History Creator / JennaColeman

* [[SirSwearsALot Lady Swearsalot]]: she's been known to swear quite a lot in interviews.

* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Applies to some of the more antiheroic or calculating characters she's played (e.g. Lydia).

* OopNorth: She's from Blackpool. [[ActorSharedBackground So is Clara]].

* ActingForTwo: Well, more than two... In addition to the main one, she portrays several different [[{{Doppelganger}} alternate versions]] of Clara in ''Series/DoctorWho''.

Jenna Coleman (known before summer 2013 as Jenna-Louise Coleman) is a British actress, born in [[OopNorth Blackpool]] in 1986. She is best known for playing companion [[Characters/DoctorWhoRevivalSeriesCompanions Clara]] on ''Series/DoctorWho'' alongside Creator/MattSmith's Eleventh Doctor, making her first appearance in the 2012 ChristmasEpisode. She actually first appeared in the series 7 opener "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E01AsylumOfTheDaleks Asylum of the Daleks]]" as a character named Oswin Oswald, in the most successfully guarded secret in series history.

Coleman played Annie Desmond in the 2012 miniseries ''Titanic'', one of many productions dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the ''Titanic''. In 2013, she enjoyed her first full year as a ''Doctor Who'' companion and appeared in ''Series/DancingOnTheEdge'', a series about a black jazz band in the 1930s. She also portrayed an older Lydia Wickham in the 2013 BBC adaptation of P. D. James' detective novel ''Literature/DeathComesToPemberley''.

Coleman played Annie Desmond in the 2012 miniseries ''Titanic'', one of many productions dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the ''Titanic''. In 2013, she enjoyed her first full year as a ''Doctor Who'' companion and appeared in ''Series/DancingOnTheEdge'', a series about a black jazz band in the 1930s. She also portrayed an older Lydia Wickham in the BBC adaptation of P. D. James' ''Literature/DeathComesToPemberley''.

Coleman played Annie Desmond in the 2012 miniseries ''Titanic'', one of many productions dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the ''Titanic''. In 2013, she enjoyed her first full year as a ''Doctor Who'' companion and appeared in ''Series/DancingOnTheEdge'', a series about a black jazz band in the 1930s.

* TheKlutz: In an interview for ''Who'' she mentioned that her "running down corridors and falling over and tripping over props" was a "daily occurrence." Given that she's working alongside Creator/MattSmith, fans have already begun sending their prayers to the ''Series/DoctorWho'' prop department.

Jenna Coleman (known before summer 2013 as Jenna-Louise Coleman) is a British actress, born in [[OopNorth Blackpool]] in 1986. She is best known for playing companion Clara on ''Series/DoctorWho'' alongside Creator/MattSmith's Eleventh Doctor, making her first appearance in the 2012 ChristmasEpisode. She actually first appeared in the series 7 opener "Asylum of the Daleks" as a character named Oswin Oswald, in the most successfully guarded secret in series history.

* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Applies to some of the more antiheroic or calculating characters she's played (e.g Lydia).

* OneOfUs: In a video interview with Entertainment Weekly, Coleman confessed to travelling down the sliding scale of "newbie to nerd" towards the nerd end with regards to knowledge of Doctor Who, having "the classic series on order". In a video interview with TV Guide, she mentions loving ''Series/BreakingBad'' and ''TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'', adorkably bopping along to the theme song.

* PlayingAgainstType: Subverted. While Clara Oswald, her most popular role so far, is a sweet, kind-hearted young lady with an adventurous spirit, at least half of Jenna's other roles to date could be described as antiheroines at best, some of them deeply flawed. There's a roughly fifty-to-fifty ratio between positive and morally ambiguous characters she's portrayed, at least on television.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Before getting the part of Clara, she had previously auditioned to play "a friend of Amy Pond". Could this have been [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E8LetsKillHitler Mels]] ?

* BrainyBrunette: Dreamed of being an archeologist when she was little, was head girl while she attended public school, and was a member of a theatre company since her late teens.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Do they ever !

* [[NiceGuy Nice Girl]]: Cheerful, friendly and very talkative, she isn't all that different in demeanor to some of the "smart and compassionate cutie" roles she's played so far.

