Jessica Hynes

Jessica Hynes (born 30 October 1972 ) appeared in the Doctor Who episodes Human Nature / The Family of Blood as Joan Redfern, and The End of Time as Verity Newman. Under the name Jessica Stevenson, she had also voiced Glory Bee, Carla and a Woman in Big Finish's Doctor Who audio drama Invaders from Mars.

As a teenager Hynes was a member of the National Youth Theatre company, and made her screen début in 1993 playing the First Midwife in Peter Greenaway's. She later became well known for her appearances in the sitcom. Hynes co-created and starred in Spaced alongside Simon Pegg, who was also in Invaders from Mars. In 2011 she appeared in, in which Burn Gorman played her husband. She starred in the mini-series drama Years and Years alongside Russell Tovey, Anne Reid and T'Nia Miller, which was also written by Russell T Davies.

Her film credits include Shaun of the Dead and voice-over work for.