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Jessica Ransom photo portrait

Jessica Ransom

For the National:

Theatre
On stage, her credits include Posh at the Duke of York’s Theatre, Straight at the Crucible Theatre Sheffield as well as several of her own sketch shows at the Edinburgh Fringe.

TV
Morwenna Newcross in ITV’S Doc Martin. She has also appeared as countless historical characters in Horrible Histories (CBBC), on which she writes and for which she won a Children’s BAFTA for Best Performer. Other roles include Jess in Zapped, and Polly in Our Zoo, The Armstrong & Miller Show, Defending the Guilty, The Escape Artist, A Saucerful of Secrets, C-Bomb, 30 & Counting and The Outsiders.

Film
Drusilla in Horrible Histories: The Movie. The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight (due on Netflix this year).

Radio
Jessica has worked extensively for BBC Radio 4