silver and David Bradley, and directed by Roy Battersby.-Plot summary:The film is a thriller about a terrorist kidnapping.... |
Jemma | |
| 2006 | Casualty Casualty (TV series) Casualty, stylised as Casual+y, is a British weekly television show broadcast on BBC One, and the longest-running emergency medical drama television series in the world. Created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, it was first broadcast on 6 September 1986, and transmitted in the UK on BBC One. The... |
Nickie Soames | TV series, episode: "All Through the Night" |
| 2006 | Midsomer Murders Midsomer Murders Midsomer Murders is a British television detective drama that has aired on ITV since 1997. The show is based on the books by Caroline Graham, as originally adapted by Anthony Horowitz. The lead character is DCI Tom Barnaby who works for Causton CID. When Nettles left the show in 2011 he was... |
Fiona Aynscombe | TV series, episode: "Four Funerals and a Wedding" |
| 2007 | DI Liz Brown | TV series, episode: "Death or Glory" | |
| 2008 | Swan Song | Beth | |
| 2009 | Hotel Babylon Hotel Babylon Hotel Babylon was a BBC television drama series based on the book of the same name by Imogen Edwards-Jones, that aired from 19 January 2006 to 14 August 2009, produced by independent production company Carnival Films for BBC One... |
Zoe | TV series, episode #4.1 |