Christine Adams (actress)

thumb Christine Adams (born 15 August 1974) is a British actress. She is best known for playing Jessica in Batman Begins (2005), Lena Boudreaux in The Whole Truth (2010–2011), and as Lynn Pierce in Black Lightning (2018–2021). Quotes It’s quite sad really because I don’t think I did [have a role model growing up]; there weren’t a lot of Black faces on English television I looked to American TV and there were things like The Cosby Show and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. The show Dynasty with Joan Collins and the wonderful Black actress Diahann Carroll, as Collins’ rival, was amazing. I remember thinking, ‘Oh my god, who is this, I could be this’ – she was poised, beautiful, regal and smart, all of these things I hadn’t seen on-screen as a Black girl before. I wasn’t getting enough work as a Black actor [in the UK], and was certainly not making enough money, and I wanted to do more aspirational roles. It was very limiting at the time; I was offered roles like single mother, nurse, drug addict, lowly police officer. It wasn’t that expansive. I went out to LA in 2003 and it was honestly like going to the Olympics; you’re sitting in audition waiting rooms with 20 other girls. The level of rejection is good training as it builds your stamina and resilience – and obviously a lot of people don’t make it. It took me about six years to get my first gig in America. I hustled; I’d get little TV jobs, low-rent modelling jobs, and waitressing. It was tough. During those six years, there were little glimmers of ‘almosts’ and getting down to the last two, so that gave me a sense that something was happening. From then on it has been slow and steady. I had to go all the way to America to come back around to the UK and to be doing roles that were interesting to me. What I enjoy about working in the UK is [that] the material is generally more interesting and complicated; the women are a bit more messy. There’s a lot more nuance to the scripts here It came out of nowhere. I got sent two scenes and a little bit about the character, and was told there was an A-list star attached. In my mind, I thought imagine if it was Idris Elba. Four months later, I got a phone call from my agent saying I was going to be playing Idris Elba’s wife and I laughed. It was such a big success, because it attracted such an audience, but it was also [a big deal] for me. "Hijack’s Christine Adams on Idris Elba, diversity in acting, and learning on the job", 13 Jan 2026 External links 10837 Christine Adams Category:Living people Category:1974 births Category:Actresses from England Category:Women from the United Kingdom Category:Women born in the 1970s