Jasmine Thomas: Romance, crime and murder!
What’s Jasmine actress Jenna Coleman been up to since she left Emmerdale?
Jasmine Thomas, the troubled teen daughter of vicar Ashley Thomas, is back in Classic Emmerdale. She’s been suspended from school, and she wants to stay in the village.
So what better time than to have a look at everything Jasmine got up to while she was living in Emmerdale – and what’s happened to actress Jenna Coleman since!
Jasmine arrives in Emmerdale
Troublesome teenager Jasmine came to the village for the summer, to stay with her uncle, vicar Ashley Thomas.
She befriended Debbie Dingle but had to get back to school. After a quick return to the village when she was suspended, Jasmine was eventually expelled and came back to do her A Levels in Emmerdale.
Jasmine and Debbie
Debbie wasn’t the most stable of teenagers herself so she and Jasmine become firm friends.
When Debbie kissed Jasmine, hoping to get a reaction from dad Cain, the teens realised their friendship went deeper and they became a couple.
Jasmine and Cain
But where Dingles go, trouble follows, and Jasmine was soon drawn into Debbie’s feud with her dad, Cain.
Cain seduced teenage Jasmine to spite poor Debbie. Jasmine got pregnant, and told Debbie everything.
And then Sadie King got involved – which never ended well. She paid for Jasmine to have an abortion. Debbie spilled the beans to Cain – who’d wanted Jasmine to keep the baby – and for a while everything was very messy!
Jasmine’s journalism career
After school, Jasmine wanted to become a journalist. She landed a job and began investigating the Tom King’s murder. She helped Jamie Hope clear his name, but she didn’t find the real killer.
Later, she started investigating the Macfarlanes – a local crime family – which is where things got a bit tricky.
Shane Doyle
Jasmine met policeman Shane at the pub and wanted to get to know him so he could help with her story. But Shane wanted to get to know Jasmine for other reasons!
He managed to split up her and boyfriend Jake Dolan, by provoking Jake and then arresting him, and making Jasmine think he had cheated on her.
But still Jasmine was focused on exposing the Macfarlane family.
When Jasmine found out Shane had arrested a woman called Danielle Hutch, with links to the family, she was thrilled. And when Shane said he let her go because he felt sorry for her, she was so pleased with him that she slept with him.
But as Jasmine asked more questions about the arrest, Shane became aggressive and when Jasmine searched his flat she found large amounts of cash.
Shane found Jasmine, there was a struggle and he tried to rape her – she fought back, whacking him with a chair leg and killing him!
Cover up!
Jasmine, Debbie and Eli Dingle wrapped up Shane’s body and dumped him in a lake. But when his body was discovered accidentally by Victoria Sugden, Jasmine started to realise she had to confess – especially when innocent Ross Kirk was arrested for the crime.
Debbie persuaded Jasmine not to own up, and the pair declared their love for one another. Aww – but it was short-lived.
Ross was released and Eli was arrested instead. Jasmine and Debbie decided to go on the run, but Debbie was arrested.
Everlasting love?
Jasmine hid for a little while, then when Debbie was in court, she burst in and announced she was the one who’d killed Shane!
Jasmine was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to four years behind bars. She and Debbie swore their love would last forever, but as far as we know, Debbie’s forgotten all about her!
Who played Jasmine Thomas?
Jasmine was played by Jenna-Louise Coleman (now known as Jenna Coleman). It was her first big break and she chose to take the role in Emmerdale instead of going to drama school as she’d planned.
Where is Jenna Coleman now?
Jenna Coleman’s career has gone from strength to strength since she waved goodbye to Emmerdale.
She played Clara Oswald in Doctor Who – companion to the eleventh (Matt Smith) and twelfth (Peter Capaldi) Doctors.
Jenna starred as the young queen in the ITV drama Victoria and has appeared in many other television shows including The Cry, The Serpent and The Jetty.
She’s been on stage in the West End and has appeared in an episode of Inside No.9.
This summer Jenna announced she is expecting her first child with her partner Jamie Childs, a British director and filmmaker.
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