Editing Jenny Agutter (section)

==Early life==
Agutter was born on 20 December 1952<ref>{{cite web |title=Agutter, Jenny 1952– |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/agutter-jenny-1952 |website=[[Encyclopedia.com]] |publisher=[[Cengage]] |access-date=23 May 2022}}</ref> in [[Taunton]], Somerset, England.<ref>{{cite news |title=TV star Jenny Agutter cuts the ribbon on new homes |url=http://www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/taunton_news/9679149.TV_star_Jenny_Agutter_cuts_the_ribbon_on_new_homes/ |access-date=25 May 2017 |work=Somerset County Gazette |date=1 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180122205221/http://www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/taunton_news/9679149.TV_star_Jenny_Agutter_cuts_the_ribbon_on_new_homes/ |archive-date=22 January 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> She is the daughter of Derek Agutter (an entertainments manager in the British Army) and Catherine, and was raised Roman Catholic.<ref>{{Cite web|work=[[Radio Times]]|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/call-the-midwifes-jenny-agutter-i-do-love-playing-a-nun/2/|title=Call the Midwife's Jenny Agutter: "I do love playing a nun"|date=18 January 2015|url-status=live|archive-date=12 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412025853/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/call-the-midwifes-jenny-agutter-i-do-love-playing-a-nun/2/}}</ref> She has Irish ancestry on her mother's side.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/aug/22/jenny-agutter-my-family-values-railway-children|last= Ewing|first=Sarah|title=Jenny Agutter: My family values | newspaper=The Guardian | department=Interviews|date=22 August 2014 }}</ref> As a child, she lived in Singapore,<ref name="isjaneclark">{{cite web |title=Jenny Agutter is Jane Clark |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2003/12_december/15/acd_jenny_agutter.shtml |publisher=BBC |access-date=25 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180122205220/http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2003/12_december/15/acd_jenny_agutter.shtml |archive-date=22 January 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Dhekelia Cantonment|Dhekelia]] (Cyprus) and [[Kuala Lumpur]] ([[Federation of Malaya|Malaya]]). She attended [[Elmhurst School for Dance|Elmhurst Ballet School]],<ref name="elm">{{cite web |url= https://www.elmhurstballetschool.org/en/elmhurst-ballet-school-at-100-feature-by-diane-parkes/ |title= Elmhurst Ballet School at 100. Feature by Diane Parkes |date= January 12, 2023 |work= elmhurstballetschool.org |access-date=8 April 2024}}</ref> a boarding school, from ages eight to sixteen.<ref name="isjaneclark"/> She then attended [[Arts Educational School, Tring Park|Arts Educational School]] for a couple of months, before dropping out to star in [[The Railway Children|''The Railway Children'']].<ref>{{Cite web |title=My best teacher - Jenny Agutter {{!}} Tes Magazine |url=https://www.tes.com/magazine/archive/my-best-teacher-jenny-agutter |access-date=2025-04-19 |website=www.tes.com |language=en}}</ref>