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Emma Wray

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Emma Wray
Born (1965-03-22) 22 March 1965 (age 59)
Birkenhead,(Cheshire, now Merseyside) England, UK
NationalityBritish
Other namesJill Wray
OccupationActress

Emma Wray (born Gillian Elizabeth Wray, 22 March 1965 in Birkenhead (Cheshire, now Merseyside) is an English television actress. She attended the Merseyside Council-funded Glenda Jackson Theatre whilst still at Park High School in Birkenhead; she went on to study Theatre Arts at Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama from 1983 to 1986, and was given her first leading TV role two months after receiving her BA.

She is best known for starring as Brenda Wilson in the Granada Television sitcom Watching between 1987 and 1993, for which she also sang the theme tune "What Does He See In Me?" She also played a major role in Yorkshire Television's Stay Lucky throughout the same period, along with roles in many TV series such as Boon and Minder, and TV films including Defrosting the Fridge. After several years away from television,[1] she returned to primetime TV in 1996 with the lead role in the drama comedy True Love, created by Men Behaving Badly writer Simon Nye. Nye adapted the drama into the series My Wonderful Life,[2] which co-starred Elizabeth Berrington and Tony Robinson and ran for three series from 1996 to 1999.

Television appearances

  • Watching as Brenda (1987–1993)
  • Minder as Tracy (1989)
  • Defrosting the Fridge as Minty Goodenough (1989)
  • Boon as Pandora (1990)
  • Stay Lucky as Pippa (1990–1993)
  • The Big Game as Julie (1995)
  • True Love (1996)
  • My Wonderful Life as Donna (1996–1999)

External links

References

  1. ^ Brockway, Sally (1 May 1999). "Emma Wray – My brush with death travelling the world". thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  2. ^ "Simon Nye – Writer". bbc.co.uk. 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2013.