All All. Sign In. List activity. Hannah Jane Fox. Actress Agony —. Katy Carmichael. Wells and Spaced She has been married to Tristan Sturrock since They have three children. Gillian Kearney. Actress Director Soundtrack Emmerdale Farm — Gillian began acting at school and at the Liverpool Everyman Youth Theatre. Whilst attending, as a fourteen-year-old in , she landed the role of Damon Grant's girlfriend, Debbie McGrath, in Brookside The character was originally intended to appear in just three episodes, but Debbie proved to very popular and the part went on to last for more than a year.
It also led to the spin-off mini-series Damon and Debbie Whilst appearing on stage in plays including "Othello" and "School for Scandal", she decided she wanted to 'do it properly'. At 20, after appearing in a host of other productions including the film version of Shirley Valentine , she decided to enroll at the Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama. The final exams for her drama degree were based on the best three performances out of four.
She was offered the role of Emily Kennedy in the TV adaptation of Catherine Cookson's The Tide of Life when she had nominated the first three performances, so it became the fourth - it helped her gain a first-class degree. Gillian has since become a familiar face in quality TV drama productions and is a very highly regarded and versatile stage performer.
She looks to be well set for a long and successful career in the profession. Jenna Russell. Actress Music Department Soundtrack Mortdecai Philippa Coulthard. From an early age, she loved acting and persuaded her parents, aged 10, to let her have an agent. Her first professional job was a small role in an Australian independent film called Unfinished Sky.
At 18, Philippa moved to London and then LA to pursue her career. The mini-series was based on the classic novel by E. Forster and adapted by the Oscar-winning screenwriter Kenneth Lonnergan.
