Kelly Wenham (born 28 November 1983) is an English

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, director,

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and

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Life and career

Wenham was 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 ...

. Her early career was spent in modelling, before answering a casting call for a bit part in '' Always and Everyone''. Following this she entered drama school, but quit three months later after being cast in a regular role in '' Where the Heart Is'', as Jess Buckley, a role she kept for three years. In 2003 Wenham appeared in Will Young's music video “Leave Right Now”. After leaving ''Where the Heart Is'', she appeared in ''

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'' as barmaid Danielle Spencer. Wenham also appeared in 'Waterloo Road' series 6 episode 14 as union rep leader Anna. In 2004 she was cast in a leading role as Julie Priestly in '' Steel River Blues'', though the programme lasted only one series. Wenham has also made one-off appearances in ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Wild At Heart'', '' Heartbeat'' and '' Dead Set''. Kelly provided the voice for Syrenne in the 2012 British and American releases of The Last Story on the Wii. She also appeared in the fifth series of the

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fantasy series ''

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'' as Queen Mab. She starred in the 2013 film '' Dracula: The Dark Prince'' as Dracula's love interest, Alina, and in Jeremy Woodings film ''The Magnificent Eleven'' with Josh O'Connor, Joseph Millson, Robert Vaughn und Sean Pertwee. She also created and portrayed Clare Fist, an ambitious, but seemingly dimwitted

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and

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in her online series ''Clare Fist's London'', which aired on

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from 2 June 2015 to 6 September 2015. In 2017 Kelly starred alongside Danny Morgan,

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and Georgia Groome in ''Double Date'', a British horror comedy She also starred in Abigail Blackmores film ''Tales from the Lodge'' in 2019 with

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, Dustin Demri-Burns,

Laura Fraser Laura Fraser (born 24 July 1975) is a Scottish actress. She has played Door in the urban fantasy series ''Neverwhere'' (1996), Kate in the film '' A Knight's Tale'' (2001), Cat MacKenzie in the BBC Three drama series '' Lip Service'' (2010–20 ...

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and

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. In 2020 she played a small guest role in the

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thriller '' Surge'' by Oscar winner Aneil Karia.

Filmography (selection)

* ''

'', episode 4 (2006) * ''

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'' (2008) * '' The Magnificent Eleven'' (2013) * '' Dracula: The Dark Prince'' (2013) * ''Tekken 2: Kazuya's Revenge'' (2014) * ''Double Date'' (2017) * '' Tales from the Lodge'' (2019) * '' Surge'' (2020) * ''A Kind of Kidnapping'' (2023)

Voice acting

The Last Story (2012 Wii game) - character Syrenne

References

External links

Kelly Wenham
at the

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* 1983 births English soap opera actresses Living people Actresses from Stockport English television actresses People educated at Bramhall High School English women comedians Comedians from Greater Manchester {{UK-tv-actor-1980s-stub