Cat Simmons

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Cat Simmons
Born (1980-05-04) 4 May 1980 (age 44)
Blackburn, Lancashire, England
OccupationActress

Cat Simmons is an English actress, known for her role as DC Kezia Walker in the long-running ITV drama The Bill , [1] and for starring in Family Affairs as Scarlett Anderson. She also played Sista Twista in Life and Lyrics . She also made appearances in No Angels and Casualty .

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The daughter of a singer and nurse, her mother is English and her father is Guyanese.

Simmons trained with the Oldham Theatre Workshop and National Youth Music Theatre and studied at Pleckgate High School, Mathematics and Computing College.

Simmons has worked in numerous stage shows. Her work includes Nancy in Cameron Mackintosh's production of Oliver! , Mary Magdalene in Gale Edwards' Jesus Christ Superstar , the Young Vic's sell-out production of Langston Hughes' Simply Heavenly as Joyce, and the Princess in Aladdin alongside Ian McKellen.

In 2005, Simmons collaborated with music group Three Levels and released a track called "Rock U 2Nite".

Simmons returned to the Young Vic in summer 2009 to appear in Ché Walker's and Arthur Darvil's musical premiere of Been So Long with nu-classic soul singer Omar Lye-Fook. The production then toured to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival to showcase at the Traverse Theatre.

Simmons was cast as Nancy in the 2011-13 UK tour of Oliver! , in the place of Samantha Barks, who was cast as Eponine in the film Les Misérables . Simmons took the role from Birmingham in April 2012, and continued it through to October 2012, finishing in Newcastle.

In 2016 Simmons appeared as Clemmy Staples in the ITV series Midsomer Murders episode 18.4 "A Dying Art".

In 2018, Simmons was announced as part of the cast for the West End production of Come From Away. [2]

Filmography

Film and television
YearWorkRoleNotes
2002 Doctors Louise ClarkEpisode: "I Spy"
2003 The Afternoon Play BeccyEpisode: "Girls' Weekend"
2003 Holby City Lorna McKayEpisode: "As the Day Is Long"
2005 Family Affairs Scarlett AndersonTV series
2005DoctorsTina FisherEpisode: "Grandmother"
2006 No Angels Temp HCAEpisode: "3.3"
2006 Life and Lyrics Sista Twista
2006–2009 The Bill Kezia WalkerRegular role (series 22–25)
2009 Leipzig Homicide Kezia WalkerEpisode: "Entführung in London"
2010, 2015 Casualty Tania Chester, Lena MarshallEpisodes: "Making Other Plans", "The Road Not Taken"
2011PostcodeMarshaTV film
2013 Holby City Victoria ConvilleEpisode: "Make or Break"
2014MacbethWitchGlobe Theatre
2014 That Day We Sang Berni Inn WaitressTV film
2014DoctorsMaya GeraghtyEpisode: "A Law Unto Themselves"
2015 Vera LisaEpisode: "Muddy Waters"
2015 Ordinary Lies EmmaSupporting role (series 1)
2017 Silent Hours DC June FrancisFilm
2016 Midsomer Murders Clemmy StaplesEpisode: "A Dying Art"
2016A Silent NightRosie BlackwellShort
2017DoctorsMaxine DanielsEpisode: "Tendrils"
2018 Moving On CarolineEpisode: "Invisible"
2018 Holby City Becky CotterEpisodes: "Not Your Home Now", "No Matter Where You Go, There You Are: Parts 1 & 2"
2019 Killing Eve CarleenEpisode: "I Hope You Like Missionary!"
2020Doctors DC Georgia Townsend Episode: "No Exit" [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Stars upbeat about cuts at The Bill". Bristol Evening Post. 6 March 2009. Retrieved 29 May 2011.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. ↑ Mayo, Douglas (10 October 2018). "Cast Announced For Come From Away at Phoenix Theatre". British Theatre. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  3. ↑ "Doctors spoilers: Will Al Haskey break-up with Lily Walker?". What's on TV . Retrieved 19 November 2020.


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