Elizabeth Henstridge

Elizabeth Frances Henstridge is an English actress who portrays Jemma Simmons on Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D..
==Biography==
Henstridge was born in Sheffield, England, attending Meadowhead School and then King Edward VII School before graduating from the University of Birmingham. She studied at East 15 Acting School and later moved to Los Angeles.http://abcmedianet.com/web/showpage/showpage.aspx?program_id=003707&type=henstridge She was cast as lead in 2012 The CW TV pilot Shelter,http://www.deadline.com/2012/03/cws-shelter-books-first-cast-members-as-quinet-of-actors-join-broadcast-pilots/ and co-starred in feature films The Thompsons, Gangs of Tooting Broadway, and Reach Me. On British television, she appeared on the soap opera Hollyoaks as Emily Alexander in 2011.http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s13/hollyoaks/news/a321418/mcqueen-guest-hopes-for-hollyoaks-return.html
In November 2012, Henstridge was cast as Agent Jemma Simmons, a series regular character in the ABC pilot Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/elizabeth-henstridge-iain-de-caestecker-shield-joss-whedon-389604http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/11/13/s-h-e-i-l-d-pilot-two-agents/http://www.tvfanatic.com/2012/11/elizabeth-henstridge-and-iain-de-caestecker-cast-on-shield-pilot/ The series was officially ordered on 10 May 2013, and premiered on ABC television on 24 September 2013.
==Trivia==
*She is 5' 4" (1.63 m).
==Filmography==
Film
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
2010	Easy Under the Apple Bough	Farmer's Daughter	Short film
2011	And the Kid 	Kid 	Short film
2012	The Thompsons 	Riley Stuart 	
2013	Gangs of Tooting Broadway 	Kate 	
2013	Delicacy 	The Virgin 	Short film
2014	Reach Me 	Eve 	
Television
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
2011 	Hollyoaks 	Emily Alexander 	2 episodes
2012 	Shelter 	Grace 	Unaired CW pilot
2013–present	Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 	Jemma Simmons 	Main cast52 episodes
2014 	Film School Shorts 	The Virgin 	1 episode: "Sugar & Spice"
2015 	Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero 	Princess (voice) 	1 episode: "That Purple Girl"
2016 	Ultimate Spider-Man vs The Sinister 6	Jemma Simmons (voice)http://marvel.com/news/tv/24868/sdcc_2015_celebrate_the_world_of_marvel_animationhttp://variety.com/2016/tv/news/agents-shield-fitz-simmons-ultimate-spider-man-sinister-6-crossover-video-1201725235/	1 episode: "Lizards"
==References==
Category:Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Cast
Category:Starring Cast