Jaye Griffiths (born 24 September 1963) is a British actress. After playing Ros Henderson in the

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series '' Bugs'' and D.I. Sally Johnson in the ITV procedural drama ''

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'', she landed the role of Elizabeth Croft in the BBC soap opera '' Doctors''. She has since portrayed roles including Janet Mander in '' Silent Witness'', Elle Gardner in '' Casualty'' and its spin-off series ''

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'', and Yavalla in '' The Outpost''. In 2025, she joined the cast of ''

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''.

Life and career

Griffiths trained at the

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. Since her graduation, she has appeared in many television dramas, including a starring role as Ros Henderson in the BBC series '' Bugs'', which ran for four series. She can often be found in police or hospital dramas, where she has appeared in ''

'', '' Doctors'', '' Always and Everyone'', ''

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'', and '' Silent Witness''. Her other credits include '' Between the Lines'', '' Drop the Dead Donkey'', '' Kingdom'' and '' Skins''. She has also presented two BBC Schools television series, ''Watch'' and ''Storytime''. In 2015, she guest starred in an episode of the medical drama ''

''. She played Jac in two episodes of the ninth series of ''

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''. She later returned to ''Doctor Who'' through

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as the Eighth Doctor's companion Lady Audacity Montague. Griffiths played consultant Elle Gardner in '' Casualty'' from 2016 to 2019. Griffiths has also starred in theatre productions of William

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's ''

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'', where she played the role of Lady Macbeth. In 2025, it was announced that Griffiths had joined the cast of the ITV soap opera ''

''. She is set to make her first appearance as Celia later in the year.

Filmography

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Griffiths, Jaye 1963 births Black British actresses British soap opera actresses English television actresses English stage actresses British people of Zambian descent Living people