Shantol Jackson performs beloved character Naomi Thomas within the BBC crime drama Demise in Paradise. The Jamaican-born actress burst onto our TV screens again in 2022 and has firmly established herself as a fan favorite on the present over the previous few seasons.
Whereas we all know all about Naomi’s life in Saint Marie, what concerning the star who performs her? Hold studying for all we find out about what Shantol will get as much as when she’s not filming, together with her love life and shut relationship along with her dad.
Shantol Jackson’s residence life away from the present
When she’s not busy pretending to resolve crimes in Guadeloupe, Shantol is predicated close to Kingston in Jamaica, the place she grew up.
Whereas she spends half the 12 months filming within the Caribbean for Demise in Paradise, Shantol enjoys visiting London when she will get the prospect. “I like London. I name it my ‘second metropolis’,” she stated in a current interview with HELLO!.
© Christopher FennerShantol’s love life
Whereas Shantol tends to maintain particulars about her relationship historical past personal and away from social media, she did open up about her love life throughout an interview with HELLO!, explaining that her Demise in Paradise filming schedule makes it “fairly tough” to have a associate.
“I am hoping to work on that this 12 months. We have now organic clocks, so we have to get the ball rolling in the case of that,” she stated, laughing.
© Christopher FennerThe actress went on to say that she’s searching for somebody who “understands” her way of life, which consists of six months a 12 months filming in Guadeloupe.
“That you must discover somebody who understands your way of life when it’s a must to work away from wherever house is, and it needs to be somebody who can be in a position to come to you,” she stated. “Once you’re there, you are there; you may’t go away.
“It needs to be someone who can jump over every now and then, who understands that that is my life and may deal with one thing that could be a bit tough,” she continued, including: “It is tough, however I’ve seen folks do it, so I do know it may be completed.”
© Denis GuyenonShantol’s shut relationship along with her dad
Whereas Shantol could not have a associate, her dad is the primary man in her life and the pair share a detailed relationship.
Whereas he is “so proud” of Shantol’s achievements, her dad was initially cautious of her choice to pursue a profession in appearing and prompt she research for a level. “He did not ship me to a theatre faculty, which I wished to do, and I used to be mad, however he was paying my faculty charges, so I needed to do what he wished me to do!” stated Shantol.
© Amelia TroubridgeTouchdown a task in Demise in Paradise looks like a full circle second for Shantol, who used to observe the sequence along with her dad when Ben Miller performed the lead detective. “We had been as a result of it is a present within the Caribbean however a British man was the lead,” she defined.
The TV star additionally stated that making her dad “actually proud” is her “greatest dream”. “On my very first day on Demise in Paradise, I took a photograph of myself in, I took a photograph of myself within the uniform – and that is his WhatsApp show image.”
Demise in Paradise sequence 13 concludes on Sunday 24 March at 9pm.
