Kerry Bennett

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Kerry Bennett
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OccupationActress
Years active2010–present

Kerry Bennett is a British television and theatre actress. Bennett grew up in Stockport, England, and began her career aged fourteen acting in theatre productions. She rose to prominence playing the role of Jess Cranham in the BBC medical drama Casualty and Eva Falco in the soap opera Hollyoaks . Bennett has also appeared in numerous other British television dramas, soap operas and short films. Bennett has also participated in voice over work and continued to pursue her theatrical career when not signed to television or film roles.

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Bennett was born in United Kingdom and grew up in the northern town Stockport. [1] Bennett is biracial and has Seychellois heritage. [1] At age fourteen, Bennett joined the NK Theatre company and began playing roles in their productions. Bennett's first professional role was dancing in the NSPCC charity gala at The Palace Theatre in Manchester. [2] Bennett then participated in various "theatre in education" programmes and later became a patron of the theatre's charity. [2] She furthered her training by attending the East 15 Acting School in Essex. [3] In addition to acting, Bennett has become a voice over artist during her career. [1] [3]

In 2014, Bennett secured a guest role in CBBC show Hank Zipzer . [3] In 2015, it was revealed that Bennett was filming a role for the horror genre web-series titled, The Highridge Massacre. [4] Bennett played the role of Jess Cranham in the BBC medical drama Casualty . [5] The character is portrayed as a paramedic on the series. Jess is also a lesbian who becomes the victim of domestic violence. [6] She made her finale appearance in the episode broadcast on 20 January 2016. [7]

In 2016, Bennett had a role in the British-Italian indie film The Habit of Beauty. [1] She also returned to theatre from April to June 2016, playing the role of Dawn in the touring stage production of Invincible. [8] [9] It was later announced that Bennett had joined the cast of the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks , playing the role of Eva Falco. The role was described as deadly character who was fixated on getting revenge. [5] Whilst working on Hollyoaks, Bennett worked with Clive Russell who played her on-screen father Billy Brodie. Bennett described the experience as "quite daunting" but was "thrilled" to work alongside the actor. [10] Bennett remained with the show for six months until her character was killed off and her final scenes were broadcast on 16 January 2017. Discussing her exit, Bennett stated she had an "amazing time", a "great storyline" and was "sad" to leave the cast. [11]

Bennett then secured a role in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street , playing Trina Robson. It was reported that Bennett had only filmed the role for a small number of episodes. [12] In 2018, Bennett appeared in the short film Neon, in the main role of Mary alongside Joe Absolom. [13] She also appeared in the Sky One drama series Bulletproof , playing Scarlett Nugent. [1] [14] She also played the role of Jessica Markhamp in an episode of the ITV drama Butterfly , which was broadcast on 28 October 2018. [15] On 4 February 2019, Bennett appeared as Lauren Crighton in an episode of the BBC soap opera, Doctors . [16] She also appeared in the film We Die Young, which starred Jean-Claude Van Damme. [1] From May to August 2019, Bennett appeared in the West End theatre production of The Starry Messenger. [17]

In 2021, Bennett appeared as Cori Atkins in the film Off Your Head. [18] [3] In 2022, Bennett returned to theatre work playing Alex in stage production of Home I'm Darling, written by Laura Wade. [19] Also in 2022, Bennett appeared in the Viaplay show Threesome as Joanna Alexander. [20] [3]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2010The Last ManAlexFilm role
2013My KinAllyShort film
2014It's a RiotRadio news reporterShort film
2014 Hank Zipzer Mother customerGuest role
2014BaitPaulineFilm
2015The SessionHarperShort film
2015Monster HuntersDonna MatthewsFilm role
2015Everyday Stories of Colossal ImportanceSophiaShort film
2015DeliriumMotherShort film
2015–2016 Casualty Jess CranhamRecurring role
2016 The Tunnel Check-In attendantGuest role
2016The Habit of BeautyElisabethFilm role
2016–2017 Hollyoaks Eva Falco Regular role
2017 Coronation Street Trina Robson Guest role
2018NeonMaryShort film
2018 Bulletproof Scarlett NugentGuest role
2018 Butterfly Jessica MarkhampGuest role
2018RelationshitAmberRegular role
2019 Doctors Lauren CrightonGuest role
2019 We Die Young BrendaFilm role
2021 F1 2021 Zoe AkkermanVideo game role
2021Off Your HeadCori AtkinsFilm role
2022ThreesomeJoanna AlexanderGuest role
Sources: [1] [3]

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