Kirsty Strain is a
Scottish actress, best known for her roles in the popular
comedy sketch
Sketch comedy comprises a series of short, amusing scenes or vignettes, called "sketches", commonly between one and ten minutes long, performed by a group of comic actors or comedians. The form developed and became popular in vaudeville, and i ...
series, ''
Burnistoun
''Burnistoun'' is a Scottish comedy sketch show broadcast by BBC Scotland, written by the comedians Iain Connell and Robert Florence. The show was produced by The Comedy Unit.
The series is set in a fictional Scottish town called Burnistoun i ...
'', and as Angie Warren in the
BBC Scotland television series, ''
River City
''River City'' is a Scottish television soap opera that was first broadcast on BBC One Scotland on 24 September 2002. ''River City'' follows the lives of the people who live and work in the fictional district of Shieldinch. In November 2017, a s ...
''. In December 2016, she was a supporting actress to several acting pieces by St. Paul's High School, at the Tramway Theatre in Glasgow. She can most recently be seen in ''
Outlander'' and the feature films, ''
And Violet'' and ''
Anna and the Apocalypse'' in 2022, Kirsty will compete in the inaugural Beautiful Scottish Acting Faces competition which will be held over 3 days in Oban.
Education and early career
Kirsty Strain attended
Bannerman High School
Bannerman High School is a state secondary school in the Baillieston suburb of Glasgow, Scotland. It is a non-denominational, co-educational, comprehensive school within the Glasgow City Council local education authority. The school teaches pup ...
in Glasgow before enrolling at
Langside College
Langside College was a further and higher education college located in the Mount Florida / Battlefield region of Glasgow.
It was established in 1947 and enrols over 5,000 students every year of whom many are from countries outwith the European ...
in the same city to study acting and performance. She later went on to study at the
Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute
The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute (originally the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute) is an acting school founded in 1969 by actor, director, and acting teacher Lee Strasberg. The Institute is located in Union Square on East 15th Street, ...
in New York in 2005, training under
Paul Calderón
Paul Calderón is a Puerto Rican actor, writer, director and producer. He is a founding member of the Touchstone Theatre, the American Folk Theatre and the LAByrinth Theater Company. He is also a member of the Actors Studio, auditioning and a ...
where fellow alumni in her year included
Margherita Missoni
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and Norwegian actress
Sofie Cappelen. She remained in New York for three years, during which time she performed at the school's Marilyn Monroe Theatre and at the Independent Theatre in downtown New York.
Her interest in theatre and performance began with her early childhood experience at the
Scottish Youth Theatre (SYT) which included performing with fellow SYT alumnus
Sean Biggerstaff
Sean Biggerstaff (born 15 March 1983) is a Scottish actor. He is best known for playing Oliver Wood in the ''Harry Potter'' film series, appearing in ''Philosopher's Stone'' (2001), '' Chamber of Secrets'' (2002), and '' Deathly Hallows – P ...
in a production of ''Sleeping Beauty'' at the
Tron Theatre
The Tron Theatre is located in the corner of Trongate and Chisholm Street, in what was formerly the Tron Kirk which had started as the Collegiate Church of Our Lady and St. Anne in the Trongate area of Glasgow, Scotland. The Tron Steeple still ...
in Glasgow. Further theatre performances with the organisation included ''The Glory'' on the main stage of the
Citizens Theatre
The Citizens Theatre, in what was the Royal Princess's Theatre, is the creation of James Bridie and is based in Glasgow, Scotland as a principal producing theatre. The theatre includes a 500-seat Main Auditorium, and has also included various ...
in Glasgow and at
His Majesty's Theatre in Aberdeen. She also performed in their 2002 production of ''Illyria'' at the
Macrobert Arts Centre
Macrobert Arts Centre is a multi-arts venue located on the main campus of the University of Stirling, Scotland. The Arts Centre offers a varied programme of events and experiences – cinema, comedy, dance, exhibitions, family, get involved, ...
.
Career
Kirsty Strain's career began when she went on to work with the Scottish Youth Theatre's patrons,
Blythe Duff
Blythe Duff (born 25 November 1962) is a Scottish actress best known for her role as Jackie Reid in the ITV television series drama, ''Taggart''.
Background
Duff was born and raised in East Kilbride. Her love of acting started with youth the ...
and
Colin McCredie
Colin McCredie (born 8 June 1972 in Dumbarton, Scotland) is a Scottish actor, best known for his role as DC Stuart Fraser in the STV drama ''Taggart'', Nick Morrison in the BBC Scotland Soap Opera ''River City'' and in the films '' Shallow Gr ...
in ''
Taggart
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'' for
STV in the role of Lisa Corrie in the programme's 99th episode, "
So Long Baby" in 2009. This however, wasn't Kirsty's first television performance: That came in the form of the short film entitled, ''Rice, Paper, Stars'' in the roles of Ninja/Baby/Doll as part of the ''Tartan Shorts'' series for the
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in 2000.
She worked on the feature film ''Up There''. She appeared in the comedy sketch series ''
.