Jessica Revell (born 13 December 1994)
is an English actress and singer, best known for her TV role as
Mandy "Elektra" Perkins in ''
Tracy Beaker Returns
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'' and in the BBC spin-off series ''
The Dumping Ground
''The Dumping Ground'' (also informally referred to as ''The DG'') is a Television in the United Kingdom, British children's television series, children's television drama series that focuses on the lives and experiences of young people who ...
''.
Revell's parents, who are separated, both worked for
British Airways
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The airline is the second largest UK-based carrier, based on fleet size and pass ...
, and she has a brother. Revell spent her childhood travelling due to her parents' jobs and spent some of her childhood in
France
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.
Revell returned to the United Kingdom and attended
Tring Park School for the Performing Arts
Tring Park School or Tring Park School for the Performing Arts is a co-educational, independent day and boarding school in Tring, Hertfordshire, England. The school combines academia with vocational courses in the performing arts for pupils ag ...
as a boarding student.
She graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 2023.
Revell's first role was in ''
Tracy Beaker Returns
''Tracy Beaker Returns'' is a British television programme. Based upon the novels by Jacqueline Wilson, it is the sequel series to '' The Story of Tracy Beaker''. The series stars Dani Harmer reprising her role as protagonist Tracy Beaker. Th ...
'' as Elektra Perkins, and she joined in series 2.
She reprised the role of Elektra for ''
The Dumping Ground
''The Dumping Ground'' (also informally referred to as ''The DG'') is a Television in the United Kingdom, British children's television series, children's television drama series that focuses on the lives and experiences of young people who ...
'' in 2013. She also appeared as Elektra in ''
The Dumping Ground Survival Files
''The Dumping Ground Survival Files'' is a CBBC
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'' and ''
The Dumping Ground Dish Up
The Dumping Ground Dish Up is a five-part CBBC television miniseries featuring various previous Dumping Ground characters showing you how to cook different dishes, which aired online and on TV from 16–20 November 2015.
Cast
Episodes
Ref ...
''. In 2015, she appeared in an episode of ''
Casualty
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*Casualty (person), a person who is killed or rendered unfit for service in a war or natural disaster
**Civilian casualty, a non-combatant killed or injured in warfare
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'' as Kelly Bange. Revell appeared in two short roles, ''Girl to Girl to Monkey'' in 2014, and in ''Mingmong'' as Judy in 2015. She also played Jen in the play ''People Are Messy''.
Filmography
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1994 births
Living people
English television actresses
English child actresses
21st-century English actresses
Actors educated at Tring Park School for the Performing Arts
English expatriates in France
English emigrants to France
Actresses from London
People from Harlington, London
Actors from the London Borough of Hillingdon
Actors from Ascot, Berkshire
Actresses from Berkshire