Cynthia Jenkins was one of the recurring characters in Sex Education. She was portrayed by Lisa Palfrey.
She is the owner of the caravan park where Maeve lived. She was having marital problems with her husband, Jeffrey. She was often seen with her Maine Coon cat named Jonathan, whom she often treated like human child.
Throughout the Series[]
Season 1[]
Cynthia is often seen carrying Jonathan around like a child. She likes to put bonnets on his head.
In episode 2, while Maeve was playing loud music, Cynthia went over to Maeve's caravan with Jonathan to tell Maeve that Jonathan is sensitive to loud noise and ask her to pay rent.
Season 2[]
In episode 2.6, when Maeve dropped off Elsie at Cynthia's caravan, Cynthia was holding Jonathan. Maeve thanked Cynthia for agreeing to look after Elsie and Cynthia told Maeve that Jonathan had always wanted a sibling.
Season 3[]
In Episode 3.3, while Cynthia and Jeffrey are having sex, their movement causes their microwave to come loose and fall on Jonathan, thus killing him.
Jonathan was a son to Cynthia because Jeffrey said they could never have a baby. Cynthia decided to have repetitive sex with Jeffrey to stop the pain from her cat's death.
Relationships[]
Family[]
Jeffrey (husband)[]
- Main article: Cynthia and Jeffrey
Jeffrey is Cynthia's husband. They seem to really love one another, but bicker back and forth frequently.
Jonathan (pet cat)[]
Cynthia treated Jonathan as her child, as she couldn't have her own. Cynthia also treated him like a real human, as she used to put clothes on him. After his death she got depressed and have repetitive sex with Jeffrey to stop the pain from his death.
Friends[]
Maeve Wiley (former tenant; friend)[]
Cynthia was so caring for Maeve as she always was so kind and warm towards her. Despite that, Cynthia often was reminding Maeve about paying rent.
Isaac Goodwin (tenant; friend)[]
Cynthia was way more kind and warm for Isaac than for Maeve. She was so touched after Isaac told her the fake story of how he became disabled.
Appearances[]
| Episodes | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Total | |
| One | - | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | - | - | - | ✔ | 4 | |
| Two | - | - | ✔ | ✔ | - | ✔ | - | ✔ | 4 | |
| Three | - | - | ✔ | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Four | - | - | - | - | - | M | - | - | ||
| Total | 9 | |||||||||
| Books | ||||||||||
| Sex Education: The Road Trip | Sex Education: A Guide to Life | |||||||||
| ✔ | - | |||||||||
| ✔ = Appeared | M = Mentioned | |||||||||
| - = Did not appear | P = Pictured | |||||||||
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