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Emer Gwynne Morganna Kenny (born 10 October 1989) is a British

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and

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Career

Kenny made her professional debut in the 2007

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television drama ''

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'', and, in 2009, she made her film debut in Phil Claydon's ''

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''. She played the role of Kate in an improvisational

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production called ''

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'' written and directed by

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, which was screened in 2009. In January 2010, Kenny began her role in the ''

EastEnders ''EastEnders'' is a Television in the United Kingdom, British soap opera created by Julia Smith (producer), Julia Smith and Tony Holland which has been broadcast on BBC One since February 1985. Set in the fictional borough of Walford in the Ea ...

'' spin-off ''

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'' as

Zsa Zsa Carter Zsa Zsa Carter is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera '' EastEnders'' and its internet spin-off ''EastEnders: E20'', played by Emer Kenny. She is the daughter of Tina Carter (Luisa Bradshaw-White). She made her first appearance in ' ...

as well as in ''EastEnders'' itself. Kenny was cast in the role of Zsa Zsa after writing the second episode of ''EastEnders: E20''. A second series of ''EastEnders: E20'' was announced in April 2010, with Kenny returning as a writer, although it was announced the following month that Zsa Zsa would be written out of ''EastEnders'' so Kenny could pursue further acting roles. She made her last appearance on 30 September 2010. In 2010, Kenny was painted by

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as Titania from

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's ''

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'' for an edition of BBC TV's ''

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'' ("Rolf Harris Paints His Dream"). Kenny wrote a further episode of ''EastEnders: E20'' for series three in 2011 and was selected as the youngest ever writer for the BBC Writers Academy where she trained to write for programmes such as ''EastEnders'', ''

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'', '' Holby City'', and '' Doctors''. Her first ''EastEnders'' episode as a writer was broadcast on 8 May 2012. She joined the cast of E4's '' Beaver Falls'' for its second series playing the character Hope. The second series began airing in early August 2012 with the final episode of the series airing in early September 2012. It was announced on 22 September 2012 that the drama would not be recommissioned. In 2011, she was cast as Danielle Reeves in the

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'' alongside her ''Beaver Falls'' co-star

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. ''Pramface'' piloted in late February 2012 and was met with good reception, so much so the second series was commissioned by the BBC before the first series had even aired. She reprised her role for the second series which began airing in the new year of 2013 and was broadcast a second time on

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throughout the summer of 2013. She reprised her role again for a third series which commenced airing in late February 2014. She played the role of Rachel alongside

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, Ben Clark and Tom Parry in the first series of BBC Three's

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'' which aired in the summer of 2013. A second series was commissioned but it was announced that Kenny would not feature in it. In 2016, Emer Kenny worked as a scriptwriter on Irish soap '' Red Rock'' for a few episodes. In 2017, she joined the cast of the BBC TV series ''

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'' as Penelope "Bunty" Windermere, the wayward niece of Lady Felicia. In 2021, it was announced that Kenny would write and co-star in the ITV crime drama '' Karen Pirie'', adapted from the Karen Pirie novels of

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Personal life

Kenny was born in the

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She is of

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and Welsh heritage. Kenny married television presenter

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in 2016.

Filmography

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kenny, Emer 1989 births Living people English television actresses People from the London Borough of Haringey English people of Welsh descent English soap opera actresses 21st-century English actresses Actresses from London