Juror profile: Elsie Beamish A kind, warm-hearted elderly widow with a heartbreaking secret. An avid churchgoer, she soon befriends Charles Gore, who is questioning his commitment to the priesthood. Elsie looks on Charles as the son she never had and before long needs to rely on him more than she could ever have imagined. British leading lady Sylvia Syms trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts where she received The Gerald Lawrence Scholarship and an HM Tenants Award. Her first major film role came in My Teenage Daughter in 1956; she has received British Film Academy nominations for her performances in The Tamarind Seed (1974), No Trees in the Street (1958) and Woman in a Dressing Gown (1957). Syms says: 'The Jury has to be the most extraordinary project I've ever worked on. The script reads like a fantastic psychological thriller -- I couldn't put it down. It constantly leaves you questioning whether you are being told the truth and delves into the lives of not only the accused and the victim's family, but the jurors.'