British actress, whose acting is filled with deep psychology. She starred in a few films, but the audience remembered well one of her characters - the nanny, who embodied the age-old evil.
Biography
The full name of the actress is Jennifer Ann Seagrove. She was born in 1957 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Jenny's parents moved to an exotic country because her father, Derek Seagrove, was able to get a high position here in an export-import company. The family was rich enough and had a privileged position in society.
When the girl was only a few months old, her mother began to have health problems that made her unable to care for the baby.
At nine years old, the girl is sent to St. Hillary's School, which is located in Godalming, England. After leaving school, he attends acting courses at the Bristol Acting School. Dreaming of a theatrical career, the girl goes against the will of her parents, who strongly recommend her to pursue a career as a cook.
During adolescence, he becomes ill with an eating disorder - bulimia. With great difficulty, she manages to cope with the disease.
Career
Jenny received her first offer to act in films when she was 23 years old. She starred in the short film Dead End. The film was not particularly popular, but Jenny was noticed by filmmakers, she had the opportunity to continue her acting career.
In 1982, the actress starred in The Shocking Case directed by James Scott. She plays a supporting role; Rupert Everett, very popular at that time, becomes Grove's partner on the set. The film was warmly received by the audience and critics, and was awarded prestigious film awards.
In 1983, he played a leading role in the film "Local Hero" for the first time. It is a comedy-drama directed by Scottish director Bill Forsythe.
In 1984 he began working on television. Her first work was the ten serial television movie "Diana", where she plays the grown-up Diana Gaylord-Sutton. The series was very successful, the young actress really liked the English public. After the release of the series, Jenny gained popularity among the mass audience.
In the same year he received an invitation to shoot from an American television company, which he gladly accepts. In the miniseries based on the novel by Barbara Taylor Bradford, "Female Character", she is played by Amy Hart.
In 1990 he starred in the horror film The Guard, where he plays an evil-obsessed nanny who is hired by young parents to take care of their newborn son. Critics recognized Jenny's play as very deep, subtly conveying psychological nuances.
In 2007 he appeared on the stage of the Windhams Theater, West End, took part in a play based on the work of Somerset Maugham "Letters". Anthony Andrews became her stage partner.
At the end of the same year, Marion Brewster-Wright plays at the Garik Theater, West End, in a three-act comedy production based on the play by Alan Aykroyd.
In 2008 he appeared at the Royal Theater in Windsor in the play Death in Air.
At the beginning of 2014, she plays one of the main roles in a play based on Noel Coward's "Fallen Angels". The producer was her common-law husband, Bill Kenwright. The second leading role in the play was played by Sarah Crowe, a Scottish comedian.
In 2017, he starred in the psychological drama The Other Son of a Mother, directed by Christopher Meno, and directed by Jenny Leko. The film tells about the events of the Second World War. Seagrove plays a member of the Channel Islands resistance movement, which is hosting an escaped Russian prisoner in New Jersey. As punishment for this, she is killed in a gas chamber in the Ravensbrück concentration camp, shortly before the final victory over Nazi Germany.
From 2017 to March 2018, he participates in the troupe of the Phoenix Theater in the play "The Exorcist", based on the horror film of the same name. Seagrove played the role of Chris McNeill.
Personal life
The actress does not please the Pabloids with numerous bright novels; she rather carefully hides the details of her private life from journalists.
In 1984 he falls in love with Indian-born British actor Madhava Sharma. In the same year, their wedding took place. Despite many similar interests, the couple divorced in 1988.
For several years she was in a relationship with director Robert Michael Winner, the couple broke up in 1993.
Since 1994 he has met with theater producer Bill Kenwright, chairman of Everton Football Club, Liverpool. The couple appeared together on the program "Who Wants to be a Millionaire", where they won a thousand pounds, as well as on other television broadcasts.
The fight for animal rights and the environment is very important to Seagrove. Actively advocates for the deregulation of British herbal medicine legislation. I am sure that pharmacological campaigns oppose the use of centuries of experience in using herbs to cure most diseases because of commercial benefits.
The actress adheres to a vegetarian lifestyle and actively promotes its benefits on social networks.
She founded a charitable foundation that deals with the rescue and care of horses. As a support to her foundation, in 2014 she performed a duet with Peter Howarth, the concert was called "The Main Chance", just like her foundation.
