Jacquetta May
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Jacquetta May is a British actress and writer.
The Kent born actress worked in theatre for ten years after leaving Bristol University, with one short television role as a vengeful wife in the ITV police drama The Bill (1990). On stage she played Rita in Educating Rita, Lady Chatterly in Lady Chatterly's Lover and a various assortment of roles at the National Theatre.[1]
In 1991 she was cast in her most notable role to date. She played Rachel Kominski in in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders from 1991 to 1993. She has also had roles in the televised programmes: Crocodile Shoes (1994), Dangerfield (1996), Home Farm Twins (1999), Peak Practice (2000), Down to Earth (2001), I'm Alan Partridge (2002), Holby City (2003), Silent Witness (2005) and most recently The Bill (2006).
Film appearances have included Get Real as Steven's Mother Jackie Carter (1998) and The Naked Cell (1987).
She has written episodes of New Tricks and Where the Heart Is. She has also written an episode of Torchwood called "Random Shoes".
[edit] References
- ^ Kingsley, Hilary (1990). The EastEnders Handbook. BBC books. ISBN 0-563-206010-563-36292-8-2.
