Kay Purcell

Kay Purcell
Born	Kay Purcell
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1995–present

Kay Purcell is an English actress, best known for her roles as Gina Conway in Tracy Beaker Returns and in the spin-off series The Dumping Ground; Cynthia Daggert in Emmerdale and taking part in the former Malaysia Airlines safety video as a passenger, Mrs Rennison in So Awkward and Candice Smilie in Waterloo Road.^[1][2]

Career

Purcell's first acting role was as a TV reporter in the TV series Cracker in 1995. She then later starred in an episode of Coronation Street as Rhona Summers for one episode in 1997. She appeared as Jenny in the TV series City Central. In 1998 and 2000 she starred in the BBC 1 series Casualty. In 1998 she played WDC McCarthy, and in 2000 played Diane Abley. Later in 2000 she starred in the TV series Children's Ward as Winsome. Her first major role was as Cynthia Daggert in ITV's Emmerdale. She starred in 28 episodes from 1997-2002. Her next major role was in Bernard's Watch in 2004-2005, as Ms. Savage for 21 episodes. Purcell played a recurring role in BBC's Waterloo Road as Bolton Smilie's mum Candice Smilie from 2007-2009. She played the role of Gina Conway in Tracy Beaker Returns for three series. As well as the first series of the spin-off series The Dumping Ground, her departure was unexplained in later episodes. In 2012 Purcell took part in the show Celebrity Fit Club, where she and the other celebrities lost weight for charity.^[3]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Cracker	TV Reporter	1 episode
1997	Coronation Street	Rhona Summers
1999	City Central	Jenny
1998, 2000	Casualty	WDC McCarthy (1998), Diane Abley (2000)	2 episodes
2000	Children's Ward	Winsome	1 episode
1997–2002	Emmerdale	Cynthia Daggert	28 episodes
2003	Holby City	Heather Nixon	1 episode
2004	Sex Lives of the Potato Men	Gloria
2004–2005	Bernard's Watch	Ms. Savage	21 episodes
2005	Messiah: The Harrowing	Prof Uhomi	1 episode, mini series
	Doctors	Mrs Jane Manners	2 episodes
2006	Ideal	Alice	1 episode
	My Parents Are Aliens	Mrs Brookman	3 episodes
2007–2009	Waterloo Road	Candice Smilie	21 episodes
2010–2012	Tracy Beaker Returns	Gina Conway	39 episodes
2011–2012	Tracy Beaker Survival Files	Gina Conway
2012; 2015-present	Hacker Time	Guest Mrs. Breadbin
2013	The Dumping Ground	Gina Conway	13 episodes (2013; series 1).
2015	So Awkward	Mrs Rennison	17 episodes

Theatre

• The Winter's Tale (1993, as Paulina, Dorcas)
• Everybody Knows All Bird Have Wings (1997)^[4][5]
• Hormonal Housewives (2012)^[6][7]
• Rapunzel (2013, as Gothel the Enchantress)^[8]
• Sleeping Beauty (2014, as Carabosse)^[9][10][11]

References

1. "Tracey Beaker Returns Star Kay Purcell's Wicked Role in Doncaster Panto". Doncaster Free Press (Doncaster, England) (subscription required). 26 September 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
2. "Kay's back home for Christmas". www.lep.co.uk. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
3. "TV review: Fats of life for celebs.". Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England) (subscription required). 18 October 2002. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
4. "THEATRE: Everybody Knows All Birds Have Wings; Pleasance, London". The Independent. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
5. Theatre Record. I. Herbert. 1 January 1997. pp. 128–129.
6. "Hidden truths of hormonal housewives tick all the right boxes". Grimsby Telegraph. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
7. "Theatre review: Hormonal Housewives, Festival Theatre". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
8. "Review: Rapunzel, York Barbican". York Press. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
9. "REVIEW: Sleeping Beauty pantomime at Southport Theatre, by Nicola Kenyon". South Port Visiter. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
10. Riley, Joe (16 December 2014). "SLEEPING BEAUTYSouthport Theatre; Review". Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England) (subscription required). Retrieved 18 December 2015.
11. "Pantomime Reviews: Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Mother Goose and Snow White". Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 18 December 2015.

External links

• Kay Purcell at the Internet Movie Database