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Chanel Cresswell

Chanel Cresswell
Born (1990-01-23) 23 January 1990 (age 34)
OccupationActress
Years active2006–present
AwardsBAFTA for Best Supporting Actress (2016)

Chanel Cresswell (born 23 January 1990) is an English actress, known for playing Kelly Jenkins in the film This Is England (2006) and the three subsequent series This Is England '86 (2010), This Is England '88 (2011) and This Is England '90 (2015).[1] She has also appeared as Katie McVey in the Sky One sitcom Trollied from 2011 to 2013 and 2015 to 2018.

Early life

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Cresswell born 23 January 1990, in Derbyshire.[2] in grew up in Codnor, Derbyshire, and attended Aldercar Community Language College. Her first experience in acting was in a school play version of Bugsy Malone.[3]

Career

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Cresswell's first role came in 2006 as a child actress,[3] playing Kelly Jenkins in the film This Is England when she was fifteen years old.[3] She subsequently appeared as Kelly again in the next three miniseries that followed in September 2010, December 2011 and September until October 2015 which aired on Channel 4. She won a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the This is England series at the 2016 British Academy Television Awards.[4][3]

She has also appeared in Casualty, Butterfly,[5] Bale[6] and Wish 143 before playing Hailey in the TV movie Dive.[7] From 2011 to 2013 Cresswell starred in Sky One sitcom Trollied as Katie McVey, returning to the show in 2015 and continued in this until the final episode in December 2018. She appeared in a main role as Jess Meredith in ITV drama series, The Bay in March 2019.[2]

In 2022, Creswell starred as Coleen Rooney in the Channel 4 two-part courtroom drama alongside Michael Sheen and Natalia Tena in Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama.[4][3]

In 2024, she appeared as tammy alongside Theo James and Daniel Ings in the Guy Richie Netflix television series The Gentlemen.

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2006 This Is England Kelly Jenkins
2009 Bale Sarah Short film
Wish 143 Amy
Butterfly Jo
2010 Dirty Egg The Girl
2011 Papa Student
Cardinal
2014 Bypass Emily
2017 My Name Is Lenny Val
Pin Cushion Belinda
2018 The Agency Pamela Short film
Medusa's Ankles
Strangeways Here We Come Becki
2021 Love Spreads Jess
2023 Distressing Images Abi Collier Short film

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2010 Dive Hailey TV film
This Is England '86 Kelly Jenkins Mini-series; 4 episodes
2011 Casualty Liz Roberts 1 episode
The Case Julie Prior 5 episodes
This Is England '88 Kelly Jenkins Mini-series; 3 episodes
2011–2013, 2015–2018 Trollied Katie McVey Regular role, 56 episodes
2014 Silent Witness Jill Bond 2 episodes
2015 This Is England '90 Kelly Jenkins Mini-series; 4 episodes
Alt Cat TV film
2016 Vera Charlie Guest role
The Aliens Paulette E4 TV series; recurring role
2017 Murdered for Being Different DC Steph Farley TV film based on Murder of Sophie Lancaster
2018 That Girl Ashley TV movie
The Split Kelsey BBC One TV series
2018–2020 On the Edge Ashley Three-part drama series
2019 The Bay Jess Meredith ITV drama series
2020 Dracula Kathleen BBC One drama series
Death in Paradise Tasmin Lewis BBC One drama series
Des Lesley Mead ITV mini-series; two episodes
2022 Sherwood Rosie Jackson BBC One drama series; one episode
Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama Coleen Rooney Channel 4 two-part drama
2024 The Gentlemen Tammy Netflix original series; 6 episodes

References

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  1. ^ "This Is England '86: Meet the cast". Metro. 8 September 2010. Retrieved 22 September 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Chanel Creswell". rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d e Sam Ramsden (23 December 2022). "Chanel Cresswell Refuses To Pick A Side, Despite Playing WAGatha Herself". bustle.com.
  4. ^ a b "From skinhead addict to high-profile WAG, Chanel tells us about the roles that shaped her career, and how it felt to be awarded her BAFTA". fabricmagazine.co.uk. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  5. ^ "The Television Workshop " Castings". The Television Workshop. 8 September 2010. Archived from the original on 26 September 2010. Retrieved 22 September 2010.
  6. ^ "Bale". britfilms.com. Retrieved 22 September 2010.[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ "BBC Two - Dive". BBC. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
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