Jessie Elland (born 2000) is an English actress and author. Elland is known for her role as

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in the

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soap opera ''

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''. She also released her first novel, ''The Ladie Upstairs'', in May 2025.

Life and career

Elland was born in 2000 in

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. Elland has stated that going to drama school was not an option for her, so she initially studied anthropology at the

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, as well as auditing a drama course. However, after a week, she switched to a full-time drama course, as well as doing extracurricular drama. After doing modelling work, Elland made her television debut in two episodes of the

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''. In 2021, Elland was cast in the

soap opera ''

'' as

. It was confirmed that her character would be linked to

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(

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) and she was introduced as the sister of Gemma Harris, a dead teenager whose heart was given to Sarah in a heart transplant three years prior to Chloe's introduction. She stayed on the series until 2023; her storylines during her tenure included escaping from her controlling father, being stalked by

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( Jack Downham), discovering her mother is

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(

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), having a baby with

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(Laurence Robb), falling from a cliff and blackmailing Mackenzie into sole custody of her child. Following her exit, she toured in a production of ''

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'' in 2024. Also in 2024, she announced that she had a written a novel, ''The Ladie Upstairs''. She explained that since she was six, she had wanted to be both an author and an actress and was overjoyed to have achieved both of her goals. The book, published in May 2025 by

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piece.

Filmography

Stage

* ''

'' (2024)

Bibliography

References

External links

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