<Tr> <Th> Years active </Th> <Td> 2008--present </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Spouse (s) </Th> <Td> Tom Goodman - Hill (m . 2015) </Td> </Tr> <P> Jessica Raine (born Jessica Helen Lloyd; 20 May 1982) is an English actress . She is known for playing midwife Jenny Lee in the first three series of BBC One drama Call the Midwife . </P> <P> Raine was born in Eardisley, Herefordshire,, where she was raised on her father's farm . She is the younger of two daughters of farmer Allan Lloyd (descended from the Lloyd family of Baynham Hall), and his wife Sue, who trained as a dancer but then worked as a nurse . Educated in Kington, Herefordshire, she wanted to be an actress from the age of 13, as her father starred in amateur dramatics with the Eardisley Little Theatre . In sixth form she studied theatre at A-Level and a BTEC in photography at Hereford College of Arts and then studied drama and cultural studies at the University of the West of England, Bristol . Turned down on graduation to enter every drama school that she applied to, Raine went to Thailand and taught English as a second language . </P>

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