Jayne Wisener
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| Born |
19 May 1987 Ballymoney, Northern Ireland |
| Occupation | Actress, Singer |
| Years active | 2006–present |
Jayne Wisener (born 19 May 1987) is an actress and singer from Northern Ireland. She is best known for her role as Johanna in the American film Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. She also briefly played Lauren Harris in The Inbetweeners.
On 6 July 2012, Jayne married Wayne Austin in her hometown of Coleraine, Northern Ireland.
Wisener was born in Ballymoney and grew up in Coleraine, Northern Ireland, where she attended the Coleraine High School for girls.
In 2005, she represented Antrim in the Rose of Tralee competition. Wisener also was part of Musical Theatre 4 Youth, and appeared in a workshop production of Falling.
While performing in a youth production of West Side Story at the Millennium Forum in Derry, Wisener was spotted by a talent scout, who asked her to audition for a role in Sweeney Todd. Wisener was, at age 19, deemed too old to play the 15-year-old Johanna Barker. When told this, Wisener "e-mailed them some pictures [of herself] without make-up. Usually looking young does [an actress] no favours at all but [she was] quite pleased this time".
She trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama for one year but left after landing the role of Johanna in Sweeney Todd.
Wisener made her stage debut in the UK premiere of the musical Parade at the Donmar Warehouse theatre in 2007.
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