Jemima trained at Queen Margaret University College in Edinburgh and on a Scottish Arts Council Directors Bursary with the Royal Lyceum Theatre and Stellar Quines Theatre Company.

In April 2024 she took up post as Artistic Director of the Tron Theatre. She has also served as Artistic Director and Chief Executive of A Play, A Pie and A Pint, Artistic Director and Chief Executive of Stellar Quines Theatre Company, and Artistic Director of Dundee Rep. She has won and been nominated for a number of awards and has directed over 50 professional productions. 

Her previous work with National Theatre of Scotland includes The 306: Day(with Stellar Quines/ Perth Theatre/Red Note Ensemble), The Last Queen of Scotland(with Stellar Quines).

Other directing credits include SCOTS(Raw Material, following an original production at A Play, A Pie & A Pint/Edinburgh Fringe/54 Below NYC);Cinderella(Royal Lyceum Theatre); Man’s Best Friend, A View from the Bridge and Fruitcake(Tron Theatre); The Sheriff of Kalamaki, Sally, Meet me at the Knob, The Great Replacement, The Joke(A Play, A Pie & A Pint); Maggie May (Leeds Playhouse/Leicester Curve/Queens Hornchurch); All My Sons, Cinderella (Dundee Rep) and episodes of River City for BBC Studios.