Jade Jefferies

Born in Stoke on Trent to mother Esther (dancer/ doctor) and father Alan (printer), Jades family moved to America shortly after she was born following the work of her father and was brought up in Pennsylvania, and then later the family moved to Limoges in France until the family returned to the UK to lay roots in Stratford-on-Avon. Growing up in Stratford when she was young she worked in productions with the RSC, including The Thebans Trilogy and The Merry Wives of Windsor. Her mother worked at the theatre and put her in contact with a number of actors who helped to coach her through audition speeches for new roles. She took part in many local theatre companies including making her own, joined and performed with the National Youth Theatre and had small parts on TV. She studied at LAMDA and briefly at Bretton Hall before stopping her studies to go travelling. When she returned from her travels she was head hunted by her Agent playing the part of Mercedes in Arbitrary Adventures of an Accidental Terrorist with the NYT at the Hammersmith Lyric Theatre. Following this she returned to university to study for a degree in Music Composition. Whilst studying she had several small roles and then then was chosen for the role of Pheobe in Kenneth Brannagh's As You Like it Jade currently lives and works in London