# 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).
| Date | Title | Role | Author | Director | Station |
| April 2001 | Little Dorrit | Little Dorrit | Charles Dickens dramatised by Doug Lucie | Janet Whitaker | BBC Radio 4 Classic Serial |
| 20 July 2003 | Caesar! – Series 1, "The Arena" | Livia | Mike Walker | Jeremy Mortimer | BBC Radio 4 |
| 7 March 2005 | Scenes of Seduction | Katherine | Timberlake Wertenbaker | Ned Chaillet | BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play |
| 23 May 2005 | The Last Days of Gordon Springer | Linda | Richard Stevens | Fiona McAlpine | BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play |
| 23 September 2006 – 30 September 2006 | Lady Chatterley's Lover | | D H Lawrence dramatised by Michelene Wandor | Marilyn Imrie | BBC Radio 4 Classic Serial |
| 12 August 2007 – 19 August 2007 | The Card | | Arnold Bennett dramatised by Jennifer Howarth | Marilyn Imrie | BBC Radio 4 Classic Serial |
| 19 May 2009 – 26 May 2009 | Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders | Hilda Wystan (young, before marrying Rumpole) | John Mortimer adapted by Richard Stoneman | Marilyn Imrie | BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play |
| 11 June 2009 | Taken | Sarah | Suzanne Heathcote | Carl Prekopp | BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play |
| 20 March 2011 – 27 March 2011 | The Lost World | Dr Diana Summerlee | Arthur Conan Doyle dramatised by Chris Harrald | Marilyn Imrie | BBC Radio 4 Classic Serial |
| 1 March 2012 | Rumpole and the Man of God | Hilda Rumpole | John Mortimer adapted by Richard Stoneman | Marilyn Imrie | BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play |
| 2 March 2012 | Rumpole and the Explosive Evidence | Hilda Rumpole | John Mortimer adapted by Richard Stoneman | Marilyn Imrie | BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play |
| 18 December 2012 | Rumpole and the Gentle Art of Blackmail | Hilda Rumpole | John Mortimer adapted by Richard Stoneman | Marilyn Imrie | BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play |
| 25 December 2012 | Rumpole and the Expert Witness | Hilda Rumpole | John Mortimer adapted by Richard Stoneman | Marilyn Imrie | BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play |
| Rumpole and the Old Boy Net | Hilda Rumpole | John Mortimer adapted by Richard Stoneman | Marilyn Imrie | BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play |
| 21 March 2014 | Rumpole and the Sleeping Partners | Hilda Rumpole | John Mortimer adapted by Richard Stoneman | Marilyn Imrie | BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play |
| 2013 – 2019 | The Archers | Leonie Snell |
| 28 March 2016 | Rumpole on Trial | Hilda Rumpole | John Mortimer adapted by Richard Stoneman | Marilyn Imrie | BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play |
| 29 March 2016 | Rumpole And Hilda | Hilda Rumpole | John Mortimer adapted by Richard Stoneman | Marilyn Imrie | BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play |
| 21 October 2013 - 20 May 2021 | The Corrupted (5 series) | Leah | GF Newmann | Clive Brill | BBC Radio 4 |
| 22 February 2021 | Little Blue Lines | Amy | Kate Rawson | Gemma Jenkins | BBC Radio 4 |
| 30 May 2022 | Mr Wilder and Me | Narrator (plus all characters) | Jonathan Coe | Clive Brill | Brill Productions for BBC Radio 4 |
| 14 April 2024 | The Shell Seekers | Nancy | Rosamunder Pilcher dramatised by Lin Coghlan | Tracey Neale | BBC Radio 4 |

## 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.