Emer Kenny

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Emer Kenny
Born Emer Gwynne Morganna Kenny
(1989-10-10) 10 October 1989
Haringey, London, England[1]
Education North London Collegiate School
Occupation Actress and writer
Years active 2007-present

Emer Gwynne Morganna Kenny (born 10 October 1989) is an English actress and writer from Haringey, London, Kenny currently plays Danielle Reeves in the BBC Three sitcom Pramface. She is best known for her role in the BBC soap opera EastEnders and its online spin-off EastEnders: E20, as Zsa Zsa Carter.

Career

Kenny made her professional debut in the 2007 BBC television drama Coming Down The Mountain[2] and in 2009 her film debut in Phil Claydon's Lesbian Vampire Killers.[3] She has also played the role of Kate in an improvisational BBC production called Freefall written and directed by Dominic Savage,[4] which was screened in 2009. In January 2010 Kenny began her role in the EastEnders spin-off EastEnders: E20 as Zsa Zsa Carter, as well as EastEnders itself.[5] Kenny was cast in the role of Zsa Zsa after writing the second episode of EastEnders: E20.[6] A second series of EastEnders: E20 was announced in April 2010, with Kenny returning as a writer,[7] though it was announced the following month that Zsa Zsa would be written out of EastEnders so Kenny could pursue further acting roles.[8] She made her last appearance on 30 September 2010.

In 2010 Kenny was painted by Rolf Harris as Titania from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream for an edition of BBC TV's Arena ("Rolf Harris Paints His Dream").[9]

Kenny wrote a further episode of EastEnders: E20 for series 3 in 2011, and was selected as the youngest ever writer for the BBC's Writers Academy, where she is training to write for programmes such as EastEnders, Casualty, Holby City, and Doctors.[10] Her first EastEnders episode as a writer was broadcast on 8 May 2012.[11]

In 2012 Kenny was cast as Danielle Reeves in the BBC Three sitcom Pramface, alongside her Beaver Falls co-star Scarlett Alice Johnson.[12]

Kenny also played Rachel in Badults alongside Matthew Crosby, Ben Clark and Tom Parry.

Personal life

Kenny was born in Haringey, London. She attended North London Collegiate School (NLCS) in Edgware, London until 2008. She is of Welsh and Irish heritage. She is the cousin of screenwriter Vaughan Sivell.

List of credits

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2007 Coming Down the Mountain[13] Gail
2009 Freefall[14] Kate
2010 EastEnders[15] Zsa Zsa Carter 56 episodes
EastEnders: E20[16] Series 1, 12 episodes
Series 2, episode 1
2011 Eric and Ernie Joan Bartlett[17] TV movie
2012–Present Pramface Danielle Reeves Series 1-Present
2012 Beaver Falls Hope Series 2
2013 Badults Rachel

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2009 Lesbian Vampire Killers"[18] Rebecca Directed By: Phil Claydon

Writing

Year Title Episode(s) Notes
2010 EastEnders: E20[19]
    • Series 1, episode 2
    • Series 2, episode 1
    • Series 3, episode 3
2010–11
2012 EastEnders
    • Episode 4423 (8 May 2012)[11]
    • Episode 4724 (7 October 2013)[20]
 2012–13
2012 Doctors "A Lighter Note" (10 October 2012)
2012 Holby City "After the Party" (27 November 2012)

References

  1. ↑ "Search results". findmypast.co.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2010. 
  2. ↑ "Coming Down The Mountain" (Press release). BBC. 26 February 2007. Retrieved 12 January 2010. 
  3. ↑ "Lesbian Vampire Killers". Lesbianvampirekillersmovie.co.uk. Retrieved 12 January 2010. 
  4. ↑ "Stellar cast in Freefall for BBC Two" (Press release). BBC. 24 October 2008. Retrieved 12 January 2010. 
  5. ↑ Green, Kris (25 November 2009). "'EastEnders' announces 'E20' cast". Digital Spy. Retrieved 12 January 2010. 
  6. ↑ "Meet the E20 cast!". BBC Online. 25 November 2009. Retrieved 17 December 2009. 
  7. ↑ Green, Kris (8 April 2010). "BBC hands 'EastEnders: E20' second run". Digital Spy. Retrieved 8 April 2010. 
  8. ↑ Green, Kris (11 May 2010). "Exclusive: Leon, Zsa Zsa to leave 'EastEnders'". Digital Spy. Retrieved 10 May 2010. 
  9. ↑ Presented by Rolf Harris; Directed by Vikram Jayanti (30 December 2010). "Rolf Harris Paints His Dream". Arena. BBC. BBC Two. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00wyn0g. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
  10. ↑ "Emer Kenny". EastEnders: E20. BBC Online. Retrieved 1 May 2012. 
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Director: Richard Lynn; Executive Producer: Bryan Kirkwood; Writer: Emer Kenny (8 May 2012). "Episode dated 08/05/2012". EastEnders. BBC. BBC One. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01hdx9w.
  12. ↑ "Not your usual BBC3 comedy!". Daily Mirror. 23 February 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2012. 
  13. ↑ "Coming Down the Mountain (2007)". Retrieved 23 February 2010. 
  14. ↑ "Freefall (2009)". Retrieved 23 February 2010. 
  15. ↑ "EastEnders (2010)". Retrieved 22 February 2010. 
  16. ↑ "EastEnders: E20 (2010)". Retrieved 22 February 2010. 
  17. ↑ Wife of Eric Morecambe.
  18. ↑ "Lesbian Vampire Killers (2009)". Retrieved 23 February 2010. 
  19. ↑ "EastEnders: E20 (2010.2)". Retrieved 23 February 2010. 
  20. ↑ Director: Sophie Lifschutz; Executive Producer: Lorraine Newman; Writer: Emer Kenny (7 October 2013). "Episode dated 07/10/2013". EastEnders. BBC. BBC One. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03cn699.

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