Kezia Burrows

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Kezia Burrows is a Welsh actress, known for portraying the role of Dr Cath Llewelyn in the BBC Wales medical drama Crash from 2009 to 2010.

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Life and career

Born in Neath, she lived in Porthcawl and then Carmarthen but cites being from the seaside Cardigan village New Quay, where both her parents are from. Burrows trained at RADA, graduating in 2004. [1] [2] She first took roles in various theatre productions. [3] She made her first television appearance in ITV1's The Capgras Tide, before starring in the 2009 BBC Wales medical drama Crash as Dr Cath Llewelyn. [4] In 2013, Burrows voiced Nilin, the protagonist of the action-adventure video game Remember Me . Since her first game she has both voiced and mocapped / performance captured a combined total of over 100 games, amongst them likeness and performance capture for Amanda Ripley in 2014's Alien Isolation, likeness voice and performance capture for Cass Vallance in Star Citizen / Squadron 42. Television work includes more recently the remake of The Snow Spider in 2020, Apple Tree Yard & Doctor Foster. [5]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2009The Capgras TideAnnaShort film
2011 Panic Button Newsreader
2011LamiaLamiaShort film
2012The DialJaneDirect-to-video
2012Way of the Monkey's ClawBethesda the Evil Priestess
2013MagpieGrace
2014Viking: The BerserkersThe Volva
2016Summer LeavesCharlotte CombsShort film
2016 Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV Miscellaneous Characters (voice)
2017The CryptMelanieShort film
2017The Lost VikingHerja
2018Heart's EaseSergeant MossShort film
TBAEider SteepsElisa

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2009–2010 Crash Dr. Cath Llewellyn12 episodes
2010, 2014 Casualty Cheryl Moran, Cassie Blackmore3 episodes
2011–2013KezzycatGem, Ivory, Army3 episodes; also executive producer
2011 PhoneShop KimberlyEpisode: "Come Dine with Me"
2014, 2016, 2021 Doctors Gil Chadwick, Sarah Garrod, Kelly Beck 4 episodes
2016 Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands DaynaEpisode: "Episode 4"
2017 Apple Tree Yard Kate Costley3 episodes
2017 Doctor Foster ChrissieEpisode #2.2
2020The Snow SpiderGlenys Griffiths5 episodes
2023 Wolf Veronica3 episodes

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2012 007 Legends Performance capture various
2013 Remember Me Nilin Voice & performance capture
2014 Alien: Isolation Amanda Ripley Likeness & performance capture
2015 Everybody's Gone to the Rapture Diana Davies, June FletcherVoice
2016 XCOM 2 UK SoldierVoice
2017 Sniper Elite 4 Performance capture
2017 Horizon: Zero Dawn AloyPerformance capture
2017 Destiny 2 Performance capture
2019 Observation Dr. Emma FisherVoice & performance capture
2019 GreedFall Síora, Other CharactersVoice
2020Beyond a Steel SkyPerformance capture
2021 Bravely Default II GladysVoice
2021 Forza Horizon 5 Performance capture
2022 Horizon Forbidden West Performance capture
2022 Elden Ring Sorceress Sellen, Female Protagonist 3Voice [6]
2023 Final Fantasy XVI Additional voicesVoice & performance capture
2024 Dragon's Dogma 2 Additional NPC VoicesVoice
TBA Star Citizen Cass VallonVoice & performance capture
TBA Squadron 42 Cass VallonVoice & performance capture

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