Kacey Barnfield
| Kacey Barnfield | |
|---|---|
| Born | Kacey Louisa Barnfield 14 January 1988 Hackney, London, England, UK |
| Years active | 1997-Present |
Kacey Louisa Barnfield (born 14 January 1988) is an English actress who began her acting career aged nine.
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[edit] Personal life
She was born in Hackney, London. She is a second cousin of the actress Victoria Shalet.[1] Kacey moved to Los Angeles in January 2011, and now uses Twitter under the username 'kaceylbarnfield'.
Kacey's father Malcolm (partner at Enfield estate agency Barnfields) and Karen (née Clarke) (a former glamour model) divorced in 2010.[2] She has a brother Kye and a sister Tyla.
[edit] Acting career
Kacey's acting career began in 1997 when she was just 9, appearing in advertisements and stage plays. Her first notable TV role was a guest role in the BBC drama Hope and Glory starring Lenny Henry.
In 2000, Kacey won the role of bully Maddie Gilks, girlfriend to Baz Wainwright (played by Thomas Hudson), in Grange Hill, where she found herself the central role in central plots during her five-year stint on the show.
After Grange Hill Kacey filmed Popcorn with Jodi Albert and Jack Ryder, and plays the character of Yukino. She has also appeared in the Sky One football drama Dream Team.
Other roles include Zoe Stringer in Filthy Rich, in which she played Mike Reid's daughter shortly before he died, The Bill, where she played Chloe Fox for 3 episodes in 2004 and appeared again in October 2007 as Kelly Burgess, and Casualty in which she appeared as Claudie Waters for 2 episodes on the 29 and 30 December 2007. In 2008, Kacey was the face of Clean & Clear, appearing in adverts for the skincare brand. She also starred in the Road Safety commercial 'Mess'. In 2008 she became Galaxy chocolate's 'Miss Kiss' to publicize their Christmas Mistletoe Kisses chocolates.
In 2009 and 2010 she appeared on hit UK comedy The Inbetweeners on E4, as Neil's sister Katie in the Series 2 episode "A Night Out in London" and Series 3's "Will's Dilemma".
Kacey featured as Crystal Waters in the Screen Gem's 3D movie Resident Evil: Afterlife, alongside Milla Jovovich, Wentworth Miller and Ali Larter. It topped the box office in September 2010. Kacey also starred in Lake Placid 3, where she plays Ellie, this was also in 2010.
In 2011 she played the lead role of Kate in Johannes Roberts' Roadkill, a horror film about a group of teens taking an ill-fated RV trip around Ireland. Her performance was well-received.[3] Kacey is also set to appear as Annabel in Steven R. Monroe's Jabberwocky and as Barb in Jeremy Leven's movie Girl on a Bicycle. Both will be released in 2011.[dated info]
In June 2011 Variety magazine announced that she would star in Glutton, a '3D psychological thriller' directed by David Arquette. Barnfield will play Virginia, the blind neighbor and only friend of a 1,200-pound man who is forced to save his sister's life. Abraham Benrubi and Patricia Arquette also star. Glutton will begin filming in Canada in summer 2011, for release in 2012.[4]
In September 2011 Kacey was female lead of Annabel in Sy-Fy Channel's Jabberwock opposite Battlestar Galactica's Tahmoh Penniket. Directed by Stephen R Monroe.
[edit] Filmography
[edit] Films
| Release | Film | Character | Trivia |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Popcorn | Yukino Girl | |
| 2010 | Lake Placid 3 | Ellie | TV Movie |
| 2010 | Resident Evil: Afterlife | Crystal | |
| 2011 | Roadkill | Kate | TV Movie |
| 2011 | Film: The Making of... | Maresi De La Mer-Taylor | Short |
| 2011 | Jabberwock | Anabel | TV Movie |
[edit] TV
| Release Date | TV Show Title | Character | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001-2005 | Grange Hill | Maddie Gilks | Regular; 82 Episodes |
| 2003 | Dream Team | Leanne | |
| 2004 | The Bill | Chloe Fox | 3 Episodes |
| 2007 | The Bill | Kelly Burgess | Episode: Uncut Killer |
| 2007 | Casualty | Claudie Waters | 2 Episodes |
| 2009-2010 | The Inbetweeners | Katie Sutherland | 2 Episodes |
[edit] References
- ^ "Kacey Barnfield - Bio". movietome. CBS Interactive. http://www.movietome.com/people/159715/kacey-barnfield/bio.html. Retrieved 2009-02-03.
- ^ Jackson, Kate (28 August 2009). "Stuart's Broad". The Sun (London). http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/2609510/Stuart-Broads-WAG-Kacey-Barnfield-strips-off.html.
- ^ "Roadkill (2011)". http://www.dreadcentral.com/reviews/roadkill-2011. Retrieved 2011-05-05.
- ^ Sneider, Jeff (3 June 2011). "David Arquette casts sister in 'Glutton'". Variety. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118038027. Retrieved 2011-06-06.
