Jenny Ryan (actress)

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Jenny Ryan (born 12 January 1971) [1] is a Scottish actress. She is probably best known for playing Tina Hunter in the popular BBC Scotland soap opera River City [1] and Michelle in the Scottish sitcom Dear Green Place . She also played Sally Stewart in Waterloo Road .

She also appeared in the sixth episode of series 2 of Dan Clark's sitcom How Not to Live Your Life . Her husband Alan is the brother of actor Colin McCredie, her co-star in River City and the children's series Woolly and Tig. [2]

Filmography

DateTitleRoleStation
2003 The Life Trainer Sharly BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play
2004 Nude, Untitled Katie BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play
2004 Taggart: In Camera (episode)Eve Hamilton ITV / SMG TV Productions
2006 River City Tina Hunter BBC Scotland
2012 Waterloo Road Sally Stewart BBC One
2012 Woolly and Tig Tig's mother CBeebies

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References

  1. 1 2 "Jenny Ryan - 'Causing trouble . . I've got that one cracked!'". scotsman.com. 30 August 2008.
  2. Paul English (22 December 2011). "Taggart star Colin McCredie swaps cops for daughters in new Cbeebies role from Balamory creators". Daily Record. Retrieved 4 May 2018.