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Gillian Kearney

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Gillian Kearney in The Tide of Life (1996)
Gillian began acting at school and at the Liverpool Everyman Youth Theatre. Whilst attending, as a fourteen-year-old in 1986, she landed the role of Damon Grant's girlfriend, Debbie McGrath, in Brookside (1982). The character was originally intended to appear in just three episodes, but Debbie proved to very popular and the part went on to last for more than a year. It also led to the spin-off mini-series Damon and Debbie (1987). Gillian passed nine GCSEs at school and stayed on to take A-levels in English, French, History and General Studies. Whilst appearing on stage in plays including "Othello" and "School for Scandal", she decided she wanted to 'do it properly'. At 20, after appearing in a host of other productions including the film version of Shirley Valentine (1989), she decided to enroll at the Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama. The final exams for her drama degree were based on the best three performances out of four. She was offered the role of Emily Kennedy in the TV adaptation of Catherine Cookson's The Tide of Life (1996) when she had nominated the first three performances, so it became the fourth - it helped her gain a first-class degree. Gillian has since become a familiar face in quality TV drama productions and is a very highly regarded and versatile stage performer. She looks to be well set for a long and successful career in the profession.
BornMay 9, 1972
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Gillian Kearney and Ricky Tomlinson in Granada Reports (1992)
Ioan Gruffudd, Gillian Kearney, and Gina McKee in The Forsyte Saga (2002)
Gillian Kearney in The Tide of Life (1996)
Gillian Kearney and Damian Lewis in The Forsyte Saga (2002)
Rupert Graves and Gillian Kearney in The Forsyte Saga (2002)
Catharine Duncan and Gillian Kearney in Shirley Valentine (1989)

Known for

The Forsyte Saga (2002)
The Forsyte Saga
8.1
TV Series
  • June Forsyte
Emmerdale Farm (1972)
Emmerdale Farm
4.8
TV Series
  • Emma Barton
Douglas Henshall, Andrew Lee Potts, James Murray, and Hannah Spearritt in Primeval (2007)
Primeval
7.2
TV Series
  • Valerie Irwin
Pauline Collins in Shirley Valentine (1989)
Shirley Valentine
7.2
  • Young Shirley
  • 1989

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Actress

  • The Naughty Boys
    • Pre-production
  • Emmerdale Farm (1972)
    Emmerdale Farm
  • Sealed with a Kiss (2015)
    Sealed with a Kiss
  • Fay Ripley, Clare-Hope Ashitey, and Damien Molony in Suspects (2014)
    Suspects
  • Breakthrough
  • Harrigan (2013)
    Harrigan
  • Sally Phillips in Moving On (2009)
    Moving On
  • Emilia Fox in Silent Witness (1996)
    Silent Witness
  • Macbeth (2011)
    Macbeth
  • Robert Pugh in Justice (2011)
    Justice
  • Casualty (1986)
    Casualty
  • Douglas Henshall, Andrew Lee Potts, James Murray, and Hannah Spearritt in Primeval (2007)
    Primeval
  • Lilies (2007)
    Lilies
  • Trial & Retribution (1997)
    Trial & Retribution
  • Shameless (2004)
    Shameless
  • London to Brighton (2006)
    London to Brighton
    • (uncredited)

Director

  • Sally Phillips in Moving On (2009)
    Moving On
    • (directed by)
  • Clink (2019)
    Clink

Soundtrack

  • Neil Dudgeon and John Nettles in Midsomer Murders (1997)
    Midsomer Murders

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    • May 9, 1972
    • Aigburth, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
    • (Sibling)
  • Other works
    "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (as 'Hermia') at The Albery Theatre; 16 March to 12 May, 2001.

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    Has been in a relationship with medic Eddie Foo since April 2009 and engaged since January 2010; they have one son together.

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