Clara's Governess Dress
Dr Who
This dress was worn by Jenna Coleman as Clara Oswin Oswald in the BBC science-fiction series Dr Who. The dress was worn in the 2012 Christmas special titled The Snowmen. Clara wore the dress when working as a governess for the Latimer family in 1892, during which time she met the eleventh doctor, played by Matt Smith. This was the doctor’s second encounter with an incarnation of the mysterious Clara Oswald.
The costume was added to this collection in February 2026 after being purchased from a BBC auction raising money for the BBC’s Children in Need charity.
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Jenna-Louise Coleman was born in Blackpool in 1986. As a child she performed in professional stage productions at Blackpool Opera House and the Edinburgh Festival. In 2005 she took on the role of Jasmine Thomas in Emmerdale for which she received a Best Newcomer nomination at the 2007 British Soap Awards.
The actress went on to play hard girl Lindsay James in school-based drama series Waterloo Road. In 2012 it was announced that Coleman would become the companion to eleventh doctor Matt Smith in BBC's Dr Who. She played the mysterious Clara Oswald for 5 years, becoming the first companion of Twelfth doctor Peter Capaldi after Matt Smith's departure. It was during her time on Dr Who that she dropped the Louise from her professional name, becoming just Jenna Coleman.
After leaving Dr Who she went on to star as Queen Victoria in ITV's Victoria and has since been seen as Johanna Constantine in The Sandman TV Series for Netflix.
Jenna Coleman
