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–present).

Early life
Jessie was born in Moseley and grew up on a canal boat. 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. She was discovered by Hannah Phillips who cast her in several local productions. She then signed with an agent in 2012.

Early work (2012–2019)
Jessie's early work included appearances in the soap operas Doctors and Casualty. She appeared in an episode of House of Anubis, and reprised her role as Sophie Danae in the television film Touchstone of Ra.

Between 2014 and 2016, Jessie starred in the BAFTA-winning CBBC Online web series Dixi as Shari. In 2015, she was cast as WPC Annie Taylor, the lead character in the third series of the BBC One television programme WPC 56. She was a guest in Josh, playing the love interest. Jessie acted in the 2014 short film Copy That directed by Kingsley Hoskins which won the Best Comedic Short Film award at TSFA in New York.

Jessie made her feature film debut as Doris in the 2016 war film Their Finest. In 2017, she starred as DC Jodie Taylor in series four of Line of Duty on BBC One and Lucy in the Dave sitcom Porters, the latter of which she would return to for its second series. The following year, she played Amelia Sedley in the ITV miniseries adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray's Vanity Fair. She also made a guest appearance in the Doctor Who episode "Kerblam!".

Breakthrough (2020–present)
In 2020, Jessie began playing Eloise, the fifth Bridgerton child, in the Netflix period drama Bridgerton, an adaptation of the novels by Julia Quinn. In March 2022, it was announced Jessie would star in the upcoming Australian historical drama Bali 2002 for Stan and 9Network.

Personal life
Jessie has a boyfriend, Joseph. She has stated she is a vegan and meditates for at least an hour a day. Her aunt introduced her to Nichiren Buddhism, and Jessie has regularly practised it since she was 17 for her mental health. She has spoken of her experiences with panic attacks and anxiety since childhood as well as depersonalisation disorder.