# Isobel Jesper Jones
**Isobel Jesper Jones** is a British actress known for playing Jessica in the Netflix fantasy series *[The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-bastard-son-and-the-devil-himself)* (2022), Mayfair Lipp in the film *The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes* (2023), Edith in the second season of *The Serpent Queen* (2024), and Pamela Mitford in the period drama *Outrageous* (2025).[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm13546304/) • [2](https://www.unitedagents.co.uk/isobel-jesper-jones/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British[3](https://elcinema.com/en/person/2243850) |
| Training | BA in Acting from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), obtained in 2020[3](https://elcinema.com/en/person/2243850) |
| Screen debut | Jessica in *The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself* (Netflix, 2022, 8 episodes), directed by Colm McCarthy[2](https://www.unitedagents.co.uk/isobel-jesper-jones/) |
| Film role | Mayfair Lipp in *The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes* (2023), directed by Francis Lawrence[2](https://www.unitedagents.co.uk/isobel-jesper-jones/) |
| Television | Edith in *The Serpent Queen* season 2 (Starz, 2024, 8 episodes); Pamela Mitford in *Outrageous* (UKTV, 2025, 6 episodes)[2](https://www.unitedagents.co.uk/isobel-jesper-jones/) |
| Stage work | RADA productions including *The Oresteia* (Electra) and *As You Like It* (Audrey, Phoebe), plus *The Changing of the Guard* and *The Disintegration Loops* for OUDS and The North Wall[2](https://www.unitedagents.co.uk/isobel-jesper-jones/) |
| Representation | United Agents, London[2](https://www.unitedagents.co.uk/isobel-jesper-jones/) |
## The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself
Her screen debut was a lead role as Jessica, the half-sister of the hero Nathan (played by Jay Lycurgo), in *The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself*, a young-adult dark-comedy fantasy series from [Joe Barton](https://www.edgepedia.org/joe-barton) and [Andy Serkis](https://www.edgepedia.org/andy-serkis)'s company The Imaginarium, released on Netflix in 2022.[4](https://premierescene.net/2022/11/05/isobel-jesper-jones-the-bastard-son-the-devil-himself-interview/) • [2](https://www.unitedagents.co.uk/isobel-jesper-jones/) Jessica is a forceful fighter who holds a vendetta against her brother, whom she blames for their mother's death; her individual power, revealed in the first episode, is the ability to shape-shift into other people.[5](https://www.revamp-magazine.co.uk/isobel-jesper-jones)
In interviews around the release, Jesper Jones described Jessica as someone who associates emotion with weakness and hides pain and vulnerability behind layers of defense.[4](https://premierescene.net/2022/11/05/isobel-jesper-jones-the-bastard-son-the-devil-himself-interview/) The show adapts Sally Green's *Half Bad* trilogy, and she said the first book served as a springboard into Jessica's world because the novel largely follows the relationship between Jessica and Nathan while she lives at home, rather than her later path with the Hunters.[4](https://premierescene.net/2022/11/05/isobel-jesper-jones-the-bastard-son-the-devil-himself-interview/)
The role was her first job after leaving drama school, and her first day on any set involved filming gun-training scenes; she later credited her co-star [Paul Ready](https://www.edgepedia.org/paul-ready), who plays Soul, with teaching her about screen acting.[4](https://premierescene.net/2022/11/05/isobel-jesper-jones-the-bastard-son-the-devil-himself-interview/)
## Film and later television
Her second role joined the Hunger Games franchise: she played Mayfair Lipp, described in interviews as a fiery redhead and the daughter of the mayor of District 12, in *The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes*, directed by Francis Lawrence for Lionsgate.[5](https://www.revamp-magazine.co.uk/isobel-jesper-jones) • [2](https://www.unitedagents.co.uk/isobel-jesper-jones/)
On television she followed with Edith, a Protestant preacher in the second season of the historical drama *The Serpent Queen* for Starz (2024, 8 episodes), and then took the role of Pamela Mitford, described as the most reserved and enigmatic of the Mitford sisters, in *Outrageous*, the six-part UKTV drama about the [Mitford family](https://www.edgepedia.org/mitford-family) in the 1930s.[6](https://www.whattowatch.com/watching-guides/outrageous-cast-plot-and-everything-we-know) • [2](https://www.unitedagents.co.uk/isobel-jesper-jones/)
## Short films and stage work
Her short-film credits include *Poems, Hair Rollers and Pegs* (Anna, directed by Finlay Spencer), *SPIDERBITE* (The Girl, directed by Henry Bruce-Jones), and *GO HOME* (Leanne, directed by [Harry Lighton](https://www.edgepedia.org/harry-lighton)).[2](https://www.unitedagents.co.uk/isobel-jesper-jones/) IMDb also lists an early short-film appearance as Azul in *Tingles* (2020).[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm13546304/)
During training at RADA she appeared in productions directed by Jonathan Humphreys (*The Oresteia*, as Electra), Funlola Olufunwa (*Measure for Measure*, as The Duke), Nancy Meckler (*As You Like It*, as Audrey and Phoebe), Zoe Lafferty (*Keffiyeh/Made in China*), Caroline Steinbeis (*Tales from Vienna Woods*), and Annie Tyson (*Macbeth*).[2](https://www.unitedagents.co.uk/isobel-jesper-jones/) Post-graduation stage credits include Kyniska in *The Changing of the Guard* (OUDS, directed by Iqbal Khan) and IFF in *The Disintegration Loops* (The North Wall, also directed by Khan).[2](https://www.unitedagents.co.uk/isobel-jesper-jones/)
## References
1. [Isobel Jesper Jones, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm13546304/)
2. [Isobel Jesper Jones, United Agents](https://www.unitedagents.co.uk/isobel-jesper-jones/)
3. [Isobel Jesper Jones, elCinema](https://elcinema.com/en/person/2243850)
4. [Isobel Jesper Jones – Half Bad Series – Interview, Premiere Scene (2022)](https://premierescene.net/2022/11/05/isobel-jesper-jones-the-bastard-son-the-devil-himself-interview/)
5. [Isobel Jesper Jones, ReVamp Magazine (21 November 2022)](https://www.revamp-magazine.co.uk/isobel-jesper-jones)
6. [Outrageous: release date, cast, plot, trailer, What to Watch](https://www.whattowatch.com/watching-guides/outrageous-cast-plot-and-everything-we-know)
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