Kacey Clarke

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Kacey Clarke
Born
Kacey Louisa Barnfield

(1988-01-14) 14 January 1988 (age 36)
OccupationActress
Years active1997–present

Kacey Louisa Barnfield [1] (born 14 January 1988 [2] ), also credited as Kacey Clarke, is an English actress. As a teenager she played Maddie Gilks in the long running British television series Grange Hill , on which she was in six series. As an adult, her roles have included Crystal in the American action film Resident Evil: Afterlife , and Katie Sutherland in British comedy The Inbetweeners . In 2014, Clarke was listed as number 99 in FHM 's 100 sexiest women in the world. [3]

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Personal life

Clarke was born in the London Borough of Enfield as Kacey Louisa Barnfield to parents Malcolm, a partner at the Enfield estate agency Barnfield's, and Karen. She has a brother and a sister. Clarke is a second cousin of the actress Victoria Shalet. [4]

Career

Barnfield began acting in 1997 at age nine. In 2000, Barnfield won the role of bully Maddie Gilks in Grange Hill , where she found herself the central role in central plots during her four-years on the series; it was Clarke's first major acting role. [5]

After Grange Hill, Clarke filmed Popcorn with Jodi Albert and Jack Ryder, and plays the character of Yukino. She has also appeared in the Sky1 football drama Dream Team . Other roles include Zoe Stringer in Filthy Rich, in which she played Mike Reid's daughter shortly before he died, The Bill , where she played Chloe Fox for 3 episodes in 2004 and appeared again in October 2007 as Kelly Burgess, and Casualty in which she appeared as Claudie Waters for 2 episodes on 29 and 30 December 2007. In 2008, Clarke was the face of Clean & Clear, appearing in adverts for the skincare brand. She also starred in the Road Safety commercial 'Mess'. In 2008 she became Galaxy chocolate's 'Miss Kiss' to publicize their Christmas Mistletoe Kisses chocolates. In 2009 and 2010, she appeared in the E4 sitcom The Inbetweeners , as Neil's sister Katie in the series 2 episode "A Night Out in London" and series 3's "Will's Dilemma".

Clarke made her theatrical film debut as Crystal Waters in the Screen Gem's 3D action film Resident Evil: Afterlife , alongside Milla Jovovich, Wentworth Miller and Ali Larter. [6] It topped the box office in September 2010. Clarke also starred in the TV movie Lake Placid 3 , where she plays Ellie, this was also in 2010. In 2011, she played the lead role of Kate in Johannes Roberts' Roadkill , a horror film about a group of teens taking an ill-fated RV trip around Ireland. Her performance was well received. [7] Clarke appeared as Barb in Jeremy Leven's 2013 movie Girl on a Bicycle.

In June 2011, Variety magazine reported that Clarke would co-star in Glutton, a '3D psychological thriller' directed by David Arquette, playing Virginia the blind neighbour and only friend of a 1,200-pound man (Abraham Benrubi). Abraham Benrubi, and Patricia Arquette also star. Glutton was to begin filming in Canada in summer 2011, [8] though no film under that title has been released.

Filmography

Film roles
YearTitleRoleNotes
2007 Popcorn Yukino Girl
2010 Resident Evil: Afterlife Crystal Waters
2011Film: The Making of...Maresi De La Mer-TaylorShort film
2013 Girl on a Bicycle Barb
I Spit on Your Grave 2 Sharon
Green Street 3: Never Back Down MollyDirect to-DVD [9]
2014Film: The MovieMaresi De La Mer
2015Seeking Dolly PartonCharlie
World War Dead: Rise of the FallenAmanda
2016 Blood Orange IsabelleCompleted [10]
NeronAlison Dunn
2018 Welcome to Curiosity Martine
2019Bayou TalesNeilson
TBAEnchanting the MortalsAshleyPost-Production
Television roles
YearTitleRoleNotes
2001–2005 Grange Hill Maddie GilksMain role (seasons 24–29)
2003DreamteamLeanneTV miniseries
2004 The Bill Chloe Fox3 episodes
2007 Casualty Claudie WatersEpisodes: "Take a Cup of Kindness Yet", "For Auld Lang Syne"
The Bill Kelly BurgessEpisode: "Uncut Killer"
2009–2010 The Inbetweeners Katie SutherlandEpisodes: "Night Out in London", "Will's Dilemma"
2010 Lake Placid 3 EllieTelevision movie
2011 Roadkill KateTelevision movie
JabberwockAnabelTelevision movie
2013MassholesVickyWeb series; episode: "The Gentleman's Conga"
201610 Year ReunionCarly NewmanTelevision movie

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