Juliet Jacques

Juliet Jacques ( , born 3 October 1981) is an English writer, journalist and filmmaker.

Education Jacques studied at the University of Sussex.

Writing A memoir, entitled Trans, was published by Verso Books in 2015, based on a series of blog posts called A Transgender Journey that Jacques wrote for The Guardian online in 2010–2012, chronicling gender reassignment on the NHS. The audiobook was narrated by trans actor Rebecca Root.

Film She played herself in Josh Appignanesi's film Female Human Animal (2018).

Awards Jacques was on the longlist for the Orwell Prize in 2011 for A Transgender Journey. In 2012, she was selected as one of the Independent on Sunday Pink List's most influential journalists, and was also included in the list for 2013, 2014 and 2015. She was also included in Attitude magazine's list of 101 LGBTQ+ trailblazers in 2024. In 2016, her book Trans: A Memoir was shortlisted for Polari LGBT Literary Salon's First Book Prize Award. In 2019, Val McDermid chose her as one of ten British LGBT+ writers for the British Council's International Literary Showcase.

Personal life Jacques plays football, and won the Shield with the Brighton Bandits at the 2008 IGLFA World Cup. Jacques played for Surrey Women in a friendly against the Afghanistan development team in May 2022, and spent the 2022–2023 season with Clapton Community FC.

In 2020 Jaques appeared on the BBC's Christmas University Challenge as part of the University of Manchester team, which reached the final.