{{Short description|British actress (born 1952)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Use British English|date=January 2015}} {{Infobox person | name = Jane Wymark | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1952|10|31|df=yes}} | birth_place = Paddington, London, England | alma_mater = University of Birmingham | known_for = ''Poldark''<br>''Midsomer Murders'' | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1975–present | spouse = Paul Howson | parents = Olwen and Patrick Wymark | children = 2 sons }} <!-- Deleted image removed: frame|right|An official publicity still of actress Jane Wymark. -->
'''Jane Wymark''' (born 31 October 1952) is an English actress. The daughter of English actor Patrick Wymark (1926–1970) and the American writer and playwright Olwen Wymark (1932–2013), she is best known for playing Morwenna Chynoweth Whitworth (Morwenna Carne by the close of the series) in the 1970s BBC television period drama ''Poldark'' (1977), and more recently as Joyce Barnaby (1997–2011) in the ITV detective series ''Midsomer Murders''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-29 |title=Midsomer Murders: what happened to Joyce Barnaby actress Jane Wymark? |url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/film/20220529141453/midsomer-murders-what-happened-joyce-barnaby-jane-wymark/ |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=HELLO! |language=en}}</ref> She has appeared in television dramas such as ''The Bass Player and the Blonde'', ''A Touch of Frost'', ''Dangerfield'', ''Lovejoy'' and ''Pie in the Sky''. She also appeared as Jill Mason in the Birmingham Rep production of ''Equus''. She is the great-granddaughter of novelist and short story writer W. W. Jacobs.
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== External links == * {{IMDb name|id=0943857|name=Jane Wymark}} * {{rotten-tomatoes-person|jane_wymark}}
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