Jane Eyre — Jane Eyre Character Profile

About Jane Eyre

Title character portrayed by Samantha Morton in this 1997 British television adaptation.

Jane Eyre — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Samantha Morton

Appears in

Jane Eyre (1997)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (6)

• Jane Eyre — Professional Teacher — Miss Temple (Emily Joyce)

  Miss Temple was Jane's teacher and mentor at Lowood

• Jane Eyre — Social Childhood Servant — Bessie (Joanna Scanlan)

  Bessie cared for Jane during her childhood at Gateshead

• Jane Eyre — Professional Employer — Mrs. Fairfax (Gemma Jones)

  Mrs. Fairfax is the housekeeper at Thornfield

• Jane Eyre — Professional Governess — Adele (Timia Berthome)

  Jane becomes Adele's guardian and teacher

• Jane Eyre — Romantic Love Interest — Edward Rochester (Ciarán Hinds)

  Main romantic relationship in the story

• Jane Eyre — Family Aunt — Mrs. Reed (Deborah Findlay)

  Jane's aunt who raised her after her parents' death

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More characters from Jane Eyre

• Edward Rochester (Ciarán Hinds)
• Mrs. Fairfax (Gemma Jones)
• Mrs. Reed (Deborah Findlay)
• Young Jane (Laura Harling)
• Blanche Ingram (Abigail Cruttenden)
• Helen Burns (Gemma Eglinton)
• Mr. Brocklehurst (David Gant)
• John Reed (Ben Sowdon)
• Bertha Rochester (Sophie Reissner)
• Miss Scatchered (Ruth Mitchell)
• Grace Poole (Val McLane)
• Anna (Dominique Belcourt)