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Jenna Louise Coleman (born 27 April 1986), also known by her stage name Jenna Coleman, is an English actress. She is best known for her roles as Jasmine Thomas in the British soap opera Emmerdale and Clara Oswald in the British science fiction series Doctor Who.

Coleman was born in Blackpool, Lancashire and began her acting career at a young age as a member of a theatre company called "In Yer Space."

While auditioning for drama schools in 2005, Coleman was chosen to play Jasmine Thomas in Emmerdale in 2005. She received critical acclaim for performance and was nominated for the Most Popular Newcomer award at the 2007 National Television Awards. She went on to play "hard girl" Lindsay James in the BBC drama series Waterloo Road, Susan Brown in a BBC Four television adaptation of the John Braine novel Room at the Top, Annie Desmond in Julian Fellowes' four part mini-series Titanic, and Rosie in Stephen Poliakoff's original drama series, Dancing on the Edge. Coleman made her feature film debut in 2011 as the character Connie in Captain America: The First Avenger.

On 21 March 2012, Doctor Who producer Steven Moffat confirmed at a press conference that Coleman would play the companion of the Eleventh Doctor (Matt Smith).Moffat chose her for the role because she worked the best alongside Smith and could talk faster than him.