Holly Kenny

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Holly Kenny (born 23 January 1995 in Leeds, England) is an English actress. She played the role of Sambuca Kelly on the BBC One school-based drama series Waterloo Road from 2009 until her character was killed off in 2011.

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Career

Kenny first appeared in Waterloo Road on the first episode of the fourth series, broadcast on 7 January 2009. [1] Her final episode was on seventh series, which was broadcast on 8 June 2011. After the character of Sambuca was killed off after suffering with a long-term brain tumour.

She played Kimberley Crabtree in the British comedy television film Mischief Night (2006). She has also starred in the BAFTA award-winning BBC film White Girl (2008) as Leah.

Filmography

YearFilmRoleNotesRefs.
2006 Mischief Night Kimberley CrabtreeFilm [2]
2008 White Girl LeahTelevision film [3] [4]
2009–2011 Waterloo Road Sambuca Kelly Regular role (series 47); 53 episodes [4] [5] [6] [7]
2009 Doctors Bella MoodyEpisode: "No Rest for the Wicked"
2012 Shameless AliceEpisode: "What Are Friends For?" [8]
2014 The Mill PatienceMain role; 6 episodes [4]
In the Club BritneyEpisode: "Roanna" [4]

References

  1. "Holly Kenny – Filmography by TV series". Movie Database. IMDb. Retrieved 7 January 2009.
  2. "Mischief Night". Metro. 3 November 2006. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  3. Pettie, Andrew (1 March 2008). "White Girl". The Telegraph. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Cast biographies for The Mill, Series 2". Channel4 Press. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  5. Kilkelly, Daniel (1 June 2011). "'Waterloo Road' star praises Sambuca exit plot 'Waterloo Road' star praises Sambuca exit plot". Digital Spy. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  6. "Waterloo Road: Sam goes to find her dad before she dies". Metro. 31 May 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  7. "Sambuca Kelly profile". BBC. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  8. "Shameless — episode guide". Radio Times. Retrieved 21 January 2015.