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Deirdre "Dee" Kelly (born 1971), [1] also known as White Dee, is a British TV personality and actor. In 2014 and 2015 she appeared in the TV documentary series Benefits Street, [2] [3] and in 2014 she took part in Celebrity Big Brother . [4] She plays Liz in the 2019 film Ray & Liz , directed by Richard Billingham. [5]

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In 2014, Kelly spoke at a Policy Exchange fringe meeting at the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham. [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "Celebrity Big Brother 2014: White Dee aka Deirdre Kelly". Radio Times. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  2. ↑ Aitkenhead, Decca (7 March 2014). "Deirdre Kelly, AKA White Dee: 'I would never watch a show called Benefits Street'". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  3. ↑ Holehouse, Matthew (22 January 2014). "Benefits Street: White Dee is a Labour voter". The Daily Telegraph. ISSN   0307-1235 . Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  4. ↑ "Celebrity Big Brother 2014 line-up: Meet White Dee, who you might know". The Independent. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  5. ↑ Adams, Tim (13 March 2016). "Mr and Mrs Billingham and Frosty Jack's". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  6. ↑ "What White Dee taught the Government at the Tory party conference". The Independent. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  7. ↑ Association, Press (29 September 2014). "Benefits Street star criticises Iain Duncan Smith at Tory conference". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  8. ↑ Ridge, Sophy (1 October 2014). "White Dee interview: 'What I really thought of Conservative Party conference and all those Tories'". The Daily Telegraph. ISSN   0307-1235 . Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  9. ↑ "When Benefits Street's White Dee came to Conservative Party conference". The Daily Telegraph. 29 September 2014. Archived from the original on 30 September 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  10. ↑ "Benefits Street's White Dee lifts Tory hearts at Conservative Conference... by threatening to defect from Labour to Ukip". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. ISSN   0307-1235 . Retrieved 6 September 2018– via www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk.
  11. ↑ Lodge, Guy (7 August 2018). "Locarno Film Review: 'Ray & Liz'". Variety. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  12. ↑ "'Ray & Liz': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  13. ↑ "White Dee's children subjected to online racial abuse". The Independent. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  14. ↑ "White Dee Forced To Move Over Racial Abuse". HuffPost UK. 14 September 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  15. ↑ "In praise of … Deirdre Kelly". The Guardian. 8 June 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  16. ↑ Cooke, Rachel (14 December 2014). "Dee Kelly: 'I wouldn't change anything about my life. My past is what's made me'". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  17. ↑ Holden, Steve (27 August 2015). "Celebrity Big Brother 2015: The recipe for who goes in - BBC Newsbeat" . Retrieved 6 September 2018.
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