Chanel Cresswell

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Chanel Cresswell
Born (1990-01-23) 23 January 1990 (age 34)
OccupationActress
Years active2006–present
Awards BAFTA for Best Supporting Actress (2016)

Chanel Cresswell (born 23 January 1990) is an English actress, known for playing Kelly Jenkins in the film This Is England (2006) and the three subsequent series This Is England '86 (2010), This Is England '88 (2011) and This Is England '90 (2015). [1] She has also appeared as Katie McVey in the Sky One sitcom Trollied from 2011 to 2013 and 2015 to 2018.

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Early life

Cresswell grew up in Codnor, Derbyshire and attended Aldercar Community Language College.

Career

Cresswell's first role came in 2006 playing Kelly Jenkins in the film This Is England when she was sixteen years old. She subsequently appeared as Kelly again in the next three miniseries that followed in September 2010, December 2011 and September until October 2015 which aired on Channel 4. She won a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the This is England series at the 2016 British Academy Television Awards.

She has also appeared in Casualty , Butterfly, [2] Bale [3] and Wish 143 before playing Hailey in the TV movie Dive. [4] From 2011 to 2013 Cresswell starred in Sky One sitcom Trollied as Katie McVey, returning to the show in 2015 and continued in this until the final episode in December 2018. She appeared in a main role as Jess Meredith in ITV drama series, The Bay in March 2019.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2006 This Is England Kelly Jenkins
2009BaleSarahShort film
Wish 143 Amy
ButterflyJo
2010Dirty EggThe Girl
2011PapaStudent
Cardinal
2014BypassEmily
2017 My Name Is Lenny Val
Pin Cushion Belinda
2018The AgencyPamelaShort film
Medusa's Ankles
Strangeways Here We Come Becki
2021 Love Spreads Jess
2023Distressing Images Abi CollierShort film

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2010DiveHaileyTV film
This Is England '86 Kelly JenkinsMini-series; 4 episodes
2011 Casualty Liz Roberts1 episode
The Case Julie Prior5 episodes
This Is England '88 Kelly JenkinsMini-series; 3 episodes
2011–2013, 2015–2018 Trollied Katie McVeyRegular role, 56 episodes
2014 Silent Witness Jill Bond2 episodes
2015 This Is England '90 Kelly JenkinsMini-series; 4 episodes
AltCatTV film
2016 Vera CharlieGuest role
The Aliens Paulette E4 TV series; recurring role
2017 Murdered for Being Different DC Steph FarleyTV film based on Murder of Sophie Lancaster
2018That GirlAshleyTV movie
The Split Kelsey BBC One TV series
2018–2020On the EdgeAshleyThree-part drama series
2019 The Bay Jess Meredith ITV drama series
2020 Dracula Kathleen BBC One drama series
Death in Paradise Tasmin Lewis BBC One drama series
Des Lesley MeadITV mini-series; two episodes
2022 Sherwood Rosie Jackson BBC One drama series; one episode
Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama Coleen Rooney Channel 4 two-part drama
2024 The Gentlemen Tammy Netflix original series; 6 episodes

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