Jessica Plummer
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Spoilers ahead for the HBO Max miniseries The Girl Before.
Jessica Plummer once joked that she wanted a “lighthearted” role after portraying a domestic-abuse survivor on the BBC’s EastEnders. That didn’t happen. In HBO Max’s new limited series The Girl Before, Plummer portrays Emma Matthews, a sexual-assault survivor who finds herself trapped in an ultraminimalist house designed by Edward Monkford (David Oyelowo). An architect who enforces a strict set of rules for any tenant who can pass his tests, Monkford prohibits pets, clutter, and all children. The London real-estate market must be vicious because Jane (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) jumps at the chance to inhabit the…
