Jemma Moore
Biography
Jemma Moore is a neurodivergent, Hong Kong-born British writer, director and actor. She currently stars as Jess Li in the ITV thriller Red Eye, and appears in the award-winning horror film HOST (dir. Rob Savage, 2020), which won Fangoria's Golden Chainsaw Award for Best Streaming Premiere and earned multiple BIFA nominations. HOST is 'Certified Fresh' on Rotten Tomatoes, was named one of Variety's ten 'Best Found Footage Horror Movies of All Time' in 2022, and featured on Empire's 'Best Movies of 2020' list, with Jemma's character also making Empire's list of 'The 100 Best Horror Movie Characters'. She was long-listed for BAFTA Breakthrough UK in 2021, and in 2017 won the 'ABC Discovers UK Digital Talent competition' from a self-tape, leading to a year-long talent deal with ABC (Disney Entertainment).
Jemma is also known for her roles in 'Silent Witness' (BBC, 2023); the BAFTA Scotland and Royal Television Society Scotland award-winning 'Two Doors Down' (BBC, 2022); 'Doom: Annihilation' (Universal, 2019); 'Shakespeare & Hathaway' (BBC, 2019); and 'Wonder Woman' (Warner Bros., 2018). Her voiceover work spans games and screen, she voiced the female protagonist in the martial arts action game 'Sifu', and went on to voice Caitlyn Kiramman in the tag-team fighting game '2XKO'. In 'Nioh 2', she voiced the character Mumyo, and on screen she gave voice to the ghost Annabel Ward in Netflix's 2023 series 'Lockwood & Co.'
As a filmmaker, Jemma co-created the short film 'Stalling It' (2020), which screened at BAFTA- and BIFA-qualifying festivals, and produced the award-winning short 'All of Me' (2017), winner of 'Best Drama' at The London Independent Film Awards and winner of an 'Award of Excellence' at the IndieFEST Film Awards, and screened at the Academy Award-, BAFTA- and Goya-qualifying Palm Springs International ShortFest, as well as the Rhode Island International Film Festival, Marché du Film at Cannes, and Athens International Film Festival. She wrote for Brock Media's 'Eerie' (2023), which reached number one on the Apple Podcasts charts in Great Britain, and is an alum of MilkTea Films and the BBC's Laughing Matters Lab. Her debut feature, 'Get Sucked!', which she co-wrote and will direct, has recently secured pre-development funding from the BFI and MilkTea Films Great Migrations Lab. She is currently in pre-development on her next two shorts: 'Lucky You!', which she co-wrote and will direct, and 'Pen Friend', which she is writing and directing. She also served as script consultant on 'Chan's' (2025), a short film developed through Ffilm Cymru Wales' Beacons scheme, backed by the BFI and the National Lottery.
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TV
Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators
Rose Lin
2018

Film
Wonder Woman
Queens Guard
2017

TV
Red Eye
Jess Li
2024

Film
Host
Jemma
2020

Film
Doom: Annihilation
Li
2019

Film
The Dark Kingdom
Freya
2018

Film
Scare Package II: Rad Chad’s Revenge
Zoe
2022

Film
Trap for Cinderella
Micky’s Friend
2013

Film
Eric
Becca
2023

Film
Dashcam
Gemma
2022

Film
7 Keys
Izzy
2024

Film
Flashback
Jess
2023

Film
Stalling It
Jo
2022
Film
The Everlasting Club
2021

Film
Multiplex
Hettie
2020
Filmography
2024TVRed Eyeas Jess Li2024Film7 Keysas Izzy2023FilmFlashbackas Jess2023FilmEricas Becca2022FilmScare Package II: Rad Chad’s Revengeas Zoe2022FilmDashcamas Gemma2022FilmStalling Itas Jo2021FilmThe Everlasting Club2020FilmHostas Jemma2020FilmMultiplexas Hettie2019FilmDoom: Annihilationas Li2018FilmThe Dark Kingdomas Freya2018TVShakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigatorsas Rose Lin2017FilmWonder Womanas Queens Guard2013FilmTrap for Cinderellaas Micky’s Friend
