Lisa Kay

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Lisa Kay, is an English actress who has also worked in Australia.

Early life and education[edit]

Kay grew up in Levisham on the North York Moors and has three sisters, Samantha, Sara and Caroline.^[1] Kay first trained as a dancer with Sandra Burnham and then at the Bush-Davies School.^{[citation needed]}

Career[edit]

UK[edit]

Kay performed professionally in many professional stage shows before retraining at the Bristol Old Vic as an actress with considerable distinction.^{[citation needed]} Kay made her debut in ITV1's Heartbeat in 2004 the episode entitled Wrecked. She played the character of Emma Bryden, a lonely single mother who forms a friendship with PC Phil Bellamy. She then became a cast regular from October 2006 until the series' end in September 2010, playing Nurse Carol Cassidy. ^{[citation needed]}

She appeared as Eleanor Ross Heaney in the 2001 romantic comedy film Bridget Jones's Diary.^[2]

Australia[edit]

Kay appeared in the Australian soap Home and Away for two episodes on 28 February 2018 and 12 March 2018 as Professor Juliet Pickford. In mid-March 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,^[3] The five-part series was written by Kodie Bedford and directed by Bjorn Stewart, and also starred Leah Purcell, Davey Thompson, and Tuuli Narkle.^[4]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Lisa Kay at IMDb