Claudia Jessie

Born: 30 October 1989

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Years Active: 2012-present

Claudia Jessie Peyton (born 30 October 1989), known professionally as Claudia Jessie, is a British actress. She is best known for her role as Eloise Bridgerton in the Netflix period drama Bridgerton (2020–present). She previously appeared in third series of the BBC One police procedural WPC 56 (2015), series 4 of Line of Duty (2017), the Dave sitcom Porters (2017–2019) and the ITV miniseries Vanity Fair (2018).

Claudia Jessie Peyton was born in Moseley, and grew up on a canal boat. She spent some of her childhood on a council estate in North London and was homeschooled from the age of 14 before returning to Birmingham when she was 17. Her family struggled financially; Jessie described the experiences that came with it, such as bailiffs coming to the door, as traumatic. In addition, her parents split and her father was not around. Her single mother, Dawn, worked cleaning houses to provide for her and her brother.

Jessie's mother also worked to afford her ballet lessons at the Challis School of Dance. She was subsequently discovered by student director Hannah Phillips who cast her in several amateur productions. Jessie trained part-time at the Susi Earnshaw Theatre School and spent a year studying with the Birmingham Library Theatre Company. She then signed with an agent in 2012.