Kerri Quinn

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Kerri Quinn
Born
Belfast
Alma mater Queen's University Belfast
Occupation(s)Actress, Singer
Years active2006–present
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Kerri Quinn is an actress and singer from Northern Ireland. On television, she is known for her roles in Coronation Street and Hope Street.

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Biography

Early life and career

At the age of 13, Quinn started singing in bands. That gave her a boost in confidence, which prompted her to take on acting lessons. [1] Quinn followed theatre studies at the Belfast Institute of Further and Higher Education (BIFHE) and went on to graduate with a Bachelor of Arts honours degree at Queen's University Belfast in 2004. [2] [3] She didn't go on with the studies, bored with writing essays, but instead chose to learn the art hands on, in the theatre. [4]

Quinn thinks she's lucky to be one of the few theatre talents that got a series of roles. [1] Her skills as a musician, certainly helped with that. She performed in bands, [5] as an in house singer, [6] and toured pubs and clubs with an ABBA tibute band. [7] [8] Some of the interesting theatre pieces she played in, are the musicals West Side Story (2006) and Dancing Shoes (The George Best Story, 2010), the rock-and-play Huzzies (2012) and The Threepenny Opera (2018).

Radio and podcasts

At the end of 2023 Quinn made her first appearance as a radio narrator. It was in the BBC miniseries The Mystery of Mount Stewart, about a boat that sank on Strangford Lough in April 1895. Theresa, Lady Londonderry had lend her sailing boat to her senior servants, as a treat. The series tries to uncover what happened to the boat and its eight passengers that went missing. [9]

In 2024 Quinn starred in the RTÉ comical radio drama Helen Wheels by Fion Foley. Helen is the mother of a bicycle courier, working for a food delivery company, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in Belfast. When she finds drugs in her son's delivery bag, she decides to step in and go on a ride herself. [10] [11] The programme was one of five nominated for the IMRO Radio Awards in the category Speech Drama. [12]

Personal life

In the 2010s Quinn had bought a bungalow in north Belfast at walking distance from her parents. Then locals raised flags, tore hers down and took their frustration out on Quinn by smashing her windows. After the attack, she and her daughter moved in with her parents. [7] [13] When she asked for help, estate agents and politicians told her to simply sell the place. She left the house boarded up for a while. [14]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2014FishbowlTinashort by Martin McCann
2016Unhappy EndingsThe Derby Womanshort thriller
2018The Good Christian Women's Writing GroupJackieshort
2020CarolineCarolineshort
2023The BullyGloriashort [15] [16]
2023Faith of Our FathersAnndrama
2024 Kneecap Spin instructordark comedy cameo [14]

Television

YearTitleRoleEpisodesNotesRef.
2011Sketchy with Diarmuid Corrvarious roles1/9 (S2E2)
2011 Brendan Smyth: Betrayal of Trust DervlaTV movieBBC [17]
2015 The Frankenstein Chronicles Mrs. Bowyer1/12 (S1E2) ITV [18]
2018 Come Home Brenna Coyle3/3BBC One, RTÉ One [7]
2018CareHilaryTV movie
2018 Torvill & Dean (film) Mrs Murray / Woman in gardenTV movieITV
2018–2019 Coronation Street Vicky Jefferies 60/…ITV
2019 Derry Girls Rita1/19 (S2E3)Channel 4 [19]
2020–present Hope Street Sergeant Marlene Pettigrew35/36BBC
2021 Three Families Louise Byrne2/2BBC One
2022 The Witcher: Blood Origin Aevenien2/4Netflix
2023Der Irland-KrimiSaoirse FlynnS4E2German production
2024 Dead and Buried Sally Bowman4/4BBC NI, Virgin Media Television
2024 Say Nothing Chrissie…FX (USA) Disney+ (UK IE)

Theatre

YearTitleRoleTheatreLocationRef.
2006 West Side Story Anita Gaiety Theatre Dublin [3] [20]
2009Three WomenWoman Two [21]
2009The WeeinSusie Ego Old Museum Arts Centre
Down Arts Centre		 Belfast
Downpatrick 		[22]
2010
2015		Dancing Shoes - The George Best Story (musical) Angie Best
Mrs Fullaway		on tour
Grand Opera House 		UK Tour
Belfast		 [23]
[24]
2012HuzziesDeeTinderbox Theatre CompanyThe MAC Belfast [25] [26] [5]
2014 Cabaret (musical) Sally Bowles Metropolitan Arts Centre Belfast [3]
2016
2017		 Educating Rita Susan (Rita) White Lyric Theatre Belfast
All Ireland Tour		 [27]
[2]
2017The WeirValerieLyric TheatreBelfast [28]
2018 The Threepenny Opera Jenny Diver Lyric TheatreBelfast, 13 performances [29]
2023Burnt OutCherylLyric TheatreBelfast [30]

"Other theatrical roles include The Nativity… What The Donkey Saw, Smiley and Here Comes The Night (Lyric Theatre), What We're Made Of (Tinderbox)," [2] "Lisa/Tracey in the all-female production of Flesh and Blood Women (GreenShoot Productions), Mother/Princess in Nivellis War (Cahoots NI), Roberta in Belfast by Moonlight (Kabosh), Beauty Queen in Hatch (P.J O’Reily/The Mac), Patsy in Baby its Cold Outside (Greenshoot Productions) Ma in Weddins Weeins and Wakes (Lyric Theatre), Emily in Titanic Boys (GBL Productions)." [27]

Radio

YearTitleRoleChannelNotesRef.
2023-24The Mystery of MountstewartNarratorBBC Radio Ulster
BBC Radio Foyle		documentary in 3 episodes [9] [31]
2024Helen WheelsNarrator/Main RTÉ comedy drama [10] [11]

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