Acting career

In 2007, Gunning graduated from Rose Bruford. She has also starred in many theatre productions at the National Theatre, including Major Barbara, Much Ado About Nothing, as well as The Inland Sea, Cruel and Tender, Hedda Gabler, Women Beware Women in a different theatre.
On television, Jessica guest-starred on Adam and Shelley, Doctor Who

Doctor Who

Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...

, and Mutual Friends

Mutual Friends

Mutual Friends is a British comedy drama television series broadcast in six episodes on BBC One in 2008. The series starred Marc Warren, Alexander Armstrong, Keeley Hawes, Sarah Alexander, Claire Rushbrook, Emily Joyce, Naomi Bentley and Joshua Sarphie as a group of old friends whose lives are...

, early on, before hacing a recurring role on Law & Order: UK in 2009. She also recurred on Life of Riley

Life of Riley (TV series)

Life of Riley is a British comedy television series, shown on BBC One & BBC HD. The show stars Caroline Quentin and Neil Dudgeon, who are recently married, and is set around their dysfunctional family. The show also features the couples four children, Danny, , Katy , Ted and Rosie...

, and guest-starred on Doctors in 2010. Also in 2010, she had a minor role in the TV Movie Lizzie and Sarah.

Filmography

Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Adam and Shelley	Scarlet
2008	Doctor Who Doctor Who Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...	Stacey Campbell	Also Doctor Who Confidential Doctor Who Confidential Doctor Who Confidential is a documentary series created by the British Broadcasting Corporation to complement the revival of the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. Each episode was broadcast on BBC Three on Saturdays, immediately after the broadcast of the weekly...
2008	Mutual Friends Mutual Friends Mutual Friends is a British comedy drama television series broadcast in six episodes on BBC One in 2008. The series starred Marc Warren, Alexander Armstrong, Keeley Hawes, Sarah Alexander, Claire Rushbrook, Emily Joyce, Naomi Bentley and Joshua Sarphie as a group of old friends whose lives are...	Maryka
2009–2011	Law & Order: UK	Angela	11 episodes
2009–2010	Life of Riley Life of Riley (TV series) Life of Riley is a British comedy television series, shown on BBC One & BBC HD. The show stars Caroline Quentin and Neil Dudgeon, who are recently married, and is set around their dysfunctional family. The show also features the couples four children, Danny, , Katy , Ted and Rosie...	Annie/ babysitter
2010	Lizzie and Sarah	Branita
2010	Doctors	Ann Turnbull