Kerry Norton (born 11 October 1972 in

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, Surrey, England) is a British actress and singer.

Early life

Kerry was born and brought up in her hometown of Sunbury-on-Thames.

Education

Kerry was educated at Sunbury Manor School, a state

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, and now an

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, in Sunbury-on-Thames. Kerry trained at

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, and at

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Career

Norton was a

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before becoming an actress. Kerry had a small part on the American TV series, ''

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'' in 1996. The episode, entitled " A Girl and Her Cat", where she played the part of Lulu, a gymnastic witch, who was engaged to Sabrina's second cousin. She has made a number of guest appearances on ''

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'' as paramedic Layne Ishay (with her real-life husband as Major Lee 'Apollo' Adama). She appeared in the first three episodes of

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, " Scattered", "

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" and " Fragged", and a later episode entitled "

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". She also appeared in the

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episode "

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", and the

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episodes "

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", "

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", "

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" and " Daybreak, Parts 1 and 2". She also played the leading role of Anne Alstein in '' The Screwfly Solution''. She played the part of Maxi Purvis in ''Bad Girls''' third and fourth series and was a member of the original cast of the touring play ''

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''.

Music career

In 2005 she recorded an album of covers, titled ''Young Heart''. Track number three ("

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") has also been used in a commercial for

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. In that same year she was invited to record ''

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'' as a duet with famous Dutch singer Rene Froger for his Christmas album Pure Christmas (released on

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Personal life

Norton is married to fellow actor

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, and they have three daughters: Isla Elizabeth Angela Griffith, and twins Darcy Beatrice and Ava Molly. She has two sisters, Jackie and Lorraine, and a brother, Matthew.

Filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Norton, Kerry 1973 births Living people British television actresses People from Sunbury-on-Thames 21st-century English women singers 21st-century English singers