Ella Kenion

{{short description|English actress (born 1968)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}}

{{Use British English|date=July 2013}}

{{BLP sources|date=May 2009}}

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| birth_name = Ella Jane Kenion

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|11|23|df=y}}

| birth_place = Primrose Hill, London, England

| nationality = British

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| years_active = 1995-present

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Ella Jane Kenion{{cite web |title=Ella Jane Kenion |url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?r=240183188:1983&d=bmd_1687955205 |website=freeBMD |access-date=30 June 2023}} (born 23 November 1968){{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/ellakenion/status/1198028458812674048?s=46&t=CEHBFLddda0eEmgDGvh-8A|title=Aaaaaaaaaaaaand I'm 51 |website=Twitter}} is an English actress known for her appearances in comedy shows such as The Catherine Tate Show,{{Cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/the_catherine_tate_show/cast_crew/|title=The Catherine Tate Show cast and crew credits|website=British Comedy Guide|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-10-11}} The Green Green Grass,{{Cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/the_green_green_grass/cast_crew/|title=The Green Green Grass cast and crew credits|website=British Comedy Guide|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-10-11}} Five's sketch shows We Know Where You Live{{Cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/we_know_where_you_live/cast_crew/|title=We Know Where You Live cast and crew credits|website=British Comedy Guide|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-10-11}} and Swinging.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-previews/swinging-558502|title=SWINGING|last=Simon|first=Jane|date=2005-09-22|website=Daily Mirror|access-date=2019-10-11}}

Additionally, she played the role of Julie in the ITV series Hardware {{Cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/hardware/cast_crew/|title=Hardware cast and crew credits|website=British Comedy Guide|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-10-11}} She is currently appearing in television commercials for The AA and appeared in the BBC children's television series Swashbuckle as Captain Sinker.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/cbeebiesgrownups/entries/10842c89-3634-3376-b83e-d0f53987a361|title=Swashbuckle: A new pirate show comes to CBeebies!|date=2013-06-28|publisher=BBC|language=en|access-date=2019-10-11}} She is a former newsreader for talkSPORT talk radio station.

Filmography

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!Year

!Title

!Role

!Notes

1995

|Men of the World

|Girl in Line-Up

|Episode: "Stolen Kiss"

1996

|Witness Against Hitler

|Christina

|TV movie

1997

|We Know Where You Live

|Various

|12 episodes

2002

|Black Books

|Cool Book Girl

|Episode: "Fever"

2003-2004

|Hardware

|Julie

|12 episodes

2004-2005

|The Catherine Tate Show

|Various

|11 episodes

2004

|Casualty

|Maggie Curtis

|Episode: "Dangerous Games"

2005-2009

|The Green Green Grass

|Mrs. Cakeworthy

|30 episodes

rowspan="4" |2005

|Planespotting

|Radio Reporter

|TV movie

Swinging

|Various

|7 episodes

Doc Martin

|Boy's Mother

|Episode: "Blood Is Thicker"

Secret Smile

|News Presenter

|1 episode

rowspan="4" |2006

|Rosemary & Thyme

|Sharon Baker

|Episode: "Enter Two Gardeners"

The Impressionists

|Suzanne Manet

|1 episode

Genie in the House

|Miss Quaver

|Episode: "Rock Me Amadeus"

Fear of Fanny

|Gwen Troake

|TV movie

2007

|Benidorm

|Julie

|1 episode

2008-2009

|The Pinky and Perky Show

|Tara / Vera (voices)

|41 episodes

2008

|The Commander: Abduction

|Helen Gordon

|TV movie

2009

|Criminal Justice

|Prison Nurse

|1 episode

2010-2015

|The Hive

|Queen Bee / Grandma Bee / Mrs. Wasp (voices)

|21 episodes

rowspan="3" |2010

|Holby City

|Dr. Paradis Bloom

|Episode: "Bette Davis Eyes"

Gayle Tuesday: The Comeback

|Mimi

|TV movie

Brilliant!

|Ruby

|1 episode

2011-2019

|Doctors

|Veronica Clarke / Kate Mordan / Bex Boulderwood

|3 episodes

rowspan="2" |2011

|Doctor Who

|Harriet

|Episode: "Let's Kill Hitler"

Comedy Showcase

|Journalist

|Episode: "The Fun Police"

rowspan="2" |2012

|Gates

|Mia

|5 episodes

Cuckoo

|Anne Dixon

|Episode: "Grandfather's Cat"

2013-2014

|Q Pootle 5

|Stella (voice)

|52 episodes

2013-2016

|Swashbuckle

|Captain Sinker

|102 / 104 episodes

rowspan="2" |2013

|Heading Out

|Dorcas

|1 episode

Big Bad World

|Sandra

|1 episode

2014-2017

|Episodes

|Matt's Publicist / Beth

|3 episodes

rowspan="3" |2014

|Law & Order: UK

|Cashier

|Episode: "Pride"

Justin's House

|Captain Sinker

|Episode: "Pirate Day"

Q Pootle 5: Pootle All the Way!

|Eddi / Bud D / Ray (voices)

|TV movie

2015

|New Tricks

|Laura Collins

|Episode: "Prodigal Sons"

rowspan="2" |2017

|Kiss of Death

|Cynthia

|Episode: "Highway to Hell"

Detectorists

|Receptionist

|1 episode

2018-2020

|101 Dalmatian Street

|Mum / Delilah (voices)

|8 episodes

rowspan="3" |2018

|Midsomer Murders

|Celeste Palmerston

|Episode: "Death of the Small Coppers"

Claude

|Mrs. Mayor / Wanda Waxx

|2 episodes

Stan & Ollie

|Holiday Camp Organiser

|

rowspan="3" |2019

|Pure

|Lynne

|1 episode

Warren

|Sandy

|Episode: "The Father Figure"

The Knight Before Christmas

|Old Crone

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2020

|Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators

| Melanie Montague

| Episode 3.9 "O Thou Invisible of Wine"

2022

|Four Lives

| Mandy Pearson

| 2 episodes

2023

|Beyond Paradise

|Dorothy Trowman

|1 episode

References

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