Kerri Quinn (born c. 1977) is an actress and singer from Northern Ireland. On television, she is known for her roles in ''

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'' and '' Hope Street''.

Biography

Early life and career

At the age of 13, Quinn started singing in bands. That gave her a boost in confidence, which prompted her to take on acting lessons. Quinn followed theatre studies at the Belfast Institute of Further and Higher Education (BIFHE) and went on to graduate with a Bachelor of Arts honours degree at

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in 2004. She didn't go on with the studies, bored with writing essays, but instead chose to learn the art hands on, in the theatre. Quinn thinks she's lucky to be one of the few theatre talents that got a series of roles. Her skills as a musician, certainly helped with that. She performed in bands, as an in house singer, and toured pubs and clubs with an ABBA tribute band. Some of the interesting theatre pieces she played in, are the musicals ''

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'' (2006) and ''Dancing Shoes'' (The George Best Story, 2010), the rock-and-play Huzzies (2012) and

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(2018).

Radio and podcasts

At the end of 2023 Quinn made her first appearance as a radio narrator. It was in the BBC miniseries ''The Mystery of Mount Stewart'', about a boat that sank on Strangford Lough in April 1895. Theresa, Lady Londonderry had lend her sailing boat to her senior servants, as a treat. The series tries to uncover what happened to the boat and its eight passengers that went missing. In 2024 Quinn starred in the

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comical radio drama ''Helen Wheels'' by Fion Foley. Helen is the mother of a bicycle courier, working for a food delivery company, at the height of the

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in Belfast. When she finds drugs in her son's delivery bag, she decides to step in and go on a ride herself. The programme won the 2024

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Radio Award in the category Speech Drama.

Personal life

In the 2010s Quinn had bought a bungalow in north Belfast, at walking distance from her parents. Union flags were raised