Kacey Clarke

Kacey Clarke
Born	Kacey Louisa Barnfield 14 January 1988 Enfield, London, England, UK
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1997–present

Kacey Clarke (born Kacey Louisa Barnfield;^[1] 14 January 1988^[2]) is an English actress. As a teenager she was known for her role as Maddie Gilks in the popular, long running British television series Grange Hill, on which she spent six years. As an adult, notable roles include Crystal in the American action film Resident Evil: Afterlife, and Katie Sutherland, otherwise referred to as "Neil's sister", in the award-winning British comedy The Inbetweeners. In 2014, Clarke was listed as number 99 in FHM's 100 sexiest women in the world.^[3]

Personal life

Clarke was born in London Borough of Enfield as Kacey Louisa Barnfield to parents Malcolm, a partner at Enfield estate agency, Barnfield's, and Karen (née Clarke). Her parents divorced in 2010.^[4] She has a brother Kye and a sister Tyla. Clarke is a second cousin of the actress Victoria Shalet.^[5] Clarke splits her time between London and Los Angeles, maintaining a base in both cities.

Career

Clarke's began acting in 1997 at age nine,^[4] appearing in advertisements and stage plays. In 2000, Barnfield's 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, It was Clarke's first major acting role.^[6]

After Grange Hill, Clarke filmed Popcorn with Jodi Albert and Jack Ryder, and plays the character of Yukino. She has also appeared in the Sky1 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 29 and 30 December 2007. In 2008, Clarke 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 in the E4 sitcom The Inbetweeners, as Neil's sister Katie in the series 2 episode "A Night Out in London" and series 3's "Will's Dilemma".

Clarke made her theatrical film debut as Crystal Waters in the Screen Gem's 3D action film Resident Evil: Afterlife, alongside Milla Jovovich, Wentworth Miller and Ali Larter.^[7] It topped the box office in September 2010. Clarke also starred in the TV movie 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.^[8] Clarke appeared as Barb in Jeremy Leven's 2013 movie Girl on a Bicycle.

In June 2011 Variety magazine reported that Clarke would co-star in Glutton, a '3D psychological thriller' directed by David Arquette, playing Virginia the blind neighbour and only friend of a 1,200-pound man (Abraham Benrubi). Abraham Benrubi and Patricia Arquette also star. Glutton was to begin filming in Canada in summer 2011,^[9] though no film under that title has been released.

In September 2011 Clarke was female lead of Annabel in Syfy Channel's Jabberwock opposite Battlestar Galactica's Tahmoh Penniket.

Filmography

Film roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Popcorn	Yukino Girl
2010	Resident Evil: Afterlife	Crystal Waters
2011	Film: The Making of...	Maresi De La Mer-Taylor	Short film
2013	Girl on a Bicycle	Barb
2013	I Spit on Your Grave 2	Sharon
2013	Green Street 3: Never Back Down	Molly	Direct to-DVD[10]
2014	Film: The Movie	Maresi De La Mer
2015	Seeking Dolly Parton	Charlie
2015	World War Dead: Rise of the Fallen	Amanda
2016	Welcome to Curiosity	Martine
2016	Blood Orange	Isabelle	Completed[11]
2016	Neron	Alison Dunn	Completed
2016	Bayou Tales	Nielson	Filming
TBA	Enchanting the Mortals	Ashley	Post-Production
TBA	Skinny Buddha	Janet	Filming

Television roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001–05	Grange Hill	Maddie Gilks	82 episodes
2003	Dreamteam	Leanne	TV miniseries
2004	The Bill	Chloe Fox	3 episodes
2007	Casualty	Claudie Waters	Episodes: "Take a Cup of Kindness Yet", "For Auld Lang Syne"
2007	The Bill	Kelly Burgess	Episode: "Uncut Killer"
2009–10	The Inbetweeners	Katie Sutherland	Episodes: "Night Out in London", "Will's Dilemma"
2010	Lake Placid 3	Ellie	Television movie
2011	Roadkill	Kate	Television movie
2011	Jabberwock	Anabel	Television movie
2013	Massholes	Vicky	Web series; episode: "The Gentleman's Conga"
2016	10 Year Reunion	Carly Newman	Television movie

References

1. "Kacey Barnfield". FHM. 15 May 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
2. "Kacey Barnfield". Hollywood.com. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
3. "100 Sexiest 2014". FHM. 2014. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
4. Jackson, Kate (28 August 2009). "Stuart's Broad". The Sun. London. Archived from the original on 2009-08-29.
5. "Kacey Barnfield - Bio". MovieTome. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on 2009-09-02. Retrieved 2009-02-03.
6. Jury, Louise (8 February 2002). "Creator of 'Grange Hill' prepares to revive his old school ties". Independent. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
7. Barker, Andrew (10 September 2010). "Review: 'Resident Evil: Afterlife'". Variety. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
8. Raider Redux (18 April 2011). "Roadkill (2011)". Dread Central. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
9. Sneider, Jeff (3 June 2011). "David Arquette casts sister in 'Glutton'". Variety. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
10. Mitchell, Robert (4 February 2013). "Lionsgate U.K. recruits 'Soldier,' 'Hooligans'". Variety. Retrieved 2016-06-20. The third film, which is in post, stars Scott Adkins, Jack Doolan and Kacey Barnfield.
11. Parkinson, David (2016). "Blood Orange - Review". Radio Times.

External links

• Kacey Clarke at the Internet Movie Database