Doctor Who's Jemma Redgrave's family heartbreak and life away from cameras (Image: BBC)

Doctor Who actress and fourth-generation thespian, Jemma Redgrave, is famously private about her personal life.

As she returns to her role as Kate Lethbridge-Stewart in Doctor Who spin-off The War Between the Land and the Sea, we delve into her life off-screen.

Celebrated parents.

Jemma was born to actor Corin Redgrave and fashion model Deirdre Hamilton-Hill on 14 January 1965.

"There was so much freedom," she reminisced about her childhood to the Telegraph, with children's games in their expansive garden and music constantly in the air. It was a decidedly bohemian upbringing, reports the Mirror .

However, when she was seven, her parents divorced, and she believes politics played a part in t

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