Kellie Shirley
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Kellie Shirley is a British
actress. She is mostly known the role of Carly Wicks
in the popular BBC
soap opera
EastEnders
up until 2008. She left EastEnders with co-star Matt Di Angelo
in early 2008 following the death of character Kevin Wicks
(Phil Daniels
) who played her on-screen father.
Kellie's other credits include playing the female lead opposite John Hannah
in 'Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde', The Office
Christmas specials and Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky
. She has also worked in theatre at the Royal National Theatre
and Royal Court
. Kellie was trained at The BRIT School
for Performing Arts in Selhurst, after which she won a scholarship to the Webber Douglas Academy.
She has also appeared on the Sky Sports
programme Soccer AM
and describes herself as a "massive Crystal Palace
fan". Her last appearance in EastEnders was in 2008 after appearing in 220 episodes.
In June 2009, she co-hosted the BBC Two
show Something for the Weekend
with Tim Lovejoy
, standing in for Amanda Hamilton
who was on maternity leave. She featured in the Pencil Full of Lead
video by Scottish singer Paolo Nutini
.
Kellie plays the lead 'Lydia' in new 6 part web series Self Centred for Pollibee Pictures and is currently filming the film Girl on a Bicycle
playing 'Marta' which is directed by Jeremy Leven
for Wiedemann & Berg who also produced Oscar winning picture The Lives of Others
.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
actress. She is mostly known the role of Carly Wicks
Carly Wicks
Carly Wicks is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Kellie Shirley, and by Michaela Stephen in a home movie the Wickses watched on 23 April 2007. She made her first appearance on 17 February 2006. Carly was axed from the serial after Phil Daniels quit. Carly is...
in the popular BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
soap opera
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
EastEnders
EastEnders
EastEnders is a British television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985 and continuing to today. EastEnders storylines examine the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in the fictional London Borough of Walford in the East End...
up until 2008. She left EastEnders with co-star Matt Di Angelo
Matt Di Angelo
Matt Di Angelo in London, England is an English actor and singer.He is mostly known for playing fictional character Deano Wicks in the popular British soap EastEnders, and for his current role of Sean Kennedy in the BBC series Hustle.-Education:He attended Southgate School, and started studying...
in early 2008 following the death of character Kevin Wicks
Kevin Wicks
Kevin Wicks is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Phil Daniels. He made his first appearance on 17 February 2006...
(Phil Daniels
Phil Daniels
Philip W. "Phil" Daniels is an English actor, most noted for film and television roles as "cockneys" such as Jimmy in Quadrophenia, Richards in Scum, Stewart in The Class of Miss MacMichael, Mark in Meantime, Kevin Wicks in EastEnders, DCS Frank Patterson in New Tricks and Edward Kitchener "Ted"...
) who played her on-screen father.
Kellie's other credits include playing the female lead opposite John Hannah
John Hannah (actor)
John David Hannah is a Scottish actor of film and television. He has appeared in Stephen Sommers' Mummy Series, Richard Curtis' Four Weddings and a Funeral and Sliding Doors with Gwyneth Paltrow...
in 'Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde', The Office
The Office (UK TV series)
The Office is a British sitcom television series that was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC Two on 9 July 2001. Created, written, and directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, the programme is about the day-to-day lives of office employees in the Slough branch of the fictitious...
Christmas specials and Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky
20,000 Streets Under the Sky
Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky is a trilogy of semi-autobiographical novels by Patrick Hamilton.The three books are The Midnight Bell , The Siege of Pleasure and The Plains of Cement...
. She has also worked in theatre at the Royal National Theatre
Royal National Theatre
The Royal National Theatre in London is one of the United Kingdom's two most prominent publicly funded theatre companies, alongside the Royal Shakespeare Company...
and Royal Court
Royal Court Theatre
The Royal Court Theatre is a non-commercial theatre on Sloane Square, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. It is noted for its contributions to modern theatre...
