Kerrie Hayes
Born (1987-03-13) 13 March 1987 (age 36)
Anfield, Liverpool, England
OccupationActress
Years active2007–present

Kerrie Hayes (born 13 March 1987)[1] is an English actress.

Early life

Born and brought up in Anfield, Liverpool,[2] Hayes is one of five siblings. She has two older sisters and two younger brothers.[3] She attended Holly Lodge Girls' College in West Derby,[2] where her interest in acting began after she joined a drama class with her sister,[3] and later Liverpool Community College.[4]

Career

Hayes made her professional and television debut in BBC drama Lilies, playing the lead role of Ruby Moss.[1] She has made guest appearances in Holby City, The Commander, Casualty, Inspector George Gently[5] and four episodes of Doctors.

Hayes' film credits include Sparkle (2007), Nowhere Boy (2009), Kicks (2009), playing the lead role of Nicole,[6] and Rowan Joffé's remake of Brighton Rock (2010).[5]

She was selected for the 2009 Trailblazer showcase, an annual initiative at the Edinburgh International Film Festival highlighting new talent, for her performance in Kicks.[7] She has appeared in two series of the Channel 4 period drama The Mill in which she was nominated for the Bafta award for Leading Actress. She portrayed Gwen Pearce in the 2016 BBC TV drama series The Living and the Dead.[citation needed]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2007 Sparkle — Uncredited
2008 Flick Young Sue
2009 Kicks Nicole
Nowhere Boy Marie's Friend
2010 Brighton Rock Borstal Girl 1
2011 Tribe Ann
2013 Traveller Ann
2014 Demob Short
Serious Swimmers Gail Short
2015 Schrödinger's Waltz Dead/Alive Short
2016 The Laughing King Maddie Short
2019 Diversion Sal Short
2022 Blue Jean Viv [8]

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2007 Lilies Ruby Moss Series regular
Holby City Belinda Swift Episode: "Dust Off Your Wings"
2008 The Commander: Abduction Sharon Davis TV film
Doctors Poppy Taylor 4 episodes
2010 Casualty Poppy Wells Episode: "Die and Let Live"
D.O.A. Sharon Selby TV film
Inspector George Gently Elizabeth Higgs Episode: "Peace & Love"
2011 Shameless Bex Episode: "My Name Is Avril"
Black Mirror Glee Episode: "Fifteen Million Merits"
2012 Room at the Top Marla Episode: Series 1, Episode 2
Good Cop Amanda Morgan Miniseries
2013-2014 The Mill Esther Price Series regular
2016 The Living and the Dead Gwen Pearce Series regular
2017 Vera Alice Wyatt Episode: "Natural Selection"
Little Boy Blue Sandra Oxley Miniseries
Three Girls DC Nina Prentiss Miniseries
The Frankenstein Chronicles Queenie Recurring role, 4 episodes
2020 The English Game Doris Platt Series regular
Tin Star D.I. Sara Lunt Series regular, series 3
2022 The Responder Ellie Mullen BBC Drama Series

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result
2014 British Academy Television Awards Best Actress The Mill Nominated
2022 British Independent Film Awards Best Supporting Performance Blue Jean Won

References

  1. ^ a b Profiles – Kerrie Hayes – hellomagazine.com. Retrieved 27 October 2009.
  2. ^ a b "Star pupil returns". Liverpool Echo. 27 April 2007. Retrieved 27 October 2009.[dead link]
  3. ^ a b BBC – Press Office – Lilies: Kerrie Hayes. Retrieved 27 October 2009.
  4. ^ "The day a new lily bloomed in Garston". Liverpool Echo. 8 January 2007. Retrieved 27 October 2009.[dead link]
  5. ^ a b Jones, Catherine (2 June 2010). "Why actress Kerrie is doing it for kicks". Liverpool Daily Post. Retrieved 3 July 2010.
  6. ^ Chapple, Mike (1 May 2008). "Lilies actress joins feature film Starstruck shooting in Liverpool". Liverpool Daily Post. Retrieved 27 October 2009.
  7. ^ Kerrie Hayes profile, Edinburgh International Film Festival website; retrieved 27 October 2009.Archived 1 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Ide, Wendy (1 September 2022). "'Blue Jean': Venice Review". Screen Daily. Retrieved 3 September 2022.

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