Lisa Kay
{{Short description|English actress}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Lisa Kay
| image = Lisa Kay The Murder Room 2004.jpg
| alt = Lisa Kay acting distressed, on the verge of tears
| caption = Kay in The Murder Room 2004
| birth_date = 11 February, 1971
| birth_place = Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
| occupation = Actress, dancer
| yearsactive = 1998–present
| spouse =
| website =
}}
Lisa Kay, (born 11 February, 1971) is an English actress who has also worked in Australia. Her credits include Chicken Run (2000), Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), Heartbeat (2002-2010), Foyle's War (2003), Corpse Bride (2005), Breaking and Entering (2006), Home and Away (2018), Neighbours (2018), and All My Friends Are Racist (2021).
Early life and education
Kay was born on February 11, 1971, in Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire.{{cite web|title= Lisa Kay |access-date=2024-09-24 |work= rottentomatoes.com |url= https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/lisa_kay_2#:~:text=Lisa%20Kay.%20Highest%20Rated:%2084%%20Tim%20Burton's%20Corpse%20Bride}} She grew up in Levisham on the North York Moors.{{cite web|title= Lisa's home advantage |website= Manchester Evening News |date=17 April 2010 | url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/film-and-tv/lisas-home-advantage-1045371 |access-date=2 June 2022 |archive-date= 2013-12-23 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131223122341/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/film-and-tv/lisas-home-advantage-1045371 }}
Kay trained as a ballet dancer from a young age, with a scholarship at the Royal Ballet School, London for 3 years, until knee injury ended her aspirations.{{cite web|title= Lisa Kay |access-date=2024-09-24 |work=listal.com |url= https://www.listal.com/lisa-kay#:~:text=Lisa%20Kay%20-%20Lisa%20Kay%20was%20born%20on%20February%2011,}} She changed path toward acting, taking a three year course at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.
Career
=UK=
In 2001, Kay appeared as Eleanor Ross Heaney in the romantic comedy film Bridget Jones's Diary, in a cast which included Renee Zellweger, Hugh Grant, Colin Firth and Jim Broadbent.{{cite web|url=http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/240532/Bridget-Jones-s-Diary/cast |title=Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) Acting Credits |website= movies.nytimes.com |accessdate= 25 May 2009 |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090630072301/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/240532/Bridget-Jones-s-Diary/cast |archive-date=30 June 2009}}
In 2002, Kay made her television debut in the episode "Wrecked" of ITV1's Heartbeat. She played the character of Emma Bryden, a lonely single mother who forms a friendship with PC Phil Bellamy. She became a cast regular playing Nurse Carol Cassidy from 2004 to 2010. Kay appeared in the episode "Among the few" (series 2 episode 2) playing Connie Dewar, a driver at a fuel depot, in ITV's Foyle's War.
In 2006, she starred alongside Jude Law and Ray Winstone in the Anthony Minghella directed romantic drama film Breaking and Entering (2006).
=Voice acting=
Her voice credits include Nick Park's Chicken Run (2000), and Tim Burton's Corpse Bride (2005).
=Australia=
Kay appeared in the Australian soap Home and Away for two episodes in 2018 as Professor Juliet Pickford. Also in 2018 she appeared in Neighbours as Rita Newland.
In 2021 she appeared in the award-winning ABC iview comedy series All My Friends Are Racist.{{cite web|url=https://www.rgm.com.au/literary/kodie-bedford/| title=Kodie Bedford: Screenwriter, Director, Executive Produce| website= RGM| date=17 April 2019| access-date= 2 June 2022}} The five-part series was written by Kodie Bedford and directed by Bjorn Stewart, and also starred Leah Purcell, Davey Thompson, and Tuuli Narkle.{{cite web | title=All My Friends Are Racist | website=ABC iview | url=https://iview.abc.net.au/show/all-my-friends-are-racist | access-date=2 June 2022| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220509160304/https://iview.abc.net.au/show/all-my-friends-are-racist| url-status= live| archive-date = 9 May 2022}}
References
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External links
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Category:Actresses from the East Riding of Yorkshire
Category:Actresses from North Yorkshire
Category:English expatriates in Australia
Category:English film actresses
Category:English stage actresses
Category:English television actresses