. Kellie was trained at The BRIT School
BRIT School
The London School for Performing Arts & Technology is a British school located in Selhurst, Croydon, in London, England, with a mandate to provide education and vocational training for the performing arts, media, art and design and the technologies that make performance possible...
for Performing Arts in Selhurst, after which she won a scholarship to the Webber Douglas Academy.
She has also appeared on the Sky Sports
Sky Sports
Sky Sports is the brand name for a group of sports-oriented television channels operated by the UK and Ireland's main satellite pay-TV company, British Sky Broadcasting. Sky Sports is the dominant subscription television sports brand in the United Kingdom and Ireland...
programme Soccer AM
Soccer AM
Soccer AM is a British Saturday-morning football-based comedy/talk show, predominantly based around the Premier League...
and describes herself as a "massive Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace F.C.
Crystal Palace Football Club are an English Football league club based in South Norwood, London. The team plays its home matches at Selhurst Park, where they have been based since 1924. The club currently competes in the second tier of English Football, The Championship.Crystal Palace was formed in...
fan". Her last appearance in EastEnders was in 2008 after appearing in 220 episodes.
In June 2009, she co-hosted the BBC Two
BBC Two
BBC Two is the second television channel operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It covers a wide range of subject matter, but tending towards more 'highbrow' programmes than the more mainstream and popular BBC One. Like the BBC's other domestic TV and radio...
show Something for the Weekend
Something for the Weekend (2000s BBC TV series)
Something for the Weekend is a British television series, broadcast on BBC Two on Sunday mornings. It features cookery, drinks, interviews with celebrity guests and clips from the week's television, as well as classic clips in the 'Deja View' section...
with Tim Lovejoy
Tim Lovejoy
Timothy Paul Lovejoy is a British television presenter most famous for hosting Saturday morning football programme Soccer AM alongside Helen Chamberlain for over a decade.- Career :...
, standing in for Amanda Hamilton
Amanda Hamilton
Amanda Hill is a Scottish businesswoman and television presenter in the area of food and health.She is best known for co-hosting is the presenter and co-producer of UKTV's "The Spa of Embarrassing Illnesses" , "Teen Spa of Embarrassing Illnesses" , and "The Last Resort"...
who was on maternity leave. She featured in the Pencil Full of Lead
Pencil Full of Lead
"Pencil Full Of Lead" is the third single from Paolo Nutini's album, Sunny Side Up. The song was released in the United Kingdom as a single on 2 November 2009, a music video of the song having been released on 20 October 2009...
video by Scottish singer Paolo Nutini
Paolo Nutini
Paolo Giovanni Nutini is a Scottish singer, songwriter and musician from Paisley. His father is of Italian descent, from Barga, Tuscany, although both his parents are Scottish, his family having been in Scotland for three generations....
.
Kellie plays the lead 'Lydia' in new 6 part web series Self Centred for Pollibee Pictures and is currently filming the film Girl on a Bicycle
Girl on a Bicycle
Girl on a Bicycle is a 1977 novel by Leland Bardwell . The novel is set in 1940s Ireland, and deals with the reality of being Protestant and what it means to be an individual caught up in the momentum of historical change...
playing 'Marta' which is directed by Jeremy Leven
Jeremy Leven
Jeremy Leven is an American screenwriter, director, producer, and novelist. Born in South Bend, Indiana, Leven lives in Woodbridge, Connecticut, Nantucket, and Paris....
for Wiedemann & Berg who also produced Oscar winning picture The Lives of Others
The Lives of Others
The Lives of Others is a 2006 German drama film, marking the feature film debut of filmmaker Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. The film involves the monitoring of the cultural scene of East Berlin by agents of the Stasi, the GDR's secret police...
.
Filmography
- Tangled up in Love - Bride (2011)
- Run for your WifeRun For Your WifeRun For Your Wife is an adult comedy play by Ray Cooney.-Plot:The story of London cab driver John Smith, with two wives, two lives and a very precise schedule for juggling them both...
- Susie (2011) - FrankFrankFrank may refer to:* A member of the medieval Germanic people, the Franks* Frank * Frank * Crusaders or any persons originating in Catholic western Europe, in medieval Middle Eastern history...
