Jasmine Hyde

 Jasmine Hyde  is an English actress who has appeared on stage, radio, film and television.

She is best known for playing the young Hilda Rumpole in BBC Radio 4's Rumpole of the Bailey between 2009 and 2019, and Leonie Snell in The Archers (2014-19).

Jasmine's television roles include Doctors, Father Brown, Beyond Paradise, Casualty, Holby City, Coronation Street, and Murder in Provence,.

In 2017 she played the lead role in Gary Sinyor’s psychological thriller The Unseen.

Early career
Jasmine Hyde graduated from RADA in 2000. She won the BBC Carleton Hobbs Award for Radio the same year, resulting in a six month contract on the BBC radio drama rep company as her first job.

Film
She made her film debut as a Courtesan in Restoration (1995 film), played a supporting role in Anglo / Indian drama A Distant Mirage (2008), and starred in her first lead role in 2017's The Unseen, followed by appearances in Angel Has Fallen (2019), and Wonder Woman 1984 (2020).

Television
Jasmine's television career began on the BBC in 2004 on the Casualty episode "What Parents Do," followed by a second appearance in 2009.

She's since appeared in The Truth Commissioner (2016), Holby City (2017), as a police officer in Coronation Street (2018), a satanic nun in Good Omens (2019), a vicar in  Doctors (3 episodes in 2017 and 2019), a vegan in Hapless (2020), a doctor in  The Lazarus Project (2022), played political journalist Pippa Crerar in This England, (2022), Annie in  Murder in Provence (2022), a therapist in teen drama  Tell Me Everything (2022) as well as roles in the Father Brown episode "Gardeners of Eden" (2023), and episode 3 of the second series of  Beyond Paradise  (2024)

Jasmine will also take the lead role of Herodias in Fox Nation's Jesus Crown of Thorns (2025).

Theatre
Her first theatre job was playing Madeleine in the Paines Plough / Frantic Assembly production of Abi Morgan's 'Tiny Dynamite' directed by Vicky Featherstone in 2001. She then moved to the Royal National Theatre to appear in Tom Stoppard’s trilogy ’The Coast of Utopia’ directed by Sir Trevor Nunn.

Further credits include the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of Pericles (2003), Waters of the Moon at the Salisbury Playhouse (2004), the Globe's touring production of A Midsummer Night's Dream (2010), Statements After An Arrest Under The Immorality Act at the Jermyn Street Theatre (2014), as well as Not Moses at The Princess Arts Theatre (directed by future Unseen director Gary Sinyor) (2016).

In May 2017, Jasmine starred as Bella in Matt Parvin's JAM opposite former Harry Potter actor Harry Melling. In 2020 she appeared as Anna in The Arcola's production of 'The Cutting Edge' written and directed by Jack Shepherd. She also performed in the third play of the trilogy "Knocking On The Wall" at the Finsborough Theatre in 2023.

Radio
Jasmine has appeared in over 100 radio plays from 2000 to the present, mainly for the BBC, showcasing her versatility from Shakespearean drama to comedy.

These include her longest running role as the young Hilda Rumpole, in Rumple Of The Bailey (2009-19) (playing opposite Benedict Cumberbatch and later Julian Rhind-Tutt). She's also had a recurring role as the feisty Leonie Snell in The Archers (2014-19), and appeared in all 5 series of The Corrupted opposite Toby Jones (2013-21).

More recent productions include Little Blue Lines (2021), Rossum's Universal Robots (2022), Mr. Wilder and Me (BBC Radio 4's Book of the Week) (2022) and Shell Seekers (2024).

Music
Jasmine contributed spoken word to “As One,” “Wastelands”, and “Tides” on Suede's 2018 album "The Blue Hour" which reached No.5 in the UK charts. "Wastelands" was released as the fifth and final single from the album in October 2018.

Audiobooks
Jasmine has contributed to a wide range of audiobooks including Hellboy (A Plague Of Wasps) (2023).

Awards
2000 Winner of the BBC Carleton Hobbs Award for Radio.

2019 Winner of the Festival Director's Choice Award for Best Actress for The Unseen at the Idyllwild International Festival.

2019 Winner of the Grace Kelly Gold Award for Best Actress for The Unseen at the West Coast International Film Festival.

2022 Commendation Award for Little Blue Lines at the BBC Audio Drama Awards.

Personal life
Jasmine Hyde is married and has a son.