Jemma Churchill is an English television, theatre, film and radio actress, best known for her role as Sandra in the award winning British sitcom for BBC “Alma's Not Normal ” , Grandma Pat in the ITV comedy 'G'wed 'and Nanny Lyons in Upstairs Downstairs,[1] Churchill is the daughter of London-born actor/writer Donald Churchill and Liverpool actress Pauline Yates, best known for her portrayal of Elizabeth Perrin in The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin.
[citation needed] Churchill's first professional job was as a Borstal girl in the film Scrubbers directed by Mai Zetterling and produced by George Harrison.
[4] Churchill's first television appearance was in the BBC sitcom No Place Like Home with William Gaunt and Martin Clunes.
In the 1990s Churchill played Elsie in Poirot in The Adventure of the Cheap Flat in the sitcom The Brittas Empire (1994) and Doctor Swain in the comedy series Waiting For God (1994).
[18] She voiced Lady Forleon in the Big Finish Doctor Who audio story Creatures of Beauty with Peter Davison, Safira Valtris in Breaking Bubbles with Colin Baker,[19] and Praska in Signs and Wonders with Sylvester McCoy.
She played Dorothy Wordsworth in her one-woman show Dolly by Donald Churchill at the Theatre by the Lake, Keswick.
[29] Churchill reunited with director Debbie Isitt to tour with I Should Be So Lucky from 1 November 2023 until 11 May 2024 playing Ivy.