- Polly (2011) - Girl on a BicycleGirl on a BicycleGirl on a Bicycle is a 1977 novel by Leland Bardwell . The novel is set in 1940s Ireland, and deals with the reality of being Protestant and what it means to be an individual caught up in the momentum of historical change...
- Marta (2010) - Self Centred (web series) - Lydia (2010)
- Pencil of Lead (music video)Pencil Full of Lead"Pencil Full Of Lead" is the third single from Paolo Nutini's album, Sunny Side Up. The song was released in the United Kingdom as a single on 2 November 2009, a music video of the song having been released on 20 October 2009...
(2010) - Lewis - Madeleine Cotton (2009)
- Something for the WeekendSomething for the Weekend (2000s BBC TV series)Something for the Weekend is a British television series, broadcast on BBC Two on Sunday mornings. It features cookery, drinks, interviews with celebrity guests and clips from the week's television, as well as classic clips in the 'Deja View' section...
- herself (2009) - Parents of the BandParents of the BandParents of the Band is a 2008 British comedy television series, shown on BBC One. The show stars Jimmy Nail, and is set around a teenage musical band, which each band member's parents are trying to manage.- Airing :...
- Esther (2008) - The GrindThe Grind (2008 film)The Grind is an upcoming crime film written and directed by Rishi Opel, and starring Jamie Foreman, Freddie Connor, Gordon Alexander, Zoe Tapper, Danny John-Jules and Kellie Shirley...
- Jo (2008) - EastEndersEastEndersEastEnders is a British television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985 and continuing to today. EastEnders storylines examine the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in the fictional London Borough of Walford in the East End...
- Carly Wicks (2006–2008) - The Sick HouseThe Sick HouseThe Sickhouse is a 2007 horror film, directed by Curtis Radclyffe, produced by Charlotte Wontner and starring Gina Philips, Kellie Shirley and Alex Hassell.-Plot:...
- Joolz (2007) - VenusVenus (film)Venus is a 2006 British comedy-drama film starring Peter O'Toole, Leslie Phillips, Vanessa Redgrave and Jodie Whittaker. It is directed by Roger Michell and written by Hanif Kureishi....
- Royal Court Actress #1 (2006) - Coming Up (TV series) - Happy $lapz - Lisa (2006)
- Murder CityMurder City (TV Series)Murder City is a British police drama that centres on two mismatched detectives who scour London solving complex cases. Murder City premiered on 18 March 2004 on the ITV Network at 9pm. BBC America began airing the series on 17 August 2006.-Cast:...
- Episode 'Wives And Lovers' as Lucy Chalmers (2006) - Kellogs Crunchy Nut Cornflakes (2005) Promotion Girl (Advert)
- Too Much Too YoungToo Much Too YoungToo Much Too Young can refer to:*Too Much Too Young" , a song by The Specials*"Too Much Too Young", a song by Little Angels...
- Mandy (2005) - Heidi - Tinette (2005)
- Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky20,000 Streets Under the SkyTwenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky is a trilogy of semi-autobiographical novels by Patrick Hamilton.The three books are The Midnight Bell , The Siege of Pleasure and The Plains of Cement...
- Violet (2005) - WimbledonWimbledon (film)Wimbledon is a 2004 romantic comedy film directed by Richard Loncraine. The film centers on a washed-up tennis pro named Peter Colt and an up-and-coming tennis star named Lizzie Bradbury during the Wimbledon Championships.The film was dedicated to Mark McCormack, who died on 16 May 2003 after...
- Betting Shop Girl (2004) - The OfficeThe Office (UK TV series)The Office is a British sitcom television series that was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC Two on 9 July 2001. Created, written, and directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, the programme is about the day-to-day lives of office employees in the Slough branch of the fictitious...
- Christmas Special - Blind Date Contestant (2003) - The BillThe BillThe Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...
- Alanah 2003- murdered prostitute 2 episodes - Whacked - Waitress (2002)
- Smallpox 2002: Silent Weapon - Trish Cooper (2002)
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - Mabel Mercer (2002)