Harriet Cains

Harriet Cains (born 17 September 1993) is an English actress. She is best known for her role as Jem Walker in the BBC Three series In the Flesh and Philipa Featherington in Netflix's historical romance drama Bridgerton. Cains is from Nottingham. She took acting classes at a drama club called Circle Up for three years before going on to train at the Television Workshop. During her time with the Television Workshop, Cains was cast in short films roles as well as Hollyoaks Later. She became aware of auditions in Manchester for the series In the Flesh and she was cast as Jem Walker. To prepare for the role, Cains watched documentaries about post-traumatic stress disorder and anxiety while also talking to people with experience to portray them in a realistic manner.