This season 11 of Murders in Paradise welcomes a new cop, Naomi, played by Shantol Jackson. We tell you more about this actress.
It goes away and it comes back! It’s a bit like what one could say of the actors of Murders in paradise. If this season 11 is still carried by Ralf Little, arrived and Joséphine Jobert, returned last year after two years of absence not without some hesitation, it is also marked by the arrival of a new face: that of Shantol Jacksonactress who lends her features to the sergeant Naomi Thomas, a new recruit from the Sainte-Marie police station. Who is this young actress?
“I was watching Murders in Heaven with my dad” says Shantol Jackson
29-year-old former Jamaican model, Shantol Jackson is still in the infancy of her career, she who started acting only five years ago. To her credit, the young woman has participated in two feature films: Yardiefilm directed in 2017 by Idris Elba (star actor of Luther) and Sprinter, feature film on athletics released in 2018 in which Jamaican champion Usain Bolt appeared. His role in Murders in Paradise is the first real role of Shantou Jackson. And as she explained, this is a dream. “I used to watch Murders in Paradise with my dad in Jamaica years ago when it started and now being on the show, knowing he’ll be watching me, it’s really a surreal moment,” she said in an interview.
Shantol Jackson didn’t say goodbye to Josephine Jobert
Fans probably know it: this season 11 of Murders in Paradise will also be marked by the new departure of Joséphine Jobert. This will occur during episode 4 and it seems that this time it is final, even if the character of the Frenchwoman could soon have her own spin-off. Still, on the last day of filming Joséphine Jobert, Shantol Jackson did not want to say goodbye to his colleague. “I just told her, ‘Leave me alone’‘, said Shantol Jackson.