Jennifer Black

{{Short description|Scottish actress}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Use British English|date=September 2015}} '''Jennifer Black''' is a Scottish actress known for her roles as Stella Urquhart in the film ''Local Hero'' and Gill Templer in the television series ''Rebus''.

==Early life== Black was born and grew up in Glasgow, then moved to Bridge of Weir at the age of 13. After leaving school, she studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.<ref name="Scotsman">{{cite news | url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/more-match-rebus-2462769| title=More than a match for Rebus | work=The Scotsman | date=4 January 2006 | access-date=29 January 2023}}</ref> She married and divorced Vincent Friell.<ref name="Times">{{cite news |title=Vincent Friell obituary: beloved star of Restless Natives |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/article/vincent-friell-obituary-beloved-star-of-restless-natives-m5cjrmljz |access-date=5 December 2024 |work=The Times|date=28 April 2024 |language=en}}</ref>

==Career== Black worked in a repertory company in Crewe, lived in London for four years then moved back to Scotland.<ref name="Scotsman" /> She became well known after playing Stella in the 1983 Bill Forsyth film ''Local Hero''.<ref name="TH">{{cite news |last1=Leadbetter |first1=Russell |title=Where are they now? The cast of Local Hero as the classic Scottish movie turns 40 |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/business_hq/23547785.cast-local-hero-now/ |access-date=5 December 2024 |work=The Herald |date=25 May 2023 |language=en}}</ref>

She set up her own theatre company in 1990, directing ''Orphans'' by Lyle Kessler and ''Orphans'' by Therese Raquin. Black has often appeared on television and played Chief Superintendent Gill Templer in the television series ''Rebus'', adapted from the novels by Ian Rankin.<ref name="TH" /> She has also appeared on the stage in productions such as ''An Experienced Woman Gives Advice'', ''Six Black Candles'', ''Lost at Sea'' and ''A Taste of Honey'' by Shelagh Delaney.<ref name="Scotsman" /><ref name="Observer">{{cite news |last1=Brennan |first1=Clare |title=Lost at Sea review – poignant tribute to Scottish fishing communities |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2019/may/05/lost-at-sea-perth-theatre-review-morna-young |access-date=5 December 2024 |work=The Observer |date=5 May 2019}}</ref>

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==External links== * {{IMDb name|id=0085330|name=Jennifer Black}}

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