Jessica Gunning

Jessica Gunning is a British television and theatre actress. She was educated at Holmfirth High School near Huddersfield before attending Rose Bruford College, graduating in 2007.

Pride (2014)

In 1984, a group of LGBT activists decide to raise money to support the National Union of Mineworkers during their lengthy strike. There is only one problem: the Union seems embarrassed to receive their support.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Matthew Warchus
CAST:  Bill Nighy  •  George MacKay  •  Dominic West  •  Andrew Scott

In 1984, a group of LGBT activists decide to raise money to support the National Union of Mineworkers during their lengthy strike. There is only one problem: the Union seems embarrassed to receive their support.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Matthew Warchus
CAST:  Bill Nighy  •  George MacKay  •  Dominic West  •  Andrew Scott

Love Is Thicker Than Water (2017)

Vida and Arthur come from vastly different backgrounds. Sensitive and touching, sometimes quirky and tragic, always uncompromisingly truthful, a fresh look how conflicting family ties challenge love in a modern day Romeo and Juliet tale.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ate de Jong  •  Emily Harris
CAST:  Johnny Flynn  •  Ellie Kendrick  •  Henry Goodman  •  Lydia Wilson

Vida and Arthur come from vastly different backgrounds. Sensitive and touching, sometimes quirky and tragic, always uncompromisingly truthful, a fresh look how conflicting family ties challenge love in a modern day Romeo and Juliet tale.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ate de Jong  •  Emily Harris
CAST:  Johnny Flynn  •  Ellie Kendrick  •  Henry Goodman  •  Lydia Wilson

The Scandalous Lady W (2015)

A gripping 18th century drama details the scandalous life of Lady Seymour Worsley, who dared to leave her husband and elope with his best friend, Captain George Bisset. Lady Seymour Worsley escapes her troubled marriage only to find herself at the centre of a very ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sheree Folkson
CAST:  Natalie Dormer  •  Aneurin Barnard  •  Shaun Evans  •  Peter Sullivan

A gripping 18th century drama details the scandalous life of Lady Seymour Worsley, who dared to leave her husband and elope with his best friend, Captain George Bisset. Lady Seymour Worsley escapes her troubled marriage only to find herself at the centre of a very ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sheree Folkson
CAST:  Natalie Dormer  •  Aneurin Barnard  •  Shaun Evans  •  Peter Sullivan

That Day We Sang (2014)

TV Film adaptation of Victoria Wood's hit musical set in Manchester in 1929 and 1969. When middle aged loners Tubby and Enid attend a reunion of the choir in which they sang as children, the music evokes powerful memories, leading them to realise they still have a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Victoria Wood
CAST:  Imelda Staunton  •  Michael Ball  •  Conleth Hill  •  Vincent Franklin

TV Film adaptation of Victoria Wood's hit musical set in Manchester in 1929 and 1969. When middle aged loners Tubby and Enid attend a reunion of the choir in which they sang as children, the music evokes powerful memories, leading them to realise they still have a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Victoria Wood
CAST:  Imelda Staunton  •  Michael Ball  •  Conleth Hill  •  Vincent Franklin

Ghost in the Machine (2012)

Lonely Noreen daydreams of being whisked away by a square-jawed cowboy, but her reality is far more mundane. She lives virtually enslaved on the family farm in the North of England, with only her father's demeaning comments about her weight as company. So it's no ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Oliver Krimpas
CAST:  Jessica Gunning  •  Keith Bartlett  •  Nathan Osgood  •  Michael Malarkey

Lonely Noreen daydreams of being whisked away by a square-jawed cowboy, but her reality is far more mundane. She lives virtually enslaved on the family farm in the North of England, with only her father's demeaning comments about her weight as company. So it's no ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Oliver Krimpas
CAST:  Jessica Gunning  •  Keith Bartlett  •  Nathan Osgood  •  Michael Malarkey

Lizzie and Sarah (2010)

Lizzie and Sarah are two fiftysomething suburban housewives, perpetually mistreated and ignored by unloving, selfish husbands. The highlight of their otherwise dull lives is their role in an amateur dramatic society, The Borking Players. In the aftermath of a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Elliot Hegarty
CAST:  Jessica Hynes  •  Julia Davis  •  David Cann  •  Kevin Eldon

Lizzie and Sarah are two fiftysomething suburban housewives, perpetually mistreated and ignored by unloving, selfish husbands. The highlight of their otherwise dull lives is their role in an amateur dramatic society, The Borking Players. In the aftermath of a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Elliot Hegarty
CAST:  Jessica Hynes  •  Julia Davis  •  David Cann  •  Kevin Eldon

Summerland (2020)

A woman during the Second World War opens her heart to an evacuee after initially resolving to be rid of him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jessica Swale
CAST:  Gemma Arterton  •  Tom Courtenay  •  Gugu Mbatha-Raw  •  Penelope Wilton

A woman during the Second World War opens her heart to an evacuee after initially resolving to be rid of him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jessica Swale
CAST:  Gemma Arterton  •  Tom Courtenay  •  Gugu Mbatha-Raw  •  Penelope Wilton

The Mermaid of Mevagissey (2019)

Mathew Trewella is a lad adrift, living in the shadow of his brother Pete; fishermen in a small Cornish village. Banned from every pub, his options have run out. Whilst singing to himself at sea on Pete’s fishing trawler, Mathew finds a strange beast: unconscious, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luc Mollinger
CAST:  Gerard Kearns  •  Joe Absolom  •  Jessica Gunning  •  Jodie Tyack

Mathew Trewella is a lad adrift, living in the shadow of his brother Pete; fishermen in a small Cornish village. Banned from every pub, his options have run out. Whilst singing to himself at sea on Pete’s fishing trawler, Mathew finds a strange beast: unconscious, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luc Mollinger
CAST:  Gerard Kearns  •  Joe Absolom  •  Jessica Gunning  •  Jodie Tyack

Striking with Pride: United at the Coalface (2024)

Made famous by the 2014 BAFTA award-winning film Pride, this is one of the most unexpected and uplifting love stories ever, not between two people, but between two communities who – seemingly worlds apart – found common cause and compassion for each other in the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ashley Francis-Roy
CAST:  Tayce  •  Siân James  •  Mike Jackson  •  Jonathan Blake

Made famous by the 2014 BAFTA award-winning film Pride, this is one of the most unexpected and uplifting love stories ever, not between two people, but between two communities who – seemingly worlds apart – found common cause and compassion for each other in the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ashley Francis-Roy
CAST:  Tayce  •  Siân James  •  Mike Jackson  •  Jonathan Blake