* [[NiceGuy Nice Girl]]: Cheerful, friendly and very talkative, she isn't all that different in demeanor to some of the "smart and compassionate cutie" roles she's played.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Before getting the part of Clara, she had previously auditioned to play "a friend of Amy Pond". Could this have been [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E8LetsKillHitler Mels]]?

* PlayingAgainstType: Subverted. While Clara Oswald, her most popular role so far, is a sweet, kind-hearted young lady with an adventurous heart, at least half of Jenna's other roles to date could be described as antiheroines at best, some of them deeply flawed. There's a roughly fifty-to-fifty ratio between positive and morally ambiguous characters she's portrayed, at least on television.

Coleman played Annie Desmond in the 2012 miniseries ''Titanic'', one of many productions dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the ''Titanic''. In 2013, she enjoyed her first full year as a ''Doctor Who'' companion and appeared in ''Series/DancingOnTheEdge'', a series about a black jazz band in the 1930s. In the spring of 2013, she officially shortened her stage name to Jenna Coleman.

Coleman played Annie Desmond in the 2012 miniseries ''Titanic'', one of many productions dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the ''Titanic''. In 2013, she enjoyed her first full year as a ''Doctor Who'' companion and appear in ''Series/DancingOnTheEdge'', a series about a black jazz band in the 1930s. In the spring of 2013, she officially shortened her stage name to Jenna Coleman.

!!Tropes associated with this actor include:.

!!Tropes associated with this actor include:

* {{Adorkable}}: Just look at her page picture and try to deny it. For more proof, watch ''any one'' of the interviews that she has been in with Matt Smith, and she will be totally adorkable, especially when she is geeking out about something.
* ClusterFBomb: Some of her interviews have her saying "fuck" and "shit" a lot.
* GenkiGirl: Not only does she almost always have a smile on her face, but she's very fidgety in interviews. It makes for a fun sight when she's with [[{{Keet}} Matt Smith]].
* TheKlutz: In an interview for ''Who'' she mentioned that her "running down corridors and falling over and tripping over props" was a "daily occurrence." Given that she's working alongside Creator/MattSmith, fans have already begun sending their prayers to the ''Series/DoctorWho'' prop department.
* MotorMouth: Rumor has it that one of the reasons she won the part is that she can talk even faster than Matt Smith.

* PintsizedPowerhouse: She is only about five feet tall, making her nearly a whole foot shorter than Karen Gillan.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: By MemeticMutation. She's frequently told the story that when she got the phone call telling her she got the part of Clara, she was standing in the supermarket holding an avocado. The fandom latched onto that the same way they did the fez, and [[http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5h7f29A6d1rosaxqo1_500.png fanart]] will occasionally show her holding one.

!!Tropes associated with this actres include:

* OfficialCouple: With GameOfThrones's RichardMadden (aka the King in the North)

Jenna Coleman (known before summer 2013 as Jenna-Louise Coleman) is a British actress, born in [[OopNorth Blackpool]] in 1986. She is best known for playinh companion Clara on ''Series/DoctorWho'' alongside Creator/MattSmith's Eleventh Doctor, making her first appearance in the 2012 ChristmasEpisode. She actually first appeared in the series 7 opener "Asylum of the Daleks" as a character named Oswin Oswald, in the most successfully guarded secret in series history.

Jenna Coleman (known before summer 2013 as Jenna-Louise Coleman) is a British actress, born in [[OopNorth Blackpool]] in 1986. Some of her roles include Jasmine Thomas in ''Series/{{Emmerdale}}'', Lindsay James in ''Series/WaterlooRoad'', Connie (one of Steve and Bucky's dates at the fair) in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'', and the voice of Melia in the English dub of ''VideoGame/{{Xenoblade}}''.

None of those roles are why this page exists, though.

What triggered ''that'' was the announcement she was set to be new companion Clara on ''Series/DoctorWho'' alongside Creator/MattSmith's Eleventh Doctor, making her first appearance in the 2012 ChristmasEpisode. She actually first appeared in the series 7 opener "Asylum of the Daleks" as a character named Oswin Oswald, in the most successfully guarded secret in series history.