Jaime Winstone


Jaime Margaret Winstone is an English actress, known for playing Becky in the film Kidulthood, playing Kelly in the E4 horror series Dead Set and Lauren in the Sky 1 sitcom After Hours.

Early life and education

Winstone was born in Camden, north London. She is the daughter of actor Ray Winstone and his wife Elaine McCausland. She has two sisters, Lois, who is a singer and sometime actress, and Ellie. Jaime grew up in Enfield, North London, where she occasionally attended Enfield County School, a local state school.
Her family later moved to Roydon, Essex where she attended Burnt Mill School in Harlow, Essex before going on to study for a BTEC National Diploma in Performing Arts at the performing arts department of Harlow College, Essex. She studied briefly at drama school, before dropping out to pursue her acting career in movies such as Anuvahood and Kidulthood.

Film career

Winstone's credits include the films Bullet Boy, Daddy's Girl, Kidulthood and Donkey Punch, the television series Murder Investigation Team, Vincent, Totally Frank, Goldplated and Dead Set and a short film called Love Letters. She was cast in the BBC pilot Phoo Action, but a planned series was cancelled just as filming was about to start.
Winstone sings backing vocals for her sister Lois' band. As an actress, she has appeared in the music video for The Streets' single "When You Wasn't Famous", The Twang's single "Two Lovers", and Hercules and Love Affair's single "Blind". In April 2009, she co-starred with then-boyfriend Alfie Allen in the music video for the Madness single "Dust Devil".
She made her catwalk modelling debut in 2008 for Vivienne Westwood, and in February 2009 she appeared on the front cover of Arena.
She made her stage debut in a Hampstead Theatre revival of The Fastest Clock in the Universe which also played at the Curve theatre, Leicester.
In March 2010, she was announced as a new patron of the East End Film Festival. Winstone stars in the Stealth Media Group-produced thriller film Manor Hunt Ball and based on the novel The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell.
The spring of 2010 also saw Winstone portray Anneli Alderton, one of five women murdered in Ipswich 2006, in the BBC drama Five Daughters. Alderton was the third girl to go missing in December 2006. In the summer of 2014, she filmed the lead role Lauren in Sky 1 comedy drama After Hours.

Politics

In November 2019, Winstone endorsed the Labour Party in the 2019 UK general election.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2005HannahEpisode No.2.4
2006Totally FrankLisa2 episodes
2006VincentGinaEpisode No.2.1
2006GoldplatedLauren5 episodes
2008Phoo ActionWhitey ActionDirector: Euros Lyn
2008Dead SetKellyEpisodes No.1.1 – 1.5
2010Agatha Christie's PoirotSheila WebbEpisode No.12.1
2010Five DaughtersAnnelli Alderton3 episodes
2012True LoveStellaEpisode: No. 1.2
2013Mad DogsMercedes3 episodes
2015CockroachesAsh2 episodes
2015Foyle's WarVera Stephens1 episode
2015After HoursLauren1 episode
2017BabsBarbara WindsorBiopic
2017Joe Orton Laid BareEnsemble Orton CastBBC Two docudrama
2018Torvill & DeanJanet SawbridgeTelevision film