Jenneke

Jenneke arrives in Cromwell's world as a quiet mystery from his past, a young woman connected to his years in Antwerp whose presence raises questions he does not rush to answer. She is composed and watchful, saying little, letting others wonder who she is to him and why she has come.

The character works because of restraint rather than revelation: Ellie de Lange plays her with a stillness that suggests more than the script confirms, forcing viewers to read Cromwell's reaction to her instead of any explanation from Jenneke herself. It is a small role that quietly deepens the sense that his history is larger than the story shows.