Jade Jordan
Jade Jordan | |
|---|---|
 Jade Jordan in 2022 | |
| Born | 1988 Dublin, Ireland |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, author |
| Years active | 2014–present |
Jade Jordan(born 1988) is an Irish actor and writer. She has appeared in film inRosie(2018), andYou Are Not My Mother(2021), and on television inDoctors(2018),The Virtues(2019),Kin(2021),Redemption(2022), andThe Catchin 2023.
As an author, she wrote her autobiographyNanny, Ma and Me.[1][2][3][4]and her first featureThe Colour Betweenin 2021.
Early life[edit]
Jordan was born inDublinand grew up in theFingalsuburb ofBlanchardstownwith her sister Pariss. Jordan attended secondary school atCoolmine Community School.She then did a course intheatre studiesat Coláiste Dhúlaigh College of Further Education.[5][6]In 2009, Jordan moved toLondonfor drama school, graduating in 2013.[2][7]She later trained atBow Street Academy.[6][3][5]
Career[edit]
In 2021, Jordan produced and wrote her first feature,The Colour Between.It was funded byScreen Ireland.[8][9][10][11]She has performed with theAbbey Theatreand theDruid Theatre Company.[12]
Jordan's 2021 autobiographyNanny, Ma and Medescribes her experiences as a Black Irish woman and tells the stories of her grandmother, Kathleen, and her mother, Dominique. Kathleen, born in 1932, moved from Ireland to London in the 1950s to studying nursing. In 1963, she married Larry, aJamaicanman who moved to England as part of theWindrush generation.The couple had three children, including Dominique, and lived inWalthamstow.The family returned to Dublin in 1978, first living in atenementbuilding onSeán McDermott Streetbefore moving toBlanchardstownin the 1980s.[13][2][7][14]
In 2023, she appeared in theChannel 5seriesThe Catch.[15]
Filmography[edit]
Film[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Lucifer's Night | Bethany | |
| 2018 | Rosie | Megan | |
| 2020 | Ascending Grace | Sarah | Short film |
| 2021 | Foxglove | Robin | Short film |
| The Colour Between | Annalise | Short film; also writer and producer | |
| You Are Not My Mother | Ms. Devlin | ||
| X Marks the Spot | Emer | Short film |
Television[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Doctors | Jen Hawkins | Episode: "Worry Dolls" |
| 2019 | The Virtues | Doctor | 1 episode |
| 2021 | Kin | Nellie Akanji | 1 episode |
| 2022 | No Return | Tara Fisher | 2 episodes |
| Redemption | Debbie Gleeson | ||
| 2023 | The Catch | Katz |
Music videos[edit]
| Song | Year | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Waiting to Breathe" | 2021 | Elaine Mai |
Stage[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Citysong | Abbey Theatre,Dublin |
Awards and nominations[edit]
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Irish Film London | Súil Eile Award | Won | [16] | |
| Irish Book Awards | Audience Choice Award | Nanny, Ma and Me | Shortlisted | [17] | |
| 2022 | Dublin International Film Festival | Discovery Award | The Colour Between | Nominated | |
| IFTA Awards | Best Short Film | Nominated | [a] |
Notes[edit]
- ^Shared with Dave Tynan.
References[edit]
- ^Brady, Tara."You Are Not My Mother: An unholy marriage of Irish folklore and familial dysfunction".The Irish Times.
- ^abc"Jade Jordan on identity, race and racism in Ireland".farmersjournal.ie.
- ^ab"Jade Jordan's family story gives a changing picture of race and identity".independent.
- ^"Growing Up Different".WOMAN'S WAY.
- ^ab"Jade Jordan".brinkerhoffpoetry.org.
- ^abLeonard, Sue (14 October 2021)."Jade Jordan".Sue Leonard.
- ^abJordan, Jade (6 September 2021)."Jade Jordan: 'I was trying to wash my colour off me; trying to wash myself white'".Irish Examiner.
- ^Newsdesk, The Hot Press."My 2021: Jade Jordan -" My first book being published was my best personal moment "".Hotpress.
- ^"Galway Film Fleadh".galwayfilmfleadh.eventive.org.
- ^"Jade Jordan".21 September 2020.
- ^"Nanny, Ma & Me".
- ^"Irish Rep, Fishamble to Commission Irish Playwrights of Color".AMERICAN THEATRE.8 February 2022.
- ^"Nonfiction Book Group - Nanny, Ma & me, Kathleen, Dominique &Jade Jordan | Solas Nua".solasnua.org.
- ^"Race relations".The Irish World.London. 27 February 2022.Retrieved15 August2022.
- ^"The Catch: Release date, cast and news for Channel 5 drama".radiotimes.11 January 2023.
- ^"Jade Jordan with the Súil Eile Award during the Irish Film Festival..."Getty Images.
- ^"Listeners' Choice Award Shortlist | An Post Irish Book Awards".