Jessica Barden

Barden was born on 21 July 1992[1][2] in Northallerton, North Yorkshire. When she was three, she moved with her parents to Wetherby, West Yorkshire.[2] She attended Wetherby High School.[2]

Barden's acting debut came in 1999 with a small role in an episode of the television series My Parents Are Aliens.[3][4] She later appeared in episodes of the series No Angels[4][5] and The Chase.[4] In March 2007, she started appearing in the role of Kayleigh Morton on the ITV soap opera Coronation Street,[6][7] continuing until September 2008, when the Morton family left Coronation Street.[8][9] In 2007 Barden made her film debut in the comedy-drama Mrs Ratcliffe's Revolution.[10] In 2009 she played the part of Pea in the stage production Jerusalem at the Royal Court Theatre in London[11][12] before being transferred to the Apollo Theatre in the West End.[13]

In 2010, Barden appeared in the film Tamara Drewe,[14][15] a dramatisation of the comic strip of the same name. The following year she played the role of Sophie in the film Hanna.[16][17] Between 2012 and 2015 she appeared in the urban horror Comedown,[18][19] costarred in the mystery film In the Dark Half,[20] and had a role in the psychological thriller Mindscape. In 2014, she appeared in the American independent movie Lullaby.[21] In July 2015, Barden played the role of Kit Carmichael in the BBC's two-part television adaptation of Sadie Jones' debut novel The Outcast.[22] The same year she played the role of Liddy in a film adaptation of Thomas Hardy's Far from the Madding Crowd.

In 2016, Barden played the title role in Channel 4's TV movie Ellen[23] and the role of Jasmine in the comedy film Mindhorn. In 2017, she starred in the British horror movie Habit and in the Channel 4/Netflix television series The End of the F***ing World playing Alyssa. In 2018, she played Blake in the film The New Romantic. In October 2019, she appeared in the music video for "Maniac" by Conan Gray.[24]

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