Suzanne Packer (born Suzanne Jackson on 26 November 1962) is a Welsh
actress who is best known for playing the role of Tess Bateman in the
long-running television series Casualty from September 2003 until
August 2015. She returned to the show as a guest for the 30th
anniversary episodes. She now teaches in many Welsh schools.Packer is
the daughter of Jamaican immigrant parents to Abergavenny, and her
mother worked as a nurse. She is the elder sister of the Olympic
hurdler Colin Jackson. Whilst studying at Llanedeyrn High School in
Cardiff, she already showed an interest in acting, playing the lead in
school plays including Oklahoma and The King and I.Packer attended the
National Youth Theatre of Wales before earning a BA in theatre and
drama at the University of Warwick. She then trained at the Webber
Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London.
actress who is best known for playing the role of Tess Bateman in the
long-running television series Casualty from September 2003 until
August 2015. She returned to the show as a guest for the 30th
anniversary episodes. She now teaches in many Welsh schools.Packer is
the daughter of Jamaican immigrant parents to Abergavenny, and her
mother worked as a nurse. She is the elder sister of the Olympic
hurdler Colin Jackson. Whilst studying at Llanedeyrn High School in
Cardiff, she already showed an interest in acting, playing the lead in
school plays including Oklahoma and The King and I.Packer attended the
National Youth Theatre of Wales before earning a BA in theatre and
drama at the University of Warwick. She then trained at the Webber
Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London.
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