Jenna Coleman’s personal life including the famous boyfriend she met on the Netflix show

Jenna Coleman is back on our screens in The Jetty, a BBC One drama in which she plays a police detective and widowed mother of a teenage daughter.

The four-part thriller received rave reviews and viewers called it “captivating” from the start, as Jenna stars alongside “Bridgerton” (Ruby Stokes).

In another role for the British actress, Jenna plays Detective Ember Manning, who tries to figure out how a fire at a vacation home is connected to a podcast journalist’s investigation into an unsolved missing person case.

Of course, 38-year-old Jenna is best known for her appearances in “Doctor Who,” “Waterloo Road” and “Emmerdale,” in which she made her debut in 2005.

But away from the television screens, the former soap actress is happily in love with a famous boyfriend she met on the set of a high-profile Netflix project.

Let’s delve deeper into the personal life of one of the country’s most popular actresses…

Who is Jenna Coleman’s partner Jamie Childs?

Jenna Coleman is currently in a relationship with 35-year-old director Jamie Childs, who worked on the Netflix series The Sandman.

The lovebirds are believed to have met in 2020 while working on the drama, in which Jenna played Johanna Constantine.

It seems like the combination of business and personal life worked out well for them, as Jenna and Jamie have been filming together ever since.

Jenna starred in Jamie’s feature film debut, Jackdaw, which was released in January 2023.

The project is about a motocross champion and army veteran who now takes care of his younger brother. Broke, he agrees to go to sea to recover a mysterious illegal package from the North Sea.

Although the two are famously private about their relationship, Jamie mentioned Jenna before when discussing the transition from television to film.

“I was between TV jobs at the time, basically unemployed, and I thought, I can’t sit around and watch movies for another month. I thought I should probably sit down and write one,” he told Screen Rant.

Giving a brief insight into their relationship, he added: “Also, my partner basically stopped talking to me on a holiday.”

“She was rehearsing for something she wanted to do next and I basically realized she just needed to focus on it.

“So I put my headphones on and started writing, and that’s how it all started.”

Who did Jenna Coleman date in the past and does she have children?

Congratulations to Jenna and Jamie, who are currently expecting their first child together.

The news first broke when Jenna was spotted on the red carpet in June holding her growing baby.

Speaking about having a family one day, the actress told Harper’s Bazaar that she is in no rush: “Half of my friends have kids, half don’t, so it doesn’t feel like a pressure. I want to take my time. There’s a lot more of the world that I need to see first.”

After playing Queen Victoria, who had nine children, she added: “I would love to have children one day. But not nine. I can tell you that for sure.”

Jenna previously dated her Victoria co-star Tom Hughes, who played her on-screen husband Albert.

They were together for four years before reports of their separation emerged in 2020.

She also dated Richard Madden from April 2011 to 2015 and before that, her Emmerdale co-star Karl Davies from 2006 to 2009.

In 2015, there were even rumors that Jenna was dating Prince Harry. Neither confirmed a relationship, but they were spotted getting cozy at a charity polo match.

When Jenna was later asked about the speculation on Good Morning Britain, she told Kate Garraway: “He’s a friend of mine.”

Who are Jenna Coleman’s parents and does she have siblings?

Jenna was born in Blackpool and is the daughter of Karen and Keith Coleman.

She also has an older brother named Ben, who, like his father, is a carpenter.

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