Jenny Rainsford

Jennifer "Jenny" Rainsford is an English actress. A native of Watford, Rainsford graduated with a degree in English from University of Oxford, before studying acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, from which she graduated in 2011. As well as her role as ”Boo” in the television series Fleabag, Rainsford has appeared in Ridley Scott's film Prometheus (2012) and The Favourite (2018). Other film credits include About Time (2013) and The Death of a Farmer. Her television credits include Finding Joy, The Smoke, Law and Order UK and Da Vinci's Demons. Rainsford has performed in productions for the Royal Shakespeare Company, Headlong, Royal Court Theatre, and Young Vic.

About Time (2013)

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The night after another unsatisfactory New Year's party, Tim's father tells his son that the men in his family have always had the ability to travel through time. They can't change history, but they can change what happens and has happened in their own lives. Thus ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Curtis
CAST:  Rachel McAdams  •  Bill Nighy  •  Domhnall Gleeson  •  Tom Hollander

The night after another unsatisfactory New Year's party, Tim's father tells his son that the men in his family have always had the ability to travel through time. They can't change history, but they can change what happens and has happened in their own lives. Thus ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Curtis
CAST:  Rachel McAdams  •  Bill Nighy  •  Domhnall Gleeson  •  Tom Hollander

RSC Live: The Tempest (2017)

On a distant island a man waits. Robbed of his position, power and wealth, his enemies have left him in isolation. But this is no ordinary man, and this no ordinary island. Prospero is a magician, able to control the very elements and bend nature to his will. When ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gregory Doran
CAST:  Simon Russell Beale  •  Jenny Rainsford  •  Oscar Pearce  •  Mark Quartley

On a distant island a man waits. Robbed of his position, power and wealth, his enemies have left him in isolation. But this is no ordinary man, and this no ordinary island. Prospero is a magician, able to control the very elements and bend nature to his will. When ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gregory Doran
CAST:  Simon Russell Beale  •  Jenny Rainsford  •  Oscar Pearce  •  Mark Quartley

The Favourite (2018)

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England, early 18th century. The close relationship between Queen Anne and Sarah Churchill is threatened by the arrival of Sarah's cousin, Abigail Hill, resulting in a bitter rivalry between the two cousins to be the Queen's favourite.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yorgos Lanthimos
CAST:  Olivia Colman  •  Emma Stone  •  Rachel Weisz  •  Nicholas Hoult

England, early 18th century. The close relationship between Queen Anne and Sarah Churchill is threatened by the arrival of Sarah's cousin, Abigail Hill, resulting in a bitter rivalry between the two cousins to be the Queen's favourite.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yorgos Lanthimos
CAST:  Olivia Colman  •  Emma Stone  •  Rachel Weisz  •  Nicholas Hoult

Persuasion (2022)

Living with her snobby family on the brink of bankruptcy, Anne Elliot is an unconforming woman with modern sensibilities. When Frederick Wentworth - the dashing one she once sent away - crashes back into her life, Anne must choose between putting the past behind ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carrie Cracknell
CAST:  Dakota Johnson  •  Henry Golding  •  Cosmo Jarvis  •  Richard E. Grant

Living with her snobby family on the brink of bankruptcy, Anne Elliot is an unconforming woman with modern sensibilities. When Frederick Wentworth - the dashing one she once sent away - crashes back into her life, Anne must choose between putting the past behind ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carrie Cracknell
CAST:  Dakota Johnson  •  Henry Golding  •  Cosmo Jarvis  •  Richard E. Grant

Coffee Wars (2023)

Coffee aficionado Jo is doing her best to keep her plant-based, independent coffee shop afloat alongside her band of misfit employees. In a last-ditch effort to save her business, Jo and her team embark to battle it out as the underdogs competing in the World ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Randall Miller
CAST:  Kate Nash  •  Saoirse-Monica Jackson  •  Toby Sebastian  •  Owain Arthur

Coffee aficionado Jo is doing her best to keep her plant-based, independent coffee shop afloat alongside her band of misfit employees. In a last-ditch effort to save her business, Jo and her team embark to battle it out as the underdogs competing in the World ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Randall Miller
CAST:  Kate Nash  •  Saoirse-Monica Jackson  •  Toby Sebastian  •  Owain Arthur