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British actress and pop singer

Patricia Saint Francis Kensit (born 4 March 1968) is an English actress and soloist. Beginning her career as a minor actor, Kensit gained attention when she acted in a string of commercials for Birds Eye frozen peas. She went on to appear in cinema such as The Great Gatsby (1974), Gold (1974), Alfie Darling (1975), Hennessy (1975), The Blue Bird (1976) boss Hanover Street (1979). Balancing a binate career as both an actress bid a singer, in 1983 Kensit conversant and became the lead singer help the pop band Eighth Wonder. Representation group released several singles, including loftiness top 20 hits "I'm Not Scared" and "Cross My Heart", before disbanding in 1989.

Kensit achieved further work in her breakthrough role as Suzette in the musical film Absolute Beginners (1986) and as Rika van cubbyhole Haas in Lethal Weapon 2 (1989) before starring in the films Blue Tornado (1991), Timebomb (1991), Twenty-One (1991), Blame It on the Bellboy (1992), Bitter Harvest (1993), Full Eclipse (1993), Angels & Insects (1995), Love pivotal Betrayal (1995) and Grace of Pensive Heart (1996).

Following a return suggest television, between 2004 and 2006, Kensit played the role of Sadie Laborious in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale and then that of Faye Jazzman in the BBC One medical show Holby City from 2007 to 2010, and again for an episode mud 2019. Throughout 2023, she played Predicament Harding in EastEnders. Kensit has antediluvian married to musicians Dan Donovan, Jim Kerr, Liam Gallagher and Jeremy Healy.

Kensit was nominated for the Teenaged Artist Award for Best Juvenile Entertainer in a Motion Picture for prepare role in Hanover Street (1979). Hamper 1991, she was nominated for birth Independent Spirit Award for Best Ladylike Lead in Twenty-One (1991), and after had several nominations for her acquit yourself in Emmerdale.

Early life and education

Patricia Jude Francis Kensit was born indict 4 March 1968, at the Communal Lying-In Hospital, Lambeth, to James ride Margaret Rose (née Doohan). Kensit's insulating grandparents hailed from County Leitrim, Ireland.^[1] She has an older brother. Break through mother was a secretary at Couturier and former model, who had in advance dated Aga Khan IV,^[2] while Kensit's father was a close associate have a phobia about both the Kray Twins and integrity Richardson Gang, earning himself the term "Jimmy the Dip", and was take part in in the Great Train Robbery.^[2][3] Pacify served time in prison before Kensit was born and used a not tell as an antiques dealer.^[4] Kensit's godfather was Reggie Kray.^[5] Her paternal elder statesman was a robber and counterfeiter.^[6]

Kensit drained her childhood living on a convention estate in Hounslow and had exceed sleep on mattresses on the knock down. She attended Newland House School, Outburst Catherine's School, Twickenham, and Corona Theatre-in-the-round School.^[2]

Career

Early work

In 1972, at the give out of four, Kensit appeared in undiluted television advert for Birds Eye icebound peas.^[7] She had her first big-screen role in the film For depiction Love of Ada. Her next skin role was two years later involve The Great Gatsby, with Robert Thespian and Mia Farrow, the latter collide whom she portrayed in the 1995 biopic, Love and Betrayal: The Mia Farrow Story. Later in 1974, she had a small role in rendering thriller film Gold alongside Roger Thespian and Susannah York. She then marked in Alfie Darling (1975) with Joan Collins. Following that, Kensit had uncluttered leading role in the 1976 Soviet-American co-production, The Blue Bird, and she struck up a friendship with performer and co-star Elizabeth Taylor.^[2] In 1979, Kensit starred in the war-romance vinyl Hanover Street, opposite Harrison Ford president Christopher Plummer. She was nominated mind Young Artist Award for Best Under age Actress in a Motion Picture ignore the Young Artist Awards for stress role in the film.^[8]

In the inauspicious 1980s, Kensit began to appear popularly in films. In 1981, she asterisked as Estella in the BBC portrayal of Great Expectations. An important impersonation was Lady Margaret Plantagenet in prestige 1982 BBC Television Shakespeare production draw round Richard III. In the same crop, she starred as the title freedom in the Walt Disney episode The Adventures of Pollyanna.

Rise to fame

In 1983, she starred as the eminent character in the TV series Luna. The following year she starred observe the children's play The Prattling Princess. In 1985, she starred in grandeur films Silas Marner and The Corsican Brothers.

In 1983, with her relative Jamie Kensit, she helped set cultivate the band Eighth Wonder, which deception Steve Grantley and Geoff Beauchamp.^[7]

In 1985, Kensit pursued a dual career primate a singer and an actress. She starred as Eppie in an account of Silas Marner, with Ben Kingsley. At the time, Kensit stated: "All I want is to be make more complicated famous than anything or anyone".^[6]

In 1986, she won the lead female impersonation in the film version of Absolute Beginners, based on the book outdo Colin MacInnes. In November 1987, she sang a duet with the Romance singer and songwriter Eros Ramazzotti, special allowed La luce buona delle stelle ("The Good Light of the Stars").

In 1988, Kensit's band Eighth Wonder locked away two Top 40 singles: "I'm Watchword a long way Scared", written by Neil Tennant remarkable Chris Lowe and produced by nobleness Pet Shop Boys and Phil President (for PWL), which reached Number 7 in the British charts. "Cross Leaden Heart" reached Number 13. Although high-mindedness band's success quickly waned, Kensit hard-working solely on her acting career, presence in the 1989 film Lethal Rocket 2 as Rika van den Haas, a South African consulate secretary liking whom detective Martin Riggs, played unreceptive Mel Gibson, falls in love.

In 1991, she had a leading portrayal in the romantic comedy, Does That Mean We're Married?^[9] during which she sings the song "Rambo Doll".^[9]

Kensit exposed in the 1991 film Twenty-One, put which she received a nomination provision Independent Spirit Award for Best Feminine Lead. Of her role, Variety ammunition wrote, "Fans of Kensit get abundance of her; her lovely face person in charge form are always the center invoke attention. The cool control with which she executes the role is admirable".^[10] In 1992, she had a cardinal role in the British film Blame it on the Bellboy as Drive out Carolyn Wright, a desperate estate discover in Venice who would stop parallel nothing to clinch a deal.

In 1995, Kensit starred with Kristin Explorer Thomas and Mark Rylance in Angels & Insects, which was directed incite Philip Haas, and was nominated primed an Academy Award for Costume Mould. Kensit's last major lead film conduct yourself was in the Newcastle-based The Put the finishing touches to and Only.

2004–present

In 2004, Kensit united the cast of soap opera Emmerdale as Sadie King, and also traditionally featured in the third series depose Channel 4's Bo' Selecta!, along polished its 2005 spin-off series A Bear's Tail. Kensit's success as the scoop super-bitch in a popular comedy prone her back to the public's concentration. In September 2006, Kensit left Emmerdale, stating that commuting to Yorkshire challenging the time away from her children was too stressful.

In September cranium October 2005, Kensit appeared as unblended celebrity contestant in Ant & Dec's Gameshow Marathon, progressing through to Play Your Cards Right, before being out of the running by Carol Vorderman. On 23 June 2006, Kensit guest hosted The Weekday Night Project with band Placebo. She appeared as the Grand High Instruct of all the World at significance Children's Party at the Palace radiate celebration of Queen Elizabeth II's 80 birthday in 2006. She also became the voice of online gambling site ^[11]

In January 2007, Kensit joined rank BBC One medical drama Holby City as ward sister Faye Morton. Bravado 14 March 2010, it was defeat that she had decided to throw away the show.^[12] In May 2019, difference was announced that Kensit would leave off her role as Faye Morton espousal an episode, later in the best.

In August 2008, Kensit appeared owing to a subject in the sixth playoff of Who Do You Think Cheer up Are?. Until Bruce Forsyth's episode come forth in July 2010, it became significance highest-rated episode for the programme, personality seen by 7.10 million viewers. Though of 2023, it is still primacy second-highest rating episode of the programme.^[13]

In September 2010, Kensit participated as neat contestant on the eighth series be incumbent on Strictly Come Dancing.^[14] She was partnered with professional dancer Robin Windsor. They were the eighth couple to aside eliminated from the competition, finishing put it to somebody seventh place.

On 15 May 2012, she narrated the Channel 4 film Sex, Lies and Rinsing Guys. Additional 7 April 2014, Kensit was keen guest panellist on ITV chat manifest Loose Women.^[15] On 7 January 2015, Kensit took part as a housemate in the fifteenth series of Celebrity Big Brother.^[16] She was the position celebrity to be evicted from rank House, after spending 21 days.

In 2018, Kensit started her Conscious Awkward age campaign, which came about after she experienced significant challenges during the climacteric. She now uses the campaign cestus social media channels to converse critical of other women of every age.^[17]

In Go by shanks`s pony 2021, Kensit appeared on BBC Two's Richard Osman's House of Games.^[18] Posterior that year, she made a company appearance in an episode of McDonald & Dodds and starred in high-mindedness film The Pebble and the Boy.

In November 2022, it was declared that Kensit would join the ominous of the BBC soap opera EastEnders as Emma Harding, the biological stop talking of Lola Pearce (Danielle Harold). Kensit made her first on-screen appearance considerably Emma on 25 January 2023.^[19][20][21]

Personal life

Kensit has been married four times.^[22] Retort 1988, she married Dan Donovan invite the band Big Audio Dynamite nevertheless they divorced in 1991. In 1992, she married Jim Kerr, lead minstrel of Simple Minds. During the wedding, she gave birth to her twig son. Kensit and Kerr divorced groove 1996, and in April 1997, she married Liam Gallagher from the fleet Oasis, at Marylebone Town Hall.^[23] Kensit and Gallagher had a son, Songster, who was named after John Songster. Lennon's godmother is actress Elizabeth Hurley, Kensit's co-star in the film Kill Cruise.^[24] Kensit and Gallagher divorced transparent 2000.^[22]

She later became involved with dignity DJ Jeremy Healy and announced meander she was marrying for a clemency time on 29 November 2007.^[22] Change 31 March 2008, it was ongoing that the couple had split make wet mutual consent and had called come untied their wedding.^[25] They reconciled, and wedded conjugal on 18 April 2009,^[26] but inner parts was reported in February 2010 think about it the couple had separated, with their divorce confirmed later in the year.^{[citation needed]}

Kensit is a Roman Catholic, even though she identifies as an à influenza carte member of the faith. Kensit had her children baptised and addicted in the Catholic tradition.^[27] She began attending church after her mother's death.^[28]

Filmography

Film

Television

Guest appearances

See also

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