Kelly Wenham
Kelly Wenham | |
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| Born | 28 November 1983 |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1999 – present |
Kelly Wenham (born 28 November 1983, Stockport, England) is an English actress, director, screenwriter and comedian. Her early career was spent in modelling, before answering a casting call for a bit part in Always and Everyone.[1] Following this she entered drama school, but quit three months later after being cast in a regular role in Where the Heart Is, as Jess Buckley, a role she kept for three years. In 2003 Wenham has also appeared in Will Young’s music video “Leave Right Now”. After leaving Where the Heart Is, she appeared in Coronation Street as barmaid Danielle Spencer.[1] In 2004 she was cast in a leading role as Julie Priestly in Steel River Blues, though the programme lasted only one series.[2] Wenham has also made one-off appearances in Life on Mars, Holby City, Wild At Heart, Heartbeat and Dead Set. Kelly provided the voice for Syrenne in the 2012 British and American releases of The Last Story on the Wii. She also appeared in the fifth series of the BBC fantasy series Merlin as Queen Mab.[3][4] She starred in the 2013 film Dracula: The Dark Prince as Dracula's love interest, Alina.
She also created and portrayed Clare Fist, an ambitious, but seemingly dimwitted journalist and social commentator in her online series Clare Fist's London, which aired on YouTube from 2 June 2015 to 6 September 2015.[5][6] In 2017 Kelly starred alongside Danny Morgan, Michael Socha and Georgia Groome in Double Date, a British horror comedy [7]
Filmography
Double Date (2017)
Voice Acting
The Last Story (Wii game) character Syrenne
References
- ^ a b Multiple contributors (24 June 2002). "Here's where Kelly's heart is". The Sun. Retrieved 11 October 2007.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ Kilkelly, Daniel (22 January 2005). "ITV axe 'Steel River Blues'". Digital Spy. Retrieved 11 October 2007.
- ^ "'Merlin': Kelly Wenham cast as Queen Mab?". digitalspy.co.uk. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
- ^ "Kelly Wenham to star in Merlin". tellyspy.com. Archived from the original on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Comedy". Kelly Wenham. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
- ^ "Kelly Wenham introduces Claire Fist". Ebdon Management. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
- ^ https://doubledatefilm.tumblr.com/
External links
- Kelly Wenham at the British Film Institute
- Kelly Wenham at IMDb
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