Jenny Seagrove
Actor · Born July 4, 1957 (69) · Kuala Lumpur, Malaya [now Malaysia]
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jennifer Ann Seagrove (born 4 July 1957) is an English actress. She trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and rose to fame playing the lead in a TV dramatisation of Barbara Taylor Bradford's A Woman of Substance and the 1983 film Local Hero. She is now well known in the character of Jo Mills in the long-running BBC drama series Judge John Deed (2001–07). Her credits as a voiceover artist include a series of Waitrose television advertisements.
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Biography from TMDB.
- July 4, 1957 (69)
- Kuala Lumpur, Malaya [now Malaysia]
- Actor
- 21 on MovieCove · 45 credits in all
What are Jenny Seagrove's films like?
Across their 15 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 12
A split, not a type: Light 7 · Serious 1 · Dark 5
A split, not a type: Grounded 7 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 2
Gentle 3 · Charged 6 · Intense 4
A split, not a type: Steady 5 · Shifting 8 · Whiplash 0
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 7 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 3
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 9 · Relentless 1
Casual 5 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 3
A split, not a type: Easy watch 8 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 2
Resolved 10 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 1
Roles they play
Usually the Hero: 4 of 6 analyzed roles.
- Heroas Young Emma Harte in A Woman of Substance (1984)
- Heroas Paula Fairley in Hold the Dream (1986)
- Allyas Dr. Sarah King in Appointment with Death (1988)
- Shadowas Camilla in The Guardian (1990)
- Heroas Louisa Gould in Another Mother's Son (2017)
- Heroas Kate Rafter in My Sister's Bones (2026)
Moods and endings
- Happy4
- Bittersweet9
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Jenny Seagrove's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 14 of their 21 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (9).
- Endeavour (2012) · actor
- The Sign of Four (1987) · actor
- Moonlighting (1982) · actor
- Another Mother's Son (2017) · actor
- Appointment with Death (1988) · actor
- Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls (1992) · actor · free
- Off the Rails (2021) · actor · free
- My Sister's Bones (2026) · actor
- Hold the Dream (1986) · actor
- BritBox
Subscription and free streaming for Jenny Seagrove's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
45 credits, 21 with a MovieCove page; 4 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Beautiful Birds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
My Sister's Bones(2026)
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
Hamlet(2024)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
Off the Rails(2021)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Peripheral(2018)
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
Another Mother's Son(2017)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
X Company (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Endeavour(2012)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
Run for Your Wife(2012)
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
Inspector Lewis(2006)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
Judge John Deed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Zoe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
New Order Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
Peak Practice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Love at First Sight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Miss Beatty's Children (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Some Other Spring (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
Deadly Game (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
Bullseye!(1990)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
The Guardian(1990)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
I promessi sposi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
I promessi sposi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
A Chorus of Disapproval(1989)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
Magic Moments (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
Appointment with Death(1988)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
Hold the Dream(1986)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all shows
The Sign of Four(1987)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Casualty(1986)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all showsA Dangerous Kind of Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)
In Like Flynn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
A Woman of Substance(1984)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)
Mark of the Devil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)
Sherlock Holmes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)
Diana (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)
The Hitchhiker (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)
Nate and Hayes(1983)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
Local Hero(1983)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
A Shocking Accident (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
Moonlighting(1982)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
The Woman in White (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
The Brack Report (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
Dead End (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)
Career shape
Star power in the 92nd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 45 titles from 1980 to 2026; peak year 1989.
Biggest box office
The Guardian (1990)
Highest rated
The Sign of Four (1987)
Most popular right now
A Woman of Substance (1984)
Film career
Peak 1989 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 2 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1982Screen debut· Moonlighting
- 1990First top-billed film· The Guardian
- 1990Career best· The Guardian
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.
How do Jenny Seagrove's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 34th percentile, the median of all 16; across their 13 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 41st percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up5
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th7
- Below 25th7
Shape of the crowd
11 of their 21 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved4
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser4
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed11
Reviewers score the acting 66/100 in their films, across 13 reviewed titles; fans 76, detractors 47. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Jenny Seagrove's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Jenny Seagrove work with?
People who share at least 2 of Jenny Seagrove's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Bill Kenwright shares the most, 6.
Directors
- Michael WinnerShared titles: A Chorus of Disapproval (1989), Appointment with Death (1988)See all 2 shared titles with Michael Winner
- Don SharpShared titles: Hold the Dream (1986), A Woman of Substance (1984)See all 2 shared titles with Don Sharp
Writers
- Barbara Taylor BradfordShared titles: Hold the Dream (1986), A Woman of Substance (1984)See all 2 shared titles with Barbara Taylor Bradford
Actors
- Tom ContiShared titles: Peripheral (2018), Don't Go Breaking My Heart (1999)See all 2 shared titles with Tom Conti
- Deborah KerrShared titles: Hold the Dream (1986), A Woman of Substance (1984)See all 2 shared titles with Deborah Kerr
Composers and editors
- Mario GrigorovShared titles: Off the Rails (2021), Another Mother's Son (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Mario Grigorov
- Teddy DarvasShared titles: Hold the Dream (1986), A Woman of Substance (1984)See all 2 shared titles with Teddy Darvas
Producers
- Bill KenwrightShared titles: My Sister's Bones (2026), Hamlet (2024), Off the Rails (2021), Peripheral (2018), Another Mother's Son (2017), Don't Go Breaking My Heart (1999)See all 6 shared titles with Bill Kenwright
- Naomi GeorgeShared titles: My Sister's Bones (2026), Hamlet (2024), Off the Rails (2021), Peripheral (2018), Another Mother's Son (2017)See all 5 shared titles with Naomi George
- Steve PottsShared titles: Off the Rails (2021), Peripheral (2018), Another Mother's Son (2017)See all 3 shared titles with Steve Potts
- David GilberyShared titles: My Sister's Bones (2026), Hamlet (2024)See all 2 shared titles with David Gilbery
