Jenny Seagrove

Jenny Seagrove
Seagrove on set of Appointment with Death (1988)
Born	Jennifer Ann Seagrove (1957-07-04) 4 July 1957 (age 59) Kuala Lumpur, Malaya
Occupation	Actress, political activist
Spouse(s)	Madhav Sharma (m. 1984–88)
Partner(s)	Michael Winner (1989–1993) Bill Kenwright (1994–present)

Jennifer Ann Seagrove (born 4 July 1957) is an English actress. She trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and first came to attention playing the lead in a television dramatisation of Barbara Taylor Bradford's A Woman of Substance (1984) and the film Local Hero (1983). She starred in Appointment with Death (1988), and in William Friedkin's horror film The Guardian (1990).

She is known for her role as the character of Jo Mills in the long-running BBC drama series Judge John Deed (2001–7). Her credits as a voiceover artist include a series of Waitrose television advertisements.

Seagrove was born Jennifer Ann Seagrove in Kuala Lumpur, Malaya (now Malaysia) in 1957, to British parents, Pauline and Derek Seagrove. Her father ran an import-export firm, which afforded the family a privileged lifestyle. When Seagrove was less than a year old, her mother suffered a stroke, and was unable to care for her. Seagrove attended St Hilary's School in Godalming, Surrey, England from the age of nine.

After leaving school, Seagrove began attending acting classes and trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, in spite of her parents' wishes for her to have a career as a professional cook. Seagrove developed bulimia in her early adulthood, but recovered: "I could feel myself tearing my stomach, and I kind of pulled out of it," she said. "It was a very slow process."