Jaime Winstone

Jaime Winstone
Winstone in 2010
Born	Jaime Margaret Winstone (1985-05-06) 6 May 1985 London, England
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2004–present
Spouse	James Suckling ​ (m. 2023)​
Children	1
Parent	Ray Winstone
Relatives	Lois Winstone (sister)

Jaime Margaret Winstone (born 6 May 1985) is an English actress, best known for her roles in Kidulthood, Dead Set, After Hours and her portrayal of Barbara Windsor in Babs.

Early life and education

Winstone was born in Camden, North London. She is the daughter of actor Ray Winstone and his wife Elaine McCausland. She has two sisters, Lois (b. 1982), who is a singer and sometime actress, and Ellie (b. 2001). Jaime grew up in Enfield, north London, where she occasionally attended Enfield County School, a local state school.

Her family later moved to Roydon, Essex where she attended Burnt Mill School in Harlow, Essex before going on to study for a BTEC National Diploma in Performing Arts at the performing arts department of Harlow College, Essex. She studied briefly at drama school, before dropping out to pursue her acting career in movies such as Anuvahood and Kidulthood.

Career

Winstone's credits include the films Bullet Boy (2004), Daddy's Girl, Kidulthood (both 2006) and Donkey Punch (2008), the television series Murder Investigation Team, Vincent (alongside her father), Totally Frank, Goldplated and Dead Set and a short film called Love Letters. She was cast in the BBC pilot Phoo Action, but a planned series was cancelled just as filming was about to start.

Winstone sings backing vocals for her sister Lois' band. As an actress, she has appeared in the music video for The Streets' single "When You Wasn't Famous", The Twang's single "Two Lovers", and Hercules and Love Affair's single "Blind". In April 2009, she co-starred with then-boyfriend Alfie Allen in the music video for the Madness single "Dust Devil".

Winstone made her catwalk modelling debut in 2008 for Vivienne Westwood, and in February 2009 she appeared on the front cover of Arena. She made her stage debut in a Hampstead Theatre revival of The Fastest Clock in the Universe which also played at the Curve theatre, Leicester.

In March 2010, she was announced as a new patron of the East End Film Festival. Winstone stars in the Stealth Media Group-produced thriller film Manor Hunt Ball and based on the novel The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell.

The spring of 2010 also saw Winstone portray Anneli Alderton, one of five women murdered in Ipswich 2006, in the BBC drama Five Daughters. Alderton was the third girl to go missing in December 2006. In the summer of 2014, she filmed the lead role Lauren in Sky 1 comedy drama After Hours.

In 2013, Winstone appeared in the BBC series Mad Dogs alongside John Simm, Max Beesley, Philip Glenister and Marc Warren.

In May 2017, Winstone starred as Barbara Windsor in the BBC biopic, Babs. On preparing for the role, Winstone told The Independent: "As soon as I sat down with Barbara, I got to analyse her, to see how she moved - and I instantly related to this wonderful woman. She is so generous and easy to talk to and connect with [...] the pressure just faded away as I talked to this amazing woman. These roles don’t come along that often. It was an honour."

In January 2022, Winstone appeared on the third series of The Masked Singer as "Firework". She was sixth to be unmasked.

In September 2022, Winstone appeared in EastEnders as Peggy Mitchell in a flashback episode set in 1979.

In 2023, Winstone appeared in the play 2:22 A Ghost Story, playing the character of Jenny.

Personal life

Winstone has been in a relationship with James Suckling since March 2015. They have been engaged since June 2022 and married in October 2023. They have one child together, a son born in February 2016.

Winstone was previously engaged to actor Alfie Allen.

Filmography

Film

Year	Titel	Role	Ref
2004	Bullet Boy	Natalie
2005	Love Letter	Tracey
2006	Kidulthood	Becky
	Daddy's Girl	Nina
2008	Donkey Punch	Kim
2009	Boogie Woogie	Elaine
	Eve	Rachel
2010	Made in Dagenham	Sandra
2011	Anuvahood	Yasmin
	Wild Bill	Helen
2012	Elfie Hopkins	Elfie Hopkins
2013	uwantme2killhim?	Rachel
	Powder Room	Chanel
2014	Love, Rosie	Ruby
2017	The Last Photograph	Mother
2018	Tomb Raider	Pamela
	Farming	Lynn
2019	Hurt by Paradise	Janette
2020	Knuckledust	Redmond
2021	Everyone Is Going to Die	Comedy
2021	A Brixton Tale	Tilda
2023	Sumotherhood	Sarah

Television

Year	Titel	Role	Notes	Ref
2005	M.I.T.: Murder Investigation Team	Hannah	Episode No.2.4
2006	Totally Frank	Lisa	2 episodes
	Vincent	Gina	Episode No.2.1
	Goldplated	Lauren	8 episodes
2008	Phoo Action	Whitey Action	Director: Euros Lyn
	Dead Set	Kelly	5 episodes
2009	Agatha Christie's Poirot	Sheila Webb	Episode 12.1: "The Clocks"
2010	Five Daughters	Annelli Alderton	3 episodes
	Beast Hunters	Pandora	"Archituthius Slimbus", "Infected"
2012	True Love	Stella	Episode:1.2 "Paul"
2013	Run	Tara	Episode: "Kasia"
	Mad Dogs	Mercedes	3 episodes
2015	Cockroaches	Ash	2 episodes
	Foyle's War	Vera Stephens	Episode: "High Castle"
	After Hours	Lauren	6 episodes
2017	Babs	Barbara Windsor	Biopic
	Joe Orton Laid Bare	Ensemble Orton Cast	BBC Two docudrama
2018	Torvill & Dean	Janet Sawbridge	Television film
2020	Squad Goals	Narrator	BBC Three
2022	Four Lives	Donna Taylor	Episodes 2 and 3
	The Masked Singer	Firework	Contestant
	EastEnders	Peggy Mitchell	Episode 6550
2023	Count Abdulla	Kathy

External links

• Jaime Winstone at IMDb 
• Jaime Winstone at AllMovie