Jenny Agutter

In Midsomer Murders

Lady Isobel Chettham is a poised member of the landed family targeted by the Creeper. Agutter gives the household an effortless sense of history while the investigation exposes its more immediate pressures.

Performer biography

Jenny Agutter began acting as a child and became closely associated with The Railway Children before leading roles in Walkabout and Logan's Run. More recently she has reached another large audience as Sister Julienne in Call the Midwife.

Agutter's early film work included Walkabout and The Railway Children, with later roles in Logan's Run and An American Werewolf in London. She returned to The Railway Children story as an adult performer and became familiar to television viewers as Sister Julienne. Her Midsomer part draws on a screen presence that spans several eras of British film and TV.