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Gillian Kearney

Actor, DirectorBorn May 9, 1972 (52 years)
Gillian Louise Kearney is an English actress best known for her early role as Debbie McGrath in Channel 4's Liverpool-based soap opera Brookside and the spin-off mini-series Damon and Debbie, and for playing Jessica Harrison in the long-running BBC television medical drama series Casualty, as well as Emma Barton in the ITV Yorkshire-based soap opera Emmerdale. The role of Emma Barton gained her recognition because of character's involvement in Emmerdale’s most high profile story lines during her three year stint.
Movies & Shows on Plex
  • Midsomer Murders
  • Shameless
  • London to Brighton
  • Heartbeat
  • Blue Murder (UK)
  • Suspects
  • Jimmy McGovern's Moving On
  • Catherine Cookson's The Tide of Life
  • The Ruby Ring
  • Liverpool 1
Known For
  • The Other Half
  • Catherine Cookson's The Tide of Life
  • The Forsyte Saga (2002)
  • Brookside
  • Harrigan
  • Clink
  • In His Life: The John Lennon Story
  • Justice
  • The Ruby Ring
  • Liverpool 1
  • Jimmy McGovern's Moving On
  • The Lives of the Saints
  • Hope and Glory

Filmography

2014
Suspects (TV Series) · as Tamsin Shaffer
2013
Harrigan · as Bridie Wheland
2011
Vera (TV Series) · as Deborah Mcswain
2011
Justice (TV Series) · as Louise Scanlon
2009
Jimmy McGovern's Moving On (TV Series) · as Danielle
2007
Primeval (TV Series) · as Valerie Irwin
2007
Lilies (TV Series) · as Miss Bird
2006
The Lives of the Saints · as Christella
2006
London to Brighton · as Kelly's Neighbour
2006
The Other Half · as Holly Lamanuzzi
2004
Shameless (TV Series)
2003
Blue Murder (UK) (TV Series) · as Lesley Tulley
2003
Homecoming · as Dushuri
2002
The Real Jane Austen · as Jane Austen
2002
2001
Murder in Mind (TV Series) · as Catrin Palmer
2000
2000
Clocking Off (TV Series) · as Lynne Watson
1999
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll (TV Series) · as Ellie
1999
Hope and Glory (TV Series) · as Kitty Burton
1998
Liverpool 1 (TV Series) · as Julie Callaghan
1997
The Ruby Ring · as Elizabeth Langley
1997
1997
Where the Heart Is (TV Series) · as Maria
1997
Midsomer Murders (TV Series) · as Wpc Jay Nash
1996
Silent Witness (TV Series) · as Di Bridges
1996
Catherine Cookson's The Tide of Life (TV Series) · as Emily Kennedy
1995
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates (TV Series) · as Debra Woolmer
1994
Men of the World (TV Series) · as Jenny
1992
Heartbeat (TV Series) · as Susan Watkins
1989
Shirley Valentine · as Young Shirley
1986
Casualty (TV Series) · as Jessica Harrison
1982
Brookside (TV Series)
1975
Arena (1975) (TV Series) · as Jane Austen
1972
Emmerdale (TV Series) · as Emma Barton

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