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Jenny Agutter
Born	Jennifer Ann Agutter 20 December 1952 (1952-12-20) (age 57) Taunton, Somerset, England
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1964–present
Spouse(s)	Johan Tham (m. 1990–present) «start: (1990-08-04)»"Marriage: Johan Tham to Jenny Agutter" Location: (linkback:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_Agutter)
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Jennifer Ann Agutter (born 20 December 1952) is an English actress whose notable roles include Tessa Phillips in the British TV drama series Spooks. She also played Alex Price in An American Werewolf in London, Jessica 6 in Logan's Run, and Jill Mason in Equus.

== [edit] Early life==

Agutter is the daughter of Catherine "Kit" (née Lynam) and Derek Brodie Agutter, a former British Army officer and entertainment organiser. As a child, she lived in Dhekelia, Cyprus and Kuala Lumpur, Malaya. She was discovered at Elmhurst Ballet School when a casting agent looked for a young English-speaking girl for a film. She did not get the part, but he recommended her to the producers of East of Sudan (1964).

== [edit] Career==

Agutter came to television audiences as Kirsty in the twice-weekly BBC series, The Newcomers. Kirsty was the daughter of the new managing director, but Agutter could appear only during school holidays and was listed in credits as Jennifer. Later she appeared as Roberta in the BBC children's series The Railway Children and played the same part in Lionel Jeffries' 1970 film of the book. Her ingenuousness led to a more serious role in the thriller I Start Counting (1969). She also won an Emmy for her television role as Fritha in the Hallmark Hall of Fame production of The Snow Goose (1971).

Agutter continued a transition to adult roles in Walkabout (1971), playing a teenage schoolgirl lost with her younger brother in the Australian outback. She auditioned for the role in 1967 but funding problems delayed filming until 1969. The delay meant Agutter was 16 at the time of filming, and the director took advantage of her new legal status by including nude scenes. Among them was a five-minute skinny-dipping scene, which was cut from the original US release. She said at the 2005 Bradford Film Festival at the National Media Museum that she was shocked by the film's explicitness but is on good terms with director Nicolas Roeg.

Agutter moved to Hollywood at 21 and appeared in a number of films over the next decade, including The Eagle Has Landed (1976), Logan's Run (1976), Equus (1977), Sweet William (1980), and An American Werewolf in London (1981). Since 1990, Agutter has brought up her son and her work has been in sound recordings and supporting charities, notably the Cystic Fibrosis Trust, of which she is a patron (she is also a carrier of the disease). She was a guest in series 6 of Red Dwarf, and appeared in the TV series TECX, The All New Alexei Sayle Show, and And The Beat Goes On. In 2000, she made her third appearance in The Railway Children, produced by Carlton TV and this time playing the mother. In 2002, Agutter featured in the BBC television series Spooks and in 2007, she starred in the first episode of the new series of David Jason's ITV television series Diamond Geezer. In 2007, she also guest-starred in the Doctor Who audio drama The Bride of Peladon.

Agutter says her enduring popularity comes from having grown up on film, that audiences relate to her characters through their own experiences. She believes the innocence of characters she played in early films combined with the costumes and nudity in later adult roles such as Logan's Run (1976), Equus (1977) and An American Werewolf in London (1981) are "perfect fantasy fodder".

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[edit] Personal life===

Agutter remained single in Los Angeles, and it has been reported she never lived with a man until she was married. In 1989, at an arts festival in Bath, she met Johan Tham, a Swedish hotelier who was a director of Cliveden Hotel in Buckinghamshire. In 1990, she became pregnant by Tham and they married on 4 August. Their son Jonathan was born on 25 December 1990. They live in Camberwell, London. Agutter owns a second home on The Lizard, the most southerly point on the English mainland.

== [edit] Filmography==

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1964	East of Sudan	Asua	Debut aged 11
1966	A Man Could Get Killed	Linda Frazier
1968	Gates to Paradise	Maud
	Star!	Pamela Roper
1969	I Start Counting	Wynne
1970	The Railway Children	Bobbie Waterbury
	The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens		TV Film
1971	Walkabout	Girl
	The Snow Goose	Frith	Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress – Miniseries or a Movie
1972	Shelley	Mary Shelley	BBC series
1976	Logan's Run	Jessica 6
	The Eagle Has Landed	Molly Prior
1977	Equus	Jill Mason	BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
1978	China 9, Liberty 37	Catherine Sebanek
	The Riddle of the Sands	Clara
1980	Sweet William	Ann Walton
1981	Othello	Desdemona
	The Survivor	Hobbs	Nominated — Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
	An American Werewolf in London	Nurse Alex Price	Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Actress
1984	Secret Places	Miss Lowrie
1985	Love's Labour's Lost	Rosaline	Television
	Magnum, P.I.	Krista Villeroch	Television
1987	Dark Tower	Carolyn Page
1990	Child's Play 2	Joanne Simpson
	Darkman	Burn Doctor	uncredited cameo
1993	Red Dwarf	Prof. Mamet	Television
2000	The Railway Children	Mother	ITV
2001	The Parole Officer	Victor's Wife
2002	At Dawning	Escaping woman
	Spooks	Tessa Phillips	Television
2004	Number One Longing, Number Two Regret	Kenosha
	The Alan Clark Diaries	Jane Clark	BBC TV series
2005	New Tricks, Season 2, Episode 1	Yvonne Barrie	BBC TV Series
2007	Diamond Geezer	Vanessa	ITV series
	Irina Palm	Jane		The Invisibles	Barbara Riley	BBC TV series
2009	Monday Monday	Jenny Mountfield	ITV1 TV series
	Glorious 39	Maud Keyes

== [edit] References==

# ^ Jenny Agutter Biography (1952-)

# ^ Creative Spirits - Walkabout

# ^ IMDB - Walkabout: alternative versions

# ^ Jenny Agutter: A Charmed Career, 2006. Directed by Tony Earnshaw. National Museum of Photography, Film & Television.

# ^ Patrons [Cystic Fibrosis Trust]

# ^ McLean, G., 2002. My life in front of the lens. The Guardian, [internet] 22 February. Available at http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2002/feb/22/artsfeatures2 and archived at http://www.webcitation.org/5jBN0KSUl. [Accessed 21 August 2009].

# ^ Crace, J., 1997. Interview: Almost forever young. The Independent, [internet] 8 December. Available at http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/interview-almost-forever-young-1287588.html and archived at http://www.webcitation.org/5jBNM9E2z. [Accessed 21 August 2009].

# ^ BBC - Drama Faces - Jenny Agutter

== [edit] External links==

* Jenny Agutter's Official Website

* BBC - Spooks - Jenny Agutter Biography

* Jenny Agutter at the Internet Movie Database

* Jenny Agutter at TV.com

* BBC Drama Faces - Jenny Agutter

* Jenny Agutter biography and credits at BFI Screenonline

* Interview in SAGA magazine May 2008

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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Drama Series