Known for

Acting

Place of birth

Watford, England, UK

Jenny Rainsford

Jennifer "Jenny" Rainsford is an English actress. A native of Watford, Rainsford graduated with a degree in English from University of Oxford, before studying acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, from which she graduated in 2011. As well as her role as ”Boo” in the television series Fleabag, Rainsford has appeared in Ridley Scott's film Prometheus (2012) and The Favourite (2018). Other film credits include About Time (2013) and The Death of a Farmer. Her television credits include Finding Joy, The Smoke, Law and Order UK and Da Vinci's Demons. Rainsford has performed in productions for the Royal Shakespeare Company, Headlong, Royal Court Theatre, and Young Vic.

Titles

Silent Witness

Series • 1996

Call the Midwife

Series • 2012

Fleabag

Series • 2016

About Time

Movie • 2013

Prometheus

Movie • 2012

The Favourite

Movie • 2018

Showtrial

Series • 2021

The Game

Series • 2025

Persuasion

Movie • 2022

RSC Live: The Tempest

Movie • 2017

Coffee Wars

Movie • 2023