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Jemima Rooper on an actor’s life

Published: 10 March 2025 at 03:00 UTC

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Episode notes

Jemima Rooper has been on our screens since the mid ‘90s, featuring in shows such as As If, Hex, and more recently The Split and Geek Girl. Now she’s at London's Park Theatre as Suzanne in one of France's favourite plays, Farewell Mr Haffman. Jen catches up with Jemima to talk about playing a Nazi, life as an actor from a young age, and being that tricky not young/not yet old age of our mid-40s.

Farewell Mr Haffmann is at Park Theatre, London, until April 12

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