Jenny Lee

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Jenny Lee is a young, idealistic nurse and midwife whose experiences working in London’s impoverished East End during the 1950s and 1960s form the emotional and narrative core of the period drama "Call the Midwife."

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Jenny Lee canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
television character ⓘ
appearsIn Call the Midwife ⓘ
associatedWith Chummy Browne ⓘ
Cynthia Miller ⓘ
Sister Evangelina ⓘ
Sister Julienne ⓘ
Sister Monica Joan ⓘ
Sisters of St. Raymond Nonnatus ⓘ
Trixie Franklin ⓘ
basedOn Jennifer Worth ⓘ
characterDevelopment confronts social inequality ⓘ
gains clinical confidence ⓘ
characterOrigin memoirs of Jennifer Worth ⓘ
characterTrait compassionate ⓘ
dedicated ⓘ
idealistic ⓘ
naive ⓘ
emotionalFocusOf Call the Midwife early seasons ⓘ
fictionalUniverse Call the Midwife universe ⓘ
firstAppearance Call the Midwife series 1 ⓘ
linked to: Call the Midwife
gender female ⓘ
genreContext medical drama ⓘ
period drama ⓘ
language English ⓘ
medium television series ⓘ
narrativeFunction viewpoint character ⓘ
narrativeRole primary narrator ⓘ
protagonist ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
occupation midwife ⓘ
nurse ⓘ
portrayedAs inexperienced at start of series ⓘ
young ⓘ
primaryLocation Poplar, London ⓘ
professionFocus community nursing ⓘ
maternity care ⓘ
religiousContext Anglican ⓘ
settingPeriod 1950s ⓘ
1960s ⓘ
targetOf character-driven storytelling ⓘ
themeInNarrative poverty in urban London ⓘ
professional vocation ⓘ
social change in postwar Britain ⓘ
women’s health ⓘ
worksAt Nonnatus House ⓘ
worksIn East End of London ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Call the Midwife → mainCharacter → Jenny Lee ⓘ
Cynthia Miller → worksWith → Jenny Lee ⓘ