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Jacqueline Boatswain
Jacqueline Boatswain
Born	Bedford, England
Occupation	Actress
Television	Grange Hill; Shameless; Hollyoaks;

Jacqueline Boatswain (sometimes credited as Jacqui Boatswain) ^[1]^{[failed verification]} is an English actress of Vincentian origin.^[2]

Career

She is best known for playing headmistress Mrs Bassinger in the long-running BBC school drama, Grange Hill, from 2003–2006. The character's first name has never been revealed, but according to the sign outside her head teacher's office it starts with "S". Mrs Bassinger was not seen during the 2007 series, her function in the programme taken over by Cathy Tyson as deputy head, Miss Gayle. It was not known if Boatswain would return to Grange Hill, however the show has now been cancelled. In addition to Grange Hill, Boatswain has appeared in Casualty, and as a police custody sergeant in the BBC daytime drama Doctors. She also has extensive stage experience. In October 2013, she appeared in Sarah Rutherford's Adult Supervision at Park Theatre (London).^[3]

She has also appeared in Life on Mars and The Royal. In 2013, she joined the cast of popular Channel 4 comedy drama series, Shameless, for the final ever series playing Patreesha St. Rose. She also played Victoria Sweeney in Wolfblood from 2014-2016 and Eileen the Crow in the 2015 video game Bloodborne. Boatswain joined the cast of Channel 4 soap opera, Hollyoaks as regular cast member, Simone Loveday on 20 February 2015. Hollyoaks aired a Come Dine with Me special week to celebrate their twentieth anniversary, with Boatswain as one of the cast members hosting. Boatswain left Hollyoaks in late 2018 with her exit airing on 23 January 2019. In 2018, she also played a role as Monique in the BBC Drama Collateral. In 2020, Boatswain appeared in the BBC TV series Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators in episode 3.6 "Reputation, Reputation, Reputation!" as Odette Dixon.^[4] Then in October 2021, she appeared in an episode of the BBC soap opera Doctors as Heather Derby.^[5] In 2023 she played the part of bar owner/singer Babette Francois in series 12, episode 8 of Death in Paradise.^[6]

Filmography

Film


Year	Title	Role
2004	London Voodoo	Ruth
2014	Coriolanus	Valeria, Fourth Citizen
2019	National Theatre Live: Small Island	Miss Ma
2022	Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore	Ida Webb (British Witch)

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1988	Red Dwarf	Dancer	Episode: "Parallel Universe"
1989	Goldeneye	Dancer in gambling club	Television film
1990	A Bit of Fry & Laurie	Dancer	Episode #2.1
2001, 2003–2004, 2014, 2021	Doctors	Celeste Baptiste / Custody Sergeant / Sergeant Bevan / Heather Derby	6 episodes
2002–2005	Casualty	Karen Blythe / Diamond Cusack	4 episodes
2003–2005	Grange Hill	Mrs. Bassinger	50 episodes
2007	Life on Mars	Officer 1	Episode #2.8
2007	The Royal	Safi	2 episodes
2007	Little Devil	Bernie	Episode #1.3
2008	Mistresses	Jenny	Episode: "Men Behaving Badly"
2008	Torchwood	Plummer	Episode: "Reset"
2011	Silk	Turley's Solicitor	Episode #1.5
2011	The Importance of Being Whatever	Kathy	2 episodes
2013	Shameless	Patreesha St Rose	9 episodes
2014	In the Club	Louise	3 episodes
2014	Bad Education	Governor	Episode: "Strike"
2014–2016	Wolfblood	Victoria	10 episodes
2014–2018	Cuckoo	Jane	6 episodes
2015	Banana	Pamela Scott	Episode #1.2
2015	River	Ursula	Episode #1.1
2015–2019	Hollyoaks	Simone Loveday	246 episodes
2017	Hospital People	Doctor	3 episodes
2018	Collateral	Monique	3 episodes
2019	Carnival Row	Mima Blodwen	4 episodes
2020	Bancroft	Chief Constable Frances Holland	3 episodes
2020	Vera	Sarah Ashers	Episode: "Dirty"
2020	Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators	Odette Dixon	Episode: "Reputation, Reputation, Reputation!"
2020	Miracle Workers	Queen Gamillagoor	Episode: "Dark Ages: Holiday"
2020	Alex Rider	Immigration Officer Powell	Episode: "Episode One"
2020	Strike	Claire Morbury	Episode: "Lethal White: Part 1"
2020	Agatha and the Midnight Murders	Audrey Evans	Television film
2021	Finding Alice	Administrator	Episode #1.5
2022	Midsomer Murders	Rachel Taylor	Episode: "The Scarecrow Murders"
2023	Death in Paradise	Babette François

Video games


Year	Title	Role
2013	Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag	Additional Multiplayer Voices
2015	Bloodborne	Eileen the Crow / Yharnamite (F1)
2017	Xenoblade Chronicles 2	Additional Voices
2018	World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth	Voice