Roberta Kerr

{{Infobox person

| name = Roberta Kerr

| birth_name = Roberta Alexandra Kerr

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|5|24|df=y}}

| birth_place = Southampton, Hampshire, England

| occupation = Actress

| known_for = Brookside
Coronation Street
Emmerdale

| years_active = 1984–present

}}

Roberta Alexandra Kerr (born 24 May 1952) is an English actress. She is known for her various roles in British soap operas including Sally Haynes in Brookside, Wendy flamin' Crozier in Coronation Street and Jan Glover in Emmerdale, as well as portraying several characters in Doctors.

Life and career

Kerr was born in Southampton, England on 24 May 1952.{{cite web |title=Roberta A. KERR |url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?r=205302389:5993&d=bmd_1653949805 |publisher=FreeBMD |access-date=6 August 2022 |archive-date=6 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220806144921/https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?r=205302389:5993&d=bmd_1653949805 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Roberta Alexandra KERR |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/98sBWfsAG3ptBhzXHsTW016Axbg/appointments |publisher=Gov.uk |access-date=6 August 2022 |archive-date=6 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220806144921/https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/98sBWfsAG3ptBhzXHsTW016Axbg/appointments |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=Who plays Wendy Crozier in Coronation Street? |url=https://heart.co.uk/showbiz/tv-movies/coronation-street/who-plays-wendy-crozier-roberta-kerr/ |work=Heart |access-date=6 August 2022 |date=19 July 2022 |archive-date=2 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220802081718/https://www.heart.co.uk/showbiz/tv-movies/coronation-street/who-plays-wendy-crozier-roberta-kerr/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=One on One - Roberta Kerr |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02z6s30 |publisher=BBC |access-date=6 August 2022 |date=26 August 2015 |archive-date=6 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220806144921/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02z6s30 |url-status=live }} She began her acting career in 1984 when she joined the Channel 4 soap opera Brookside as Sally Haynes.{{cite news |title=Coronation Street star Roberta Kerr: Who did she play in Brookside and Emmerdale? |url=https://www.entertainmentdaily.co.uk/soaps/coronation-street-star-roberta-kerr-who-emmerdale/ |work=Entertainment Daily |access-date=6 August 2022 |date=15 July 2022 |archive-date=15 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715190235/https://www.entertainmentdaily.co.uk/soaps/coronation-street-star-roberta-kerr-who-emmerdale/ |url-status=live }} She portrayed the character on a recurring basis until 1986. In 1985 she played another character named Sally in an episode of Travelling Man and in 1986, she played Mrs. Bennett in an episode of the BBC Two drama anthology series ScreenPlay.{{cite web |title=Roberta Kerr |url=https://www.spotlight.com/9977-7866-2595 |publisher=Spotlight |access-date=6 August 2022 |archive-date=6 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220806144922/https://www.spotlight.com/9977-7866-2595 |url-status=live }} In 1988, she made her film debut as Mrs. Dalton in The Nature of the Beast and also appeared in an episode of the mini-series Wipe Out, where she played a civil servant.

