Claudia Jessie

Claudia Jessie is an English actress. She is known for her roles in the third series of WPC 56 (2015), the ITV miniseries Vanity Fair (2018), the fourth series of Line of Duty (2017), the Dave sitcom Porters (2017–2019), and the Netflix period drama Bridgerton (2020–).

Jessie was born in Moseley and grew up on a canal boat.[1] She spent some of her childhood in London and was homeschooled from the age of 14 before returning to Birmingham when she was 17. Her family struggled financially; Jessie described the experiences that came with it, such as bailiffs coming to the door, as traumatic. In addition, her parents split and her father was not around. Her single mother, Dawn, worked cleaning houses to provide for her and her brother and to afford Jessie’s ballet lessons.[3][4] She was discovered by Hannah Phillips who cast her in several local productions.[5] She then signed with an agent in 2012.