Jacquetta May
Born: 1960
Episodes Broadcast: 2006
Born in Kent and a graduate of Bristol University, Jacquetta May spent
the first decade of her acting career on the stage. She finally made her
television debut in a 1990 episode of The Bill. The following
year, May joined the cast of EastEnders, and she remained on the
soap opera until 1993. Other regular roles during the Nineties included
Cardiac Arrest, Dangerfield and Home Farm Twins. A
rare movie part came in the coming-of-age story Get Real. May
also co-founded the Plain Clothes Productions theatre company, for which
she was both a producer and a director.
May began to move into television scriptwriting at the turn of the
century, starting with an episode of Where The Heart Is in 2000.
Although acting remained her focus -- including appearances in Cold
Feet, Holby City and Silent Witness -- she earned a
steady stream of writing credits over the next decade as well. May
co-created the children's programme UGetMe, and contributed to
New Tricks, Personal Affairs, and the Doctor Who
spin-off Torchwood. Her involvement with the latter took the form
of the offbeat 2006 adventure Random Shoes, which adopted
the unusual approach of showcasing a brand-new character, the ghostly
Eugene Jones. Amongst May's acting credits during the 2010s were
Being Human, Law & Order: UK and Midsomer Murders,
while she wrote for Living The Dream. In the Twenties, she had a
supporting role in the crime drama Ridley.
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