In 1989, Kerr joined the cast of the ITV soap opera Coronation Street as Wendy Crozier, a woman who works for the council and embarks on an affair with Ken Barlow (William Roache), which led to his divorce from his wife, Deirdre (Anne Kirkbride). She left the show in May 1990 following the conclusion of the storyline.{{cite news |title='Coronation Street' Ken's returning ex-lover: Who is Wendy Crozier? |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/coronation-street/a393521/coronation-street-kens-returning-ex-lover-who-is-wendy-crozier/ |work=Digital Spy |access-date=6 August 2022 |date=16 July 2012 |archive-date=13 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220613025123/https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/coronation-street/a393521/coronation-street-kens-returning-ex-lover-who-is-wendy-crozier/ |url-status=live }} In July 1994, Kerr portrayed Pam Blake in an episode of the ITV drama series Medics. The following month, she was cast as Jan Glover in Emmerdale, the wife of Ned (Johnny Leeze).{{cite news |title=Johnny Leeze, former Emmerdale actor, dies at 78 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-54690878 |work=BBC News |access-date=6 August 2022 |date=26 October 2020 |archive-date=4 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104111920/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-54690878 |url-status=live }} During her time on the show, the character's major storylines included coming to terms with the deaths of her children Dave (Ian Kelsey) and Linda (Tonicha Jeronimo), as well as suffering a nervous breakdown and being sectioned. Kerr departed the role after four years in 1998.{{cite news |title=Ex-Emmerdale actress Roberta Kerr makes shock return to Coronation Street after 10 years away |url=https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/news/celebs-tv/ex-emmerdale-actress-roberta-kerr-24165928 |work=Leeds Live |access-date=6 August 2022 |date=7 June 2022 |archive-date=13 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220613161736/https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/news/celebs-tv/ex-emmerdale-actress-roberta-kerr-24165928 |url-status=live }} In 1999, Kerr played Tania Sylvester in an episode of Casualty and in 2000, she portrayed Miss Robinson in the film Seeing Red. In 2005, Kerr appeared in the BBC soap opera Doctors as Margaret Ellen.{{cite web |title=Doctors, BBC One, 26th May 2005 |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/11fdfdcaffcf4bea9b71676053d7935f |website=BBC |access-date=6 August 2022 |date=26 May 2005 |archive-date=6 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220806144922/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/11fdfdcaffcf4bea9b71676053d7935f |url-status=live }} She went on to return to Doctors on two further occasions, portraying the roles of Sheila Mitchum and Joan Jonson in 2007 and 2020, respectively.{{cite web |title=Doctors, Series 21, Too Proud |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000hyx3 |publisher=BBC |access-date=6 August 2022 |date=5 May 2020 |archive-date=17 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117205934/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000hyx3 |url-status=live }} Kerr also had minor guest roles in The Royal Today, Silk, Downton Abbey and Hollyoaks.{{cite web |title=Judge's verdict - Roberta is a re-Kerr-ing actress in soapland |url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/inside-soap/20170404/283631054877733 |work=Inside Soap |access-date=6 August 2022 |via=PressReader |date=4 April 2017 |archive-date=6 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220806144922/https://www.pressreader.com/uk/inside-soap/20170404/283631054877733 |url-status=live }}

