About Jade Harrison
Jade Harrison is a British actor whose screen work spans crime drama, comedy and science fiction. She played DCI Danielle Metts in the action-comedy Wedding Season (2022) and Bayla Dornick in Apple TV+'s Foundation, and has appeared in Harlan Coben's The Stranger (2020), The Capture, This Way Up, Back to Life, Queens of Mystery, The Midwich Cuckoos (2022), Mrs Sidhu Investigates (2023), Insomnia (2024) and the phone-hacking drama The Hack (2025, as Julie-Ann Cleveland). In Beyond Paradise she played Chief Superintendent Charlie Woods, Humphrey's senior officer, through the first three series (2023-2025), before Vincent Franklin's James Smith took over the post in series 4.
Jade Harrison TV shows and films
- Harlan Coben's The Stranger (2020, Vicky Hoy)
- Foundation (Bayla Dornick)
- Wedding Season (2022, DCI Danielle Metts)
- The Midwich Cuckoos (2022, Deborah Haynes)
- The Hack (2025, Julie-Ann Cleveland)
- Beyond Paradise (2023-2025, Chief Superintendent Charlie Woods)
Read the Chief Superintendent Charlie Woods character profile →
Beyond Paradise appearances
| Role | Episode | First UK broadcast |
|---|---|---|
| Chief Superintendent Charlie Woods | Series 1, Episode 3: The missing painting | 10 March 2023 |
| Chief Superintendent Charlie Woods | Series 1, Episode 5: The Three Little Pigs arson case | 31 March 2023 |
| Chief Superintendent Charlie Woods | Series 1, Episode 6: An impossible burglary | 7 April 2023 |
| Chief Superintendent Charlie Woods | Series 2, Episode 1: Murder on a steam railway | 22 March 2024 |
| Chief Superintendent Charlie Woods | Series 2, Episode 6: A museum-piece theft | 26 April 2024 |
| Chief Superintendent Charlie Woods | Series 3, Episode 1: A body on a county boundary | 28 March 2025 |
| Chief Superintendent Charlie Woods | Series 3, Episode 3: Poisoned chocolates | 11 April 2025 |
Episode guides are spoiler-safe: they set up the case without revealing who did it.
Also in these episodes
- Annette Badland as Isla Jay
- Jamie Bamber as Archie Hughes
- Pooky Quesnel as Louise Fitzallan
- Rufus Jones as Terence Witham
- Taylor Uttley as Aaron Cole
- Kerry Howard as Cleo Davenport
- Marcia Warren as Floella Jones
- Michelle Bonnard as Susie Griffin
- Molly Mullins as Danni Davenport
- Simon Harrison as Lucas Fairly
- Alan Williams as Derek
- Carlyss Peer as Lucy Elliot
Jade Harrison: quick answers
Who does Jade Harrison play in Beyond Paradise?
Jade Harrison plays Chief Superintendent Charlie Woods in Beyond Paradise, appearing in Series 1, Episode 3; Series 1, Episode 5; Series 1, Episode 6; Series 2, Episode 1; Series 2, Episode 6; Series 3, Episode 1; Series 3, Episode 3 (first shown 10 March 2023).
What else has Jade Harrison been in?
Jade Harrison's other work includes Harlan Coben's The Stranger (2020, Vicky Hoy); Foundation (Bayla Dornick); Wedding Season (2022, DCI Danielle Metts); The Midwich Cuckoos (2022, Deborah Haynes); The Hack (2025, Julie-Ann Cleveland).