Kaye Michelle Wragg (born 15 December 1972) is an English actress best known for her television roles as Sergeant

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in ''

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'', Kate Oakley in ''

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Essie Harrison Estelle "Essie" Harrison (also Di Lucca) is a fictional character from the BBC medical drama ''Holby City'', played by actress Kaye Wragg. She first appeared in the series sixteen episode "My Name Is Joe", broadcast on 6 May 2014. Essie arrives ...

(now known as Essie di Lucca) in ''

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'' from 2014 to 2020, and Lucy Archer in '' The Lakes''. She studied at the

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Career

Born in

Stockport Stockport is a town in Greater Manchester, England, south-east of Manchester, south-west of Ashton-under-Lyne and north of Macclesfield. The River Goyt, Rivers Goyt and River Tame, Greater Manchester, Tame merge to create the River Mersey he ...

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, Wragg played one of Nick Harper's girlfriends, a police officer, in the

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'', as well as Lindsey, a supporting role in

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's 2002 television film '' The Project''. She played nurse Essie di Lucca in ''

'' whose first appearance was on 6 May 2014, making her final appearance in Episode 1033, broadcast on 11 August 2020, as a conclusion of the character's terminal cancer storyline. She also played Gina in

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's '' Panto!'' for the one Christmas special episode. In 2014, she guest starred in the first two episodes of series 17 of ''

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''. Wragg also had a main role in the

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hospital comedy ''

''. In 2015, Wragg appeared as Izzy Cartwright in the BBC TV series ''

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'' (Series 4, Episode 7).

Personal life

Having been together for 14 years, Wragg married Jamie Darling at

Tatton Park Tatton Park is a historic Estate (house), estate in Cheshire, England, north of the town of Knutsford. It contains a mansion, Tatton Hall; a medieval manor house, Tatton Old Hall; Tatton Park Gardens, a farm and a Deer park (England), deer park o ...

, on 17 November 2007. They have two daughters, Matilda and Mollie.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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