Jana Carpenter (born January 26, 1971) is an American actress, singer and guitarist based in the UK. She has appeared in TV and radio series, episodes and films and is also a vocalist and guitarist in the countryfolk or harmony band Piefinger, and the

Mercury Prize The Mercury Prize, formerly called the Mercury Music Prize, is an annual Music award, music prize awarded for the best album released by a musical act from the Music of the United Kingdom, United Kingdom or Music of Ireland, Ireland. It was cre ...

-nominated experimental rock band Sweet Billy Pilgrim.

Early life

Carpenter was born on

Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland Andrews Air Force Base (Andrews AFB, AAFB) is the airfield portion of Joint Base Andrews, which is under the jurisdiction of the United States Air Force (USAF). In 2009, Andrews Air Force Base merged with Naval Air Facility Washington to form J ...

, on January 26, 1971.

Career

Carpenter provided the English voice of Norie in the English dub of ''

Roujin Z is a 1991 Japanese anime science fiction action thriller film directed by Hiroyuki Kitakubo and written by Katsuhiro Otomo. The animation for ''Roujin Z'' was produced by A.P.P.P. in association with other companies including Movic, Sony Mu ...

''. She played roles in films such as '' The Criminal'', ''Demon Wheels'', and '' Private Life''. In the first series of the revived British programme ''

Doctor Who ''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series, created by Sydney Newman, C. E. Webber and Donald Wilson (writer and producer), Donald Wilson, depicts the adventures of an extraterre ...

'', Carpenter played the role of De Maggio, a soldier who protects the Metaltron Cage with Bywater (

John Schwab John Schwab is an American actor, TV producer and musician who resides in London. He produced ''The Hide'' with Christopher Granier-Deferre, which was nominated for a BIFA 2010. He is best known for his film and television roles, such as lawyer ...

), in the episode of the first series "

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Personal life

Carpenter has been married to writer and director

Julian Simpson Julian Simpson is a British writer and director working in film, television and audio. He is best known for his radio plays for BBC Radio, most of which take place within his "Pleasant Green" universe with loose connections to each other, including ...

since 2005.

Filmography

Film

Television

Radio

* 2011 '' Bad Memories''. Imogen Blake. BBC Radio 4 * 2017 '' Mythos, Glamis''. Libby Ward. BBC Radio 4. * ''

The Lovecraft Investigations ''The Lovecraft Investigations'' is a mystery thriller/ horror fiction podcast created, written and directed by Julian Simpson, based on several works of H. P. Lovecraft and his Cthulhu Mythos. Produced by Karen Rose and Sweet Talk Productions ...

. Kennedy Fisher.'' BBC Radio 4''.'' :* 2018 ''

The Case of Charles Dexter Ward ''The Case of Charles Dexter Ward'' is a short horror novel (51,500 words) by American writer H. P. Lovecraft, written in early 1927, but not published during the author's lifetime. Set in Lovecraft's hometown of Providence, Rhode Island, Prov ...

'' :* 2019 ''

The Whisperer in Darkness ''The Whisperer in Darkness'' is a 26,000-word novella by American writer H. P. Lovecraft. Written February–September 1930, it was first published in ''Weird Tales'', August 1931. Similar to '' The Colour Out of Space'' (1927), it is a blen ...

'' :* 2020 ''

The Shadow Over Innsmouth ''The Shadow over Innsmouth'' is a Horror fiction, horror novella by American author H. P. Lovecraft, written in November – December 1931 in literature, 1931. It forms part of the Cthulhu Mythos, using its motif of a malign undersea civilizatio ...

'' :* 2023 ''

The Haunter Of The Dark "The Haunter of the Dark" is a horror short story by American author H. P. Lovecraft, written between 5–9 November 1935 and published in the December 1936 edition of ''Weird Tales'' (Vol. 28, No. 5, p. 538–53). It was the last written ...

'' * 2022 ''Who Is Aldrich Kemp?'' ''Kennedy Fisher and the Underwood sisters''. BBC Radio 4. * 2023 ''Who Killed Aldrich Kemp?'' ''Forsaken McTeague and the Underwood sisters''. BBC Radio 4.

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