Jemma Carlton
Acting
Biography
Jemma Carlton is an English actress. Carlton grew up in Stafford. She graduated from Rose Bruford College in 2019 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Acting. She was runner up for the 2019 Alan Bates Award, given to graduating actors. Her stage performances include Hester in The Silver Cord by Sidney Howard at The Finborough Theatre. She made her screen debut as Maxine Carr in Channel 5 series Maxine in 2022. In 2023, she appeared in the second series of Greg Davies comedy series The Cleaner on BBC One. In early 2025, she could be seen appearing alongside Colin Firth in British historical drama Lockerbie: A Search for Truth. She will play Belle Downer in Steven Knight historical drama A Thousand Blows.
Known For
Hezekiah and Alec, two friends from Jamaica, finds themselves thrust into the criminal underbelly of London's East End. Here they meet Mary Carr, Queen of an all-female criminal gang known as the Forty Elephants, and run afoul of Sugar Goodson, criminal kingpin and notorious boxer.
A Thousand Blows
After CSI have done their stuff, the cleaner mops up the grisly remains. For Wicky, a bloodbath and the pub is all in a day's work.
The Cleaner
Dr Jim Swire tragically loses his daughter when Pan Am Flight 103 exploded over a small town on 21 December 1988. Travelling across continents and political divides, Swire embarks on a relentless journey that not only jeopardises his stability, family and life, but completely overturns his trust in the justice system. As the truth shifts under his feet, Swire's view of the world is left forever sullied.
Lockerbie: A Search for Truth
Examine the investigation into school assistant Maxine Carr and her fiancé Ian Huntley, who was imprisoned for the killings of school girls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman.
Maxine
In a dystopian future plagued by toxic red air, a couple's confinement becomes a battle between hope and despair—as one withers, the other blooms.
Earth
When Freya unwittingly hosts a group of radical activists on the eve of a stunt she begins to suspect they have designs on her vulnerable younger sister.