Jasmine Hyde

Jasmine Hyde is an English actress who has appeared on stage, radio, film and television. Hyde is best known for playing the young "Hilda Rumpole" in BBC Radio 4's Rumpole of the Bailey between 2009 and 2019, and "Leonie Snell" in The Archers (2014–19). Her television roles include Doctors, Father Brown, Beyond Paradise, Casualty, Holby City, Coronation Street, and Murder in Provence. In 2017, she played the lead role in Gary Sinyor’s psychological thriller The Unseen.

Early career Born in Leamington Spa, Hyde graduated from RADA in 2000. She won the BBC Carleton Hobbs Award for Radio the same year,

Film She made her film debut as a Courtesan in Restoration (1995); played a supporting role in the Anglo-Indian drama A Distant Mirage (2008), and starred in her first lead role in 2017's The Unseen, followed by appearances in Angel Has Fallen (2019), and Wonder Woman 1984 (2020). (2016), Holby City (2017), Coronation Street (2018), Good Omens (2019), Doctors (3 episodes in 2017 and 2019), Hapless (2020), The Lazarus Project (2022), played political journalist Pippa Crerar in This England (2022), Murder in Provence (2022), Tell Me Everything (2022) as well as roles in the Father Brown episode "Gardeners of Eden" (2023), and episode 3 of the second series of Beyond Paradise (2024). She was cast as Herodias in Fox Nation's Jesus Crown of Thorns (2025).

Theatre Hyde's first theatre job was playing Madeleine in the Paines Plough/Frantic Assembly production of Abi Morgan's Tiny Dynamite directed by Vicky Featherstone in 2001. She then moved to the Royal National Theatre to appear in Sir Tom Stoppard’s trilogy The Coast of Utopia directed by Sir Trevor Nunn.

Further credits include the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of Pericles (2003), Waters of the Moon at the Salisbury Playhouse (2004), the Globe's touring production of A Midsummer Night's Dream (2010), Statements After An Arrest Under The Immorality Act at the Jermyn Street Theatre (2014), as well as Not Moses at The Princess Arts Theatre (directed by Gary Sinyor; 2016).

In May 2017, Hyde starred as Bella in Matt Parvin's JAM opposite Harry Melling. In 2020 she appeared as Anna in The Arcola's production of The Cutting Edge at the Finsborough Theatre in 2023. written and directed by Jack Shepherd. She also performed in the third play of the trilogy Knocking On The Wall.

Radio Hyde has appeared in over 100 radio plays from 2000 to the present, mainly for the BBC, showcasing her versatility from Shakespearean drama to comedy. These include her longest running role as the young "Hilda Rumpole", in Rumple Of The Bailey (2009–19; opposite Benedict Cumberbatch and later Julian Rhind-Tutt). She had a recurring role as the feisty "Leonie Snell" in The Archers (2014–19), and appeared in all 5 series of The Corrupted opposite Toby Jones (2013–21).

More recent productions include Little Blue Lines (2021), Rossum's Universal Robots (2022), Mr. Wilder and Me (BBC Radio 4's Book of the Week; 2022), and Shell Seekers (2024).

Date Title Role Author Director Station Little Dorrit Little Dorrit Charles Dickens dramatised by Doug Lucie Janet Whitaker BBC Radio 4 Classic Serial Caesar! – Series 1, "The Arena" Livia Mike Walker Jeremy Mortimer BBC Radio 4 Scenes of Seduction Katherine Timberlake Wertenbaker Ned Chaillet BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play The Last Days of Gordon Springer Linda Richard Stevens Fiona McAlpine BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play – Lady Chatterley's Lover D H Lawrence dramatised by Michelene Wandor Marilyn Imrie BBC Radio 4 Classic Serial – The Card Arnold Bennett dramatised by Jennifer Howarth Marilyn Imrie BBC Radio 4 Classic Serial – Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders Hilda Wystan (young, before marrying Rumpole) John Mortimer adapted by Richard Stoneman Marilyn Imrie BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play Taken Sarah Suzanne Heathcote Carl Prekopp BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play – The Lost World Dr Diana Summerlee Arthur Conan Doyle dramatised by Chris Harrald Marilyn Imrie BBC Radio 4 Classic Serial Rumpole and the Man of God Hilda Rumpole John Mortimer adapted by Richard Stoneman Marilyn Imrie BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play Rumpole and the Explosive Evidence Hilda Rumpole John Mortimer adapted by Richard Stoneman Marilyn Imrie BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play Rumpole and the Gentle Art of Blackmail Hilda Rumpole John Mortimer adapted by Richard Stoneman Marilyn Imrie BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play Rumpole and the Expert Witness Hilda Rumpole John Mortimer adapted by Richard Stoneman Marilyn Imrie BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play Rumpole and the Old Boy Net Hilda Rumpole John Mortimer adapted by Richard Stoneman Marilyn Imrie BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play Rumpole and the Sleeping Partners Hilda Rumpole John Mortimer adapted by Richard Stoneman Marilyn Imrie BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play – The Archers Leonie Snell Rumpole on Trial Hilda Rumpole John Mortimer adapted by Richard Stoneman Marilyn Imrie BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play Rumpole And Hilda Hilda Rumpole John Mortimer adapted by Richard Stoneman Marilyn Imrie BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play - The Corrupted (5 series) Leah G. F. Newman Clive Brill BBC Radio 4 Little Blue Lines Amy Kate Rawson Gemma Jenkins BBC Radio 4 Mr Wilder and Me Radar the bat Tom Morton-Smith Sasha Yevtushenko BBC Radio 4

Music Hyde contributed spoken word to “As One,” “Wastelands”, and “Tides” on Suede's 2018 album "The Blue Hour" which reached No.5 in the UK charts. "Wastelands" was released as the fifth and final single from the album in October 2018.

Audiobooks Hyde has contributed to a wide range of audiobooks including Hellboy (A Plague Of Wasps) (2023).

Awards 2000 Winner of the BBC Carleton Hobbs Award for Radio. 2019 Winner of the Grace Kelly Gold Award for Best Actress for The Unseen at the West Coast International Film Festival.

Personal life Hyde is married and has a son.