History Creator / JennaColeman

* FakeAmerican: Discounting audition recordings that have emerged, the only exception to her otherwise purely British characters is her bit role as Connie in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'', where her character is American, complete with the accent (though she only speaks a few words on screen), and an American character she voiced for a 2016 episode of the animated series ''Series/ThunderbirdsAreGo''. She also plays an American in the short film ''Imaginary Forces'', filmed before she joined ''Doctor Who'' but other than a trailer (which includes one line of American-accented dialogue by Coleman) it has yet to be released. Several clips of her auditioning for various US roles (including ''Series/{{Suits}}'' and ''Series/TwoBrokeGirls'') are on Website/YouTube and show her performing with an American accent. She has also affected exaggerated American accents for comedic effect on occasions in interviews and red carpet events where, for whatever reason, she's asked to do one.

* MsFanservice: Generally averted, particularly in ''Doctor Who'' where in other than a couple of episodes in which she wears short skirts, Clara dresses conservatively, and ''Victoria'' where there is even a scene in which she takes a bath, fully clothed. Outside of her TV work, Coleman also tends to dress conservatively in fashion and magazine photoshoots and on the red carpet and as of 2017 is not even known to have been photographed in any sort of swimwear. The sole exceptions are the 2011-2012 miniseries ''Room at the Top'' and ''Dancing on the Edge'' in which Coleman was filmed briefly topless (for the former) and briefly in revealing lingerie (for the latter). In a 2017 interview promoting ''Victoria'', Jenna explained simply that she generally wasn't offered parts that required nudity.

** Except for Clara Oswald, a supporting role in ''Film/MeBeforeYou'', and an unreleased horror film called ''Imaginary Forces'', all of Jenna's live-action film and TV work between 2010 and 2018 has involved playing period characters (19th century, 1912, 1950s, etc), and even as Clara she has done several episodes in period dress. Perhaps no better illustration of this can be found than a Series 1 episode of ''Victoria'' in which Jenna is shown riding a horse while wearing the ''exact same costume'' in 2016 that she wore as Lydia in the miniseries ''DeathComesToPemberley'', broadcast in 2013. (Jenna finally broke away from the stereotype by signing to start in ''Series/TheCry'', a 2018 miniseries set in the modern day.)
** Jenna hinted at a possible form of typecasting in a summer 2017 interview promoting ''Victoria'' in which she noted that she doesn't tend to get offered roles that require nudity. (As of 2018 she has only appeared topless once, for a production made early in her career, and, despite it being a HotterAndSexier take on the life of the queen and broadcast post-watershed in the UK, ''Victoria'' is actually a family-friendly production; in one episode, Victoria even takes a ''bath'' fully clothed.)

After leaving ''Doctor Who'' in 2015, Coleman took the leading role of Queen Victoria in the ITV miniseries ''Series/{{Victoria}}'' that began airing in the UK in the summer of 2016 and aired in the US as part of ''Series/MasterpieceTheatre'' in early 2017. A ratings hit in the UK and reportedly one of PBS' highest-rated dramas in 20 years, a second series and 2017 Christmas special was swiftly commissioned. Rumours also continued to swirl around whether she may return to ''Doctor Who'' at some point, given the open-ended nature of Clara's exit and some comments made by her former co-star Creator/PeterCapaldi during convention appearances in mid-2016, and Capaldi's subsequent announcement that he was leaving ''Doctor Who'' at the end of 2017. ([[spoiler: Coleman ultimately did make a final cameo appearance as Clara towards the end of Capaldi's final episode.]])

After leaving ''Doctor Who'' in 2015, Coleman took the leading role of Queen Victoria in the ITV miniseries ''Series/{{Victoria}}'' that began airing in the UK in the summer of 2016 and aired in the US as part of ''Series/MasterpieceTheatre'' in early 2017. A ratings hit in the UK and reportedly one of PBS' highest-rated dramas in 20 years, a second series and 2017 Christmas special was swiftly commissioned. Rumours also continue to swirl around whether she may return to ''Doctor Who'' at some point, given the open-ended nature of Clara's exit and some comments made by her former co-star Creator/PeterCapaldi during convention appearances in mid-2016, and Capaldi's subsequent announcement that he was leaving ''Doctor Who'' at the end of 2017.

Jenna Coleman (known before summer 2013 as Jenna-Louise Coleman) is a British actress, born in [[OopNorth Blackpool]] on April 27, 1986. She is best known for playing companion [[Characters/DoctorWhoRevivalSeriesCompanionsClaraOswald Clara Oswald]] on ''Series/DoctorWho'' alongside Creator/MattSmith's Eleventh Doctor, and later alongside Creator/PeterCapaldi's Twelfth Doctor. She made her first appearance as Clara in the mid-series 7 ChristmasEpisode. She actually first appeared in the series 7 opener [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E1AsylumOfTheDaleks "Asylum of the Daleks"]] as a character named Oswin Oswald, in the most successfully guarded secret in series history. (How Oswin and Clara are connected form the major arc for the second half of Series 7.)

* MsFanservice: Generally averted, particularly in ''Doctor Who'' where in other than a couple of episodes in which she wears short skirts, Clara dresses conservatively, and ''Victoria'' where there is even a scene in which she takes a bath, fully clothed. Outside of her TV work, Coleman also tends to dress conservatively in fashion and magazine photoshoots and on the red carpet and as of 2017 is not even known to have been photographed in any sort of swimwear. The sole exceptions are the 2011-2012 miniseries ''Room at the Top'' and ''Dancing on the Edge'' in which Coleman was filmed briefly topless (for the former) and briefly in revealing lingerie (for the latter). In a 2016 interview promoting ''Victoria'', Jenna explained simply that she generally wasn't offered parts that required nudity.

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* ScullyBox: Due to her short stature (5'2"), required often when acting with taller co-stars, most notably on ''Series/DoctorWho''; averted in ''Series/{{Victoia}}'' where she is actually ''taller'' than the real-life queen by several inches.

Jenna Coleman (known before summer 2013 as Jenna-Louise Coleman) is a British actress, born in [[OopNorth Blackpool]] in 1986. She is best known for playing companion [[Characters/DoctorWhoRevivalSeriesCompanionsClaraOswald Clara Oswald]] on ''Series/DoctorWho'' alongside Creator/MattSmith's Eleventh Doctor, and later alongside Creator/PeterCapaldi's Twelfth Doctor. She made her first appearance as Clara in the mid-series 7 ChristmasEpisode. She actually first appeared in the series 7 opener [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E1AsylumOfTheDaleks "Asylum of the Daleks"]] as a character named Oswin Oswald, in the most successfully guarded secret in series history. (How Oswin and Clara are connected form the major arc for the second half of Series 7.)

After leaving ''Doctor Who'' in 2015, Coleman took the leading role of Queen Victoria in the ITV miniseries ''Series/{{Victoria}}'' that began airing in the UK in the summer of 2016 and aired in the US as part of ''Series/MasterpieceTheatre'' in early 2017. A ratings hit in the UK, a second series and 2017 Christmas special was swiftly commissioned. Rumours also continue to swirl around whether she may return to ''Doctor Who'' at some point, given the open-ended nature of Clara's exit and some comments made by her former co-star Creator/PeterCapaldi during convention appearances in mid-2016, and Capaldi's subsequent announcement that he was leaving ''Doctor Who'' at the end of 2017.

* MsFanservice: Generally averted, particularly in ''Doctor Who'' where in other than a couple of episodes in which she wears short skirts, Clara dresses conservatively, and ''Victoria'' where there is even a scene in which she takes a bath, fully clothed. Outside of her TV work, Coleman also tends to dress conservatively in fashion and magazine photoshoots and as of 2017 is not even known to have been photographed in any sort of swimwear. The sole exceptions are the 2011-2012 miniseries ''Room at the Top'' and ''Dancing on the Edge'' in which Coleman was filmed briefly topless (for the former) and briefly in revealing lingerie (for the latter).

Jenna Coleman (known before summer 2013 as Jenna-Louise Coleman) is a British actress, born in [[OopNorth Blackpool]] in 1986. She is best known for playing companion [[{{Characters/DoctorWhoRevivalSeriesCompanionsClaraOswald}} Clara Oswald]] on ''Series/DoctorWho'' alongside Creator/MattSmith's Eleventh Doctor, and later alongside Creator/PeterCapaldi's Twelfth Doctor. She made her first appearance as Clara in the mid-series 7 ChristmasEpisode. She actually first appeared in the series 7 opener [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E1AsylumOfTheDaleks "Asylum of the Daleks"]] as a character named Oswin Oswald, in the most successfully guarded secret in series history. (How Oswin and Clara are connected form the major arc for the second half of Series 7.)

!!Tropes associated with this actor include:
* {{Adorkable}}: Often comes out this way in interviews and Q&A sessions, ''especially'' when talking about ''Doctor Who'', and equally with Creator/MattSmith and Creator/PeterCapaldi. And anytime she's asked to do her ChristinaRicci-as-Wednesday Addams impersonation.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3t-pRunxKM This blooper from "Face the Raven"]] (spoiler alert for the episode's ending) is a prime example.
** And then there's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-X8Otw0rsE this early 2013 interview with Matt Smith]] in which she reveals herself to be a Series/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles fan and adorably bops her head along to the music as Smith attempts to sing the theme song.
** [[https://youtu.be/mqHMH9pI3eM?t=1260 An example]] from a 2016 convention appearance with Capaldi as she interrupts Capaldi answering a fan asking for his favourite lines of dialogue with a goofy example of her own.
** [[https://youtu.be/xs7t2bVeAxI?t=44 Another example]] from the May 2016 premiere of Film/MeBeforeYou where Jenna, dressed to the nines, is handed a gadget for taking selfies and seems to have more fun with it than anything else on the red carpet.
* {{Catchphrase}}: When being interviewed on a TV or radio show, she often tends to greet the hosts and viewers/listeners with a cheery "Mooorrnning!".
** More a "catch story" than a catchphrase, but her retelling the story of Capaldi accidentally getting drenched by an emergency shower during location shooting in a power station has become a hallmark of her convention appearances.
* CharacterTics: When doing photo ops with fans at conventions, inevitably points at them. This happens so frequently, a Twitter page was launched in 2016 called "Jenna Points".
** Often squints her left eye a little and looks off the side when delivering an ironic or self-deprecating statement.
* CloudCuckoolander: Occasionally displays elements of this during her Q&As at conventions, ''especially'' if she's with either Matt Smith or Peter Capaldi. (She has a particular fondness for retelling a story about Capaldi having a misadventure at a power station during location shooting and declaring that she always wanted to be a mermaid when she grew up.)
* DistaffCounterpart: Although this applies more to the ''character'' of Clara than to the actress, Jenna Coleman has still made history as the first woman to ever utter the words "I'm the Doctor" on screen - not once, but ''twice'', with the second occasion being intended as a full-out impersonation.
** To put a bow on the second occasion, it is Jenna Coleman's eyes, not Capaldi's, that are featured in the [[CreditsGag opening credits]] to the episode ''and'' she stands as the first and only actor other than the Doctor to be credited ''first'' in a ''Doctor Who'' episode.
* DistinguishingMark: A birthmark on her left collarbone. Never seen on ''Doctor Who'' because the outfits she wore as Clara were too conservative, it is easily visible and distinguished in ''Victoria'' and ''Room at the Top''.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Peter Capaldi. Despite a more than 25-year age difference, she and her ''Doctor Who'' co-star struck up a deep friendship based upon not only their shared experiences, but also common interests. On multiple occasions, Coleman has remarked at how unusual it is for someone of her age to have such a friendship with someone of Peter's age, and at a June 2016 convention in Denver, Colo., she directly identified him as one of her best friends.
** On a few occasions she's outright addressed Peter in interviews, usually after having made a (kind) joke at his expense. A recent example, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPpBtHXZP9U from a promotional video for Victoria]], sees her choose Prince Albert over The Doctor as a companion during a Q&A, only to turn to the camera and say, sotto voce, "I didn't mean it, Peter! I didn't mean it!"
* TheKlutz: In an interview early on during her time on ''Who'' she mentioned that her "running down corridors and falling over and tripping over props" was a "daily occurrence". Given that she was working alongside Creator/MattSmith, fans began sending their prayers to the ''Series/DoctorWho'' prop department.
* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Applies to some of the more antiheroic, abrasive or calculating characters she's played (e.g. Lydia). Most of her roles to date have been like this, with even Clara occasionally showing some of these traits, especially during Series 8. In contrast, Jenna is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LvrmICZXYQ polite and soft-spoken]], has a cheeky sense of humour at times, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SMGhWkp5Mg is]] [[FriendToAllChildren very fond of her kid fans]].
* MotorMouth: Rumor has it that one of the reasons she won the part is that she can talk even faster than Matt Smith. This is also quite noticeable in some of her period characters like Lydia. However, since teaming up with Creator/PeterCapaldi, her line delivery has slowed down a little.

* MustHaveCaffeine: Jenna's love for coffee is a matter of public record.
* OopNorth: She's from Blackpool. [[ActorSharedBackground Clara has repeatedly implied it's her home town as well.]]
* PintsizedPowerhouse: She is only five-foot-two, requiring the use of a ScullyBox when filming opposite Peter Capaldi, and when she appears at events with fellow ''Who'' veteran Creator/KarenGillan, Gillan towers over her. Her (lack of) height was built into the promotional campaign for ''Series/{{Victoria}}'', based upon a monarch who, in real life, was actually several inches ''shorter'' than Coleman.
* ShipperOnDeck: While Creator/PeterCapaldi and others were swearing up and down in 2014 that there would be no flirting or romance between the Twelfth Doctor and Clara, apparently sinking the ship that had been established between Clara and the Eleventh Doctor, Coleman was boldly stating at conventions that, for example, when Clara says "I love you" at the end of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E8MummyOnTheOrientExpress Mummy on the Orient Express]]" she wasn't addressing it to her boyfriend, Danny, but to ''The Doctor''. At a 2015 convention, another example occurred when she [[https://youtu.be/81RqhnhzAcw?t=1711 mentioned]] in front of fans that she always felt Clara realised she was in love with the Eleventh Doctor only hours before he regenerated into the Twelfth. (But neither Clara nor either of the two incarnations would be fond of admitting this openly.) By the time Series 9 rolled around, Coleman was often mentioning in interviews the bond and love between the Doctor and Clara and had pretty much convinced Capaldi to come around as by September 2015 both were openly and directly referring to the relationship between the Doctor and Clara as a romance, albeit not a traditional one. During a reunion convention appearance in Washington in June 2016, Jenna poked fun at Peter for his initial "no romance" stance.
* TwoFirstNames: Her own name (theoretically ''three'', if you count "Louise" as separate), but curiously enough, also a frequent pattern for some of the characters she's portrayed: Jasmine Thomas, Lindsay James, Annie Desmond, Clara Oswald. (For her part, Coleman dropped the "-Louise" from her acting name in mid-2013, stating everyone just called her Jenna anyway.)
* WhamLine: "To the Doctor": Coleman's reply when asked at two separate fan convention Q&A events in the fall of 2014 who Clara addressed the line "I love you" to in "Mummy on the Orient Express."
** "I have left the TARDIS." Coleman announced her departure from the series on BBC Radio a couple of days before the start of Series 9's broadcast, generating widespread press coverage.
* WhatBeautifulEyes: Coleman's large, expressive eyes are not only a notable feature in real life, but in ''Doctor Who'' her character's eyes are often referenced in dialogue, with a RunningGag established in Series 8 about how they disturb the Doctor and in Series 9 the Doctor refers to them as the trait that impacts him the post.
** Jenna and her stylists are not oblivious to her eyes' appeal as she often wears make-up that emphasizes them.

* {{Adorkable}}: Often comes out this way in interviews and Q&A sessions, ''especially'' when talking about ''Doctor Who'', and equally with MattSmith and PeterCapaldi. And anytime she's asked to do her ChristinaRicci-as-Wednesday Addams impersonation.

* ActingForTwo: Well, more than two... In addition to the main one, she portrays several different [[{{Doppelganger}} alternate versions]] of Clara in ''Series/DoctorWho''. In the minisode "Clara and the TARDIS", this extends to portraying multiple versions of the ''same'' Clara. And she played "evil impersonator" Bonnie, a TARDIS recreation of Clara ''and'' the shape-shifter Saibra in "Time Heist" at one point, too.

* MustHaveCaffeine: Jenna's love for said beverage is a matter of public record.

** On a few occasions she's outright addressed Peter in interviews, usually after having made a (kind) joke at his expense. A recent example, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPpBtHXZP9U from a promotional video for Victoria]], sees her choose Prince Albert over The Doctor as a companion during a Q&A, only to turn to the camera and say, sotto voce, "I didn't mean it, Peter!"

After leaving ''Doctor Who'' in 2015, Coleman took the leading role of Queen Victoria in the ITV miniseries ''Series/{{Victoria}}'' that began airing in the UK in the summer of 2016 and aired in the US as part of ''Series/MasterpieceTheatre'' in early 2017. A ratings hit in the UK, a second series and 2017 Christmas special was swiftly commissioned. Rumours also continue to swirl around whether she may return to ''Doctor Who'' at some point, given the open-ended nature of Clara's exit and some comments made by her former co-star Creator/PeterCapaldi during convention appearances in mid-2016.

* ShipperOnDeck: While Creator/PeterCapaldi and others were swearing up and down in 2014 that there would be no flirting or romance between the Twelfth Doctor and Clara, Coleman was boldly stating at conventions that, for example, when Clara says "I love you" at the end of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E8MummyOnTheOrientExpress Mummy on the Orient Express]]" she wasn't addressing it to her boyfriend, Danny, but to ''The Doctor''. At a 2015 convention, another example occurred when she [[https://youtu.be/81RqhnhzAcw?t=1711 mentioned]] in front of fans that she always felt Clara realised she was in love with the Eleventh Doctor only hours before he regenerated into the Twelfth. (But neither Clara nor either of the two incarnations would be fond of admitting this openly.) By the time Series 9 rolled around, Coleman was often mentioning in interviews the bond and love between the Doctor and Clara and had pretty much convinced Capaldi to come around as by September 2015 both were openly and directly referring to the relationship between the Doctor and Clara as a romance, albeit not a traditional one. During a reunion convention appearance in Washington in June 2016, Jenna poked fun at Peter for his initial "no romance" stance.

* {{Catchphrase}}: When being interviewed on a TV or radio show, she often tends to greet the hosts and viewers/listeners with a cheery "Mooorrnning !".

* {{DistaffCounterpart}}: Although this applies more to the ''character'' of Clara than to the actress, Jenna Coleman has still made history as the first woman to ever utter the words "I'm the Doctor" on screen - not once, but ''twice'', with the second occasion being intended as a full-out impersonation.

* IntergenerationalFriendship: with Peter Capaldi. Despite a more than 25-year age difference, she and her ''Doctor Who'' co-star struck up a deep friendship based upon not only their shared experiences, but also common interests. On multiple occasions, Coleman has remarked at how unusual it is for someone of her age to have such a friendship with someone of Peter's age, and at a June 2016 convention in Denver, Colo., she directly identified him as one of her best friends.

* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Applies to some of the more antiheroic, abrassive or calculating characters she's played (e.g. Lydia). Most of her roles to date have been like this, with even Clara occasionally showing some of these traits, especially during Series 8. In contrast, Jenna is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LvrmICZXYQ polite and soft-spoken]], has a cheeky sense of humour at times, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SMGhWkp5Mg is]] [[FriendToAllChildren very fond of her kid fans]].

Jenna Coleman (known before summer 2013 as Jenna-Louise Coleman) is a British actress, born in [[OopNorth Blackpool]] in 1986. She is best known for playing companion [[{{Characters/DoctorWhoRevivalSeriesCompanionsClaraOswald}} Clara]] on ''Series/DoctorWho'' alongside Creator/MattSmith's Eleventh Doctor, and later alongside Creator/PeterCapaldi's Twelfth Doctor. She made her first appearance as Clara in the mid-series 7 ChristmasEpisode. She actually first appeared in the series 7 opener [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E1AsylumOfTheDaleks "Asylum of the Daleks"]] as a character named Oswin Oswald, in the most successfully guarded secret in series history.

After leaving ''Doctor Who'' in 2015, Coleman took the leading role of Queen Victoria in the ITV miniseries ''Series/{{Victoria}}'' that began airing in the UK in the summer of 2016 and will air in the US as part of ''Series/MasterpieceTheatre'' in early 2017. A ratings hit in the UK, a second series was swiftly commissioned.

Until roughly mid-2015 was dating Creator/RichardMadden, aka King Robb Stark of ''Series/GameOfThrones''. Since then UK tabloids have reported that she is dating Creator/TomHughes, her co-star in ''Victoria''.

** Occasionally displays this in convention Q&As when she's paired up with Matt Smith or Peter Capaldi.

Until 2015 or early 2016 was dating Creator/RichardMadden, aka King Robb Stark of ''Series/GameOfThrones''.

After leaving ''Doctor Who'' in 2015, Coleman took the leading role of Queen Victoria in the ITV miniseries ''Series/{{Victoria}}'' that began airing in the UK in the summer of 2016 and will air in the US as part of ''Series/MasterpieceTheatre'' in early 2017.

* DawsonCasting: Although Coleman generally plays characters at or close to her age, in ''Series/{{Victoria}}'', which started filming when she was 29, she was called upon to play 18-year-old Queen Victoria.

* PintsizedPowerhouse: She is only about five feet tall, making her nearly a whole foot shorter than Karen Gillan.

* ShipperOnDeck: While Creator/PeterCapaldi and others were swearing up and down in 2014 that there would be no flirting or romance between the Twelfth Doctor and Clara, Coleman was boldly stating at conventions that, for example, when Clara says "I love you" at the end of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E8MummyOnTheOrientExpress Mummy on the Orient Express]]" she wasn't addressing it to her boyfriend, Danny, but to ''The Doctor''. At a 2015 convention, another example occured when she [[https://youtu.be/81RqhnhzAcw?t=1711 mentioned]] in front of fans that she always felt Clara realised she was in love with the Eleventh Doctor only hours before he regenerated into the Twelfth. (But neither Clara nor either of the two incarnations would be fond of admitting this openly.) By the time Series 9 rolled around, Coleman was often mentioning in interviews the bond and love between the Doctor and Clara and had pretty much convinced Capaldi to come around as by September 2015 both were openly and directly referring to the relationship between the Doctor and Clara as a romance, albeit not a traditional one.