Kay Purcell
| Kay Purcell | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1995–present |
Kay Purcell is a British actress. She is widely known for her role as Cynthia Daggert in Emmerdale, as well as for Candice Smilie in Waterloo Road, and as Gina Conway in Tracy Beaker Returns.
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[edit] Television Roles
Her first big role was in Emmerdale but before that she had also been in many other programmes including Casualty but her main role was as Cynthia Daggert in Emmerdale. She had previously been in Emmerdale as Carmel Morgan in 1997 but Cynthia was introduced in 2001 as a regular role.
Since October in 2007 she played the role of Head Dinner lady Candice Smilie in the BBC Drama Waterloo Road. She also was cast in My Parents are aliens (a TV series on CITV) twice as different characters firstly as a drama coach in the episode "First Christmas" from the end of series two in 2000 then in series 8 playing a social worker in 2006. She played Gina Conway in the first series of Tracy Beaker Returns in 2010. She was also in Celebrity Fit Club as herself in 2002.
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Cracker - True Romance Part 2 | News reporter (Voice only) |
| 1995 | City Central - Paradise Lost | Jenny |
| 1998 | Casualty | WCD McCarthy |
| 2000 | Casualty | Diane Abley |
| 1997, 1998 | Emmerdale | Carmel Morgan |
| 2001, 2002 | Emmerdale | Cynthia Daggert |
| 2003 | Holby City | Heather Nixon |
| 2004 | Sex Lives Of The Potato Men | Gloria |
| 2005 | Doctors | Mrs Jane Manners |
| 2006 | Ideal | Alice |
| 2006 | My Parents Are Aliens | Mrs Brookman |
| 2007, 2009, 2010 | Waterloo Road | Candice Smiley |
| 2010–Present | Tracy Beaker Returns | Gina Conway |
| 2011 | Remote Control Star | Herself |
[edit] Emmerdale
Kay Purcell played Cynthia Daggert in Emmerdale. Cynthia and her two sons arrived in Emmerdale in June 2001, but almost as soon as they arrived problems began to occur. Cynthia also had a daughter Latisha who was heavily pregnant when she arrived soon after the rest of the Daggert family. Cynthia herself was frequently arguing with Carol Waring. Purcell says that Cynthia was just trying to give her family a fresh start, but they seemed to have an awful lot of bad luck. Kay continued playing Cynthia Daggert until 2002.She also was in bernads watch as Yvonne
[edit] Waterloo Road
Purcell has played Candice Smiley in Waterloo Road since 2007. Candice is a single mum in her early forties who has a son called Bolton who is a student at the school. She is very proud of her job as top dinner lady. She had to put aside her differences with Rose Kelly so they could work together. Since the Series 5, she has not had any appearances since Adam Flete came along as head chef.
[edit] Tracy Beaker Returns
In this series Kay Purcell plays Gina Conway, short tempered but caring social worker. She has been playing her since 2010. She has a very short temper and shouts but inside she truly cares about the kids. Gina also wears distinctive nail varnishes (wearing the Jamaican flag on her nails in one episode) and is famous for wearing her headscarves. She is very well known by kids for this role.
[edit] Family
She has Jamaican ancestry and both her father and husband are Jamaican. She also has one son, Shamair Jarret. He used to attend leyland Methodist schools. Kay used to teach a drama club in the after school club at leyland Methodist school. The club did a production of a Christmas carol.