In 2012, Kerr reprised her role of Wendy Crozier in Coronation Street for a short stint, as part of a storyline where Wendy and Ken are reacquainted again after becoming governors at the same school.{{cite news |title='Coronation Street' return for Ken Barlow's former lover Wendy Crozier |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/coronation-street/a393285/coronation-street-return-for-ken-barlows-former-lover-wendy-crozier/ |work=Digital Spy |access-date=6 August 2022 |archive-date=1 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200501220744/https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/coronation-street/a393285/coronation-street-return-for-ken-barlows-former-lover-wendy-crozier/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news|url=http://www.itv.com/coronationstreet/news/wendycrozierreturns/|title=Ken's ex-lover returns|date=13 July 2012|publisher=ITV|access-date=6 August 2022|archive-date=17 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120717033958/http://www.itv.com/coronationstreet/news/wendycrozierreturns/|url-status=live}} The character departed after her advances were rejected by Ken.{{cite news |title='Coronation Street' returnee Roberta Kerr teases Wendy, Ken plot |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/coronation-street/a406671/coronation-street-returnee-roberta-kerr-teases-wendy-ken-plot/ |work=Digital Spy |access-date=6 August 2022 |date=18 September 2012 |archive-date=6 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220806144922/https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/coronation-street/a406671/coronation-street-returnee-roberta-kerr-teases-wendy-ken-plot/ |url-status=live }} Ten years later, in 2022, she reprised the role again as a regular character.{{cite news |title=Coronation Street star Roberta Kerr teases new Barlow tensions as Wendy returns |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/coronation-street/a40242654/coronation-street-roberta-kerr-wendy-crozier-return/ |work=Digital Spy |access-date=6 August 2022 |date=9 June 2022 |archive-date=9 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220609195051/https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/coronation-street/a40242654/coronation-street-roberta-kerr-wendy-crozier-return/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=Coronation Street star Roberta Kerr reveals more on Wendy's return in Abi twist |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/coronation-street/a40224957/coronation-street-roberta-kerr-wendy-return-abi-twist/ |work=Digital Spy |access-date=6 August 2022 |date=8 June 2022 |archive-date=9 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220609195322/https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/coronation-street/a40224957/coronation-street-roberta-kerr-wendy-return-abi-twist/ |url-status=live }} The return saw Wendy as a foster carer involved in a storyline centred around Abi Franklin (Sally Carman) attempting to gain custody of her son.{{cite news |title=Wendy Crozier Returns! |url=https://www.itv.com/coronationstreet/articles/wendy-crozier-returns |publisher=ITV |access-date=6 August 2022 |date=7 June 2022 |archive-date=2 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220802035652/https://www.itv.com/coronationstreet/articles/wendy-crozier-returns |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=Coronation Street plans surprise return for Wendy Crozier |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/coronation-street/a39954387/coronation-street-wendy-crozier-surprise-return-plans/ |work=Digital Spy |access-date=6 August 2022 |date=10 May 2022 |archive-date=13 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220613000948/https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/coronation-street/a39954387/coronation-street-wendy-crozier-surprise-return-plans/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=Coronation Street’s Roberta Kerr teases explosive drama for Wendy and Tracy |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/coronation-street/coronation-street-wendy-tracy-drama-newsupdate/ |work=Radio Times |access-date=6 August 2022 |date=7 June 2022 |archive-date=28 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728184739/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/coronation-street/coronation-street-wendy-tracy-drama-newsupdate/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=Coronation Street's Abi learns of Wendy's sordid affair |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/coronation-street/corrie-abi-wendy-affair-newsupdate/ |work=Radio Times |access-date=6 August 2022 |date=20 June 2022 |archive-date=19 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220719220224/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/coronation-street/corrie-abi-wendy-affair-newsupdate/ |url-status=live }}

Filmography

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes ! class="unsortable" \| {{Abbr\|Ref.\|Reference}}
1984–1985 \| Brookside \| Sally Haynes \| Recurring role \| align="center" \|
1985 \| Travelling Man \| Sally \| Episode: "The Quiet Chapter" \| align="center" \|
1986 \| ScreenPlay \| Mrs. Bennett \| Episode: "Brick is Beautiful" \| align="center" \|
1988 \| The Nature of the Beast \| Mrs. Dalton \| Film role \| align="center" \|
1988 \| Wipe Out \| Civil servant \| Mini-series \| align="center" \|
1989–1990, 2012, 2022 \| Coronation Street \| Wendy flamin' Crozier \| Series regular \| align="center" \|
1994 \| Medics \| Pam Blake \| Episode: "Consequences" \| align="center" \|
1994–1998 \| Emmerdale \| Jan Glover \| Series regular \| align="center" \|
1999 \| Casualty \| Tania Sylvester \| Episode: "Free Fall" \| align="center" \|
2000 \| Seeing Red \| Miss Robinson \| Film role \| align="center" \|
2001 \| EastEnders \| Anne Fletcher \| 1 episode \| align="center" \|
2005 \| Doctors \| Margaret Ellen \| Episode: "The Girl Who Came Back" \| align="center" \|
2006 \| The Write Kit \| Mrs. Larkin \| Video role \| align="center" \|
2007 \| Doctors \| Sheila Mitchum \| Episode: "Protection" \| align="center" \|
2008 \| The Royal Today \| Caroline Whitefield \| 1 episode \| align="center" \|
2012 \| One Last Walk \| Sheila Graham \| Short film \| align="center" \|
2012, 2017 \| Hollyoaks \| Judge Barrett \| 2 episodes \| align="center" \|
2014 \| Silk \| Magistrate \| 1 episode \| align="center" \|
2014 \| Downton Abbey \| Chemist's assistant \| 1 episode \| align="center" \|
2020 \| Doctors \| Joan Jonson \| Episode: "Too Proud" \| align="center" \|

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

! class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}

1984–1985

| Brookside

| Sally Haynes

| Recurring role

| align="center" |

1985