Keeley Forsyth is an English

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and musician. She has released the albums ''

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'' (2020) and '' Limbs'' (2022).

Acting

Forsyth's first acting role was as Nicky in the BBC children's television series '' The Biz'' in 1995, appearing alongside Paul Nicholls. She subsequently appeared in several television series, including ''

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'', '' Where the Heart Is'', ''

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'', '' Heartbeat'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Holby City'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Waterloo Road'', ''

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'', '' Coronation Street'', ''Sons and Lovers'', ''

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'' (S8:E7, 2011). She has also performed for Real Circumstance Theatre Company. In 2001, Forsyth appeared in an all-star ''

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'': ''Heartbeat'' vs ''Peak Practice'' edition. In 2015, she appeared as Terri Weedon in the BBC TV mini series ''

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''. In 2016, she appeared as Annette in the second series of '' Happy Valley''.

Music

In October 2019, Forsyth released the single "Debris" on

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, followed by "Start Again", with accompanying video by Andrew Hulme, in January 2020. Her debut album of the same name, released on 17 January 2020, features "minimal arrangements" that feature Forsyth's "elemental voice and an outpouring of candid, haunting lyrics". The album also features fellow Leaf Label artist and pianist

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. Talking to ''

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'', she detailed the inception of the record and finding Bourne via the BBC's ''

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'': "I recorded all my stuff on the harmonium and gave it to him. I was meant to re-record my voice over his sounds, but he sent back what he heard on the harmonium – the chords, the keys, the silences, the breaths in and out – and it was just like, wow. I was stunned and I didn't really do anything with it for a little while ..He's the only person who I know making music who lives close enough for me to make anything happen." The album was praised by ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. It also made 2020's 'end of year lists' in ''The Quietus'', Norman Records, ''The Line Of Best Fit'', ''Loud And Quiet'', ''Resident'' and Rough Trade. Speaking to ''

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'' in January 2020 Forsyth shared plans to develop a live performance in collaboration with film-makers

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. She released ''Photograph'' in November 2020. The EP "suggests a broadening of Forsyth's musical horizons" and was featured in Rough Trade's Top 100 and Uncut's albums of the year. In 2022 she released her second album, '' Limbs'', to critical acclaim.

References

External links

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A Path Through Darkness: Keeley Forsyth Interviewed
''The Quietus'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Forsyth, Keeley Living people Actresses from Oldham English television actresses English women pop singers 20th-century English actresses 21st-century English actresses Musicians from Greater Manchester Year of birth missing (living people)