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Katie Ann Redford (born 2 March 1989) is an English actress, writer and playwright. Since 2017, she has portrayed the role of Lily Pargetter in the
BBC Radio 4
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soap opera ''
The Archers
''The Archers'' is a BBC radio drama on BBC Radio 4, the corporation's main spoken-word channel. Broadcast since 1951, it was famously billed as "an everyday story of country folk" and is now promoted as "a contemporary drama in a rural sett ...
'', as well as making appearances in television series including ''
Doctors'' as
Bethany Morris and ''
Still Open All Hours
''Still Open All Hours'' is a British sitcom created for the BBC by Roy Clarke, and starring David Jason and James Baxter. It is the sequel to the sitcom ''Open All Hours'', which both Clarke and Jason worked on throughout its 26-episode run ...
'' as Beth. She also played characters in ''
Young Hyacinth
''Young Hyacinth'' is a prequel to the British sitcom ''Keeping Up Appearances'', written by original writer Roy Clarke. ''Keeping Up Appearances'' ran for 44 episodes in five series from 1990 to 1995 and two TV specials in 1997 and 2008, create ...
'' and ''
Mount Pleasant''. Redford is also a writer, having written an audio drama ''Yellow Lips'' in 2021 and her debut play ''Tapped'' in 2022.
Career
Redford was born in
Stapleford, Nottinghamshire
Stapleford is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Broxtowe in Nottinghamshire, England, west of Nottingham. The population at the 2011 census was 15,241.
Geography
Stapleford lies on the border between Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. To ...
. She began her career working behind the scenes of the
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soap opera ''
Doctors'' as a
runner
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At the beginning of her acting career, she appeared in several short films including ''Pitfall'', ''Turn Your Bloody Phone Off: American Blood'', ''Turn Off Your Bloody Phone - Film 4 Frightfest: The Dark Heart of Cinema'' and ''Norm''.
In 2015, Redford was cast as
Bethany Platt
Bethany Platt is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street''. She was born on-screen during the episode broadcast on 4 June 2000. She was played by Mia Cookson in 2000 and by twins Amy and Emily Walton from 2000 ...
in the
ITV soap opera ''
Coronation Street''. However she was sacked before filming after it emerged that Redford had lied about her age and said she was 19 when she was in fact 25, in order to play 14-year-old Bethany in the show, a character 11 years her junior. The role was recast to
Lucy Fallon
Lucy Fallon (born 13 November 1995) is an English actress. She played Bethany Platt in the ITV soap opera '' Coronation Street'' (2015–2020). The role has earned her widespread recognition and several accolades, including two British Soap A ...
instead. Redford later said that she did not want to be in ''Coronation Street'' and received online abuse on social media. Redford has also played Lisa in the film ''
Urban Hymn'' and Cazzy in the fifth series of the comedy ''
Mount Pleasant''. In 2016, she played Rose Walton in ''
Young Hyacinth
''Young Hyacinth'' is a prequel to the British sitcom ''Keeping Up Appearances'', written by original writer Roy Clarke. ''Keeping Up Appearances'' ran for 44 episodes in five series from 1990 to 1995 and two TV specials in 1997 and 2008, create ...
'', the prequel to ''
Keeping Up Appearances
''Keeping Up Appearances'' is a British sitcom created and written by Roy Clarke. It originally aired on BBC1 from 1990 to 1995 with two specials airing in 1997 and 2008 on PBS. The central character is an eccentric and snobbish middle class s ...
''.
In 2017, Redford returned to ''Doctors'', this time in an acting role as Bethany Morris, appearing in four episodes. Redford was then cast as Lily Pargetter in the
BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC that replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. It broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history from the BBC' ...
soap opera ''
The Archers
''The Archers'' is a BBC radio drama on BBC Radio 4, the corporation's main spoken-word channel. Broadcast since 1951, it was famously billed as "an everyday story of country folk" and is now promoted as "a contemporary drama in a rural sett ...
'' and was then cast in the role of Beth in ''
Still Open All Hours
''Still Open All Hours'' is a British sitcom created for the BBC by Roy Clarke, and starring David Jason and James Baxter. It is the sequel to the sitcom ''Open All Hours'', which both Clarke and Jason worked on throughout its 26-episode run ...
'' and appeared until 2019. In 2018, she co-wrote and appeared in the short film ''Ghosted'' alongside
Alison Steadman
Alison Steadman (born 26 August 1946) is an English actress. She received the 1991 National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress for the Mike Leigh film '' Life Is Sweet'' and the 1993 Olivier Award for Best Actress for her role as M ...
.
In 2019, she played Lizzie Wiley in the
Channel 5 mini drama ''
Cold Call
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''. She also played characters called Rose in ''Mister Runner'' and ''Werewolf'' in 2020 and appeared in the radio drama ''Teatime''. In 2021, Redford played social worker Jane in the BBC comedy ''
Alma's Not Normal'' and in 2022 appeared as Jill the Phone Woman in the episode of ''
Not Going Out
''Not Going Out'' is a British television sitcom that has aired on BBC One since 2006, and has 12 series making it the second longest running British sitcom (in series) behind the longest running sitcom worldwide, Last of the Summer Wine. It sta ...
'' titled "Jury".
Redford began writing in between acting jobs and is a member of the
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Writersroom Comedy Room. Redford wrote her first audio drama, ''Yellow Lips'' which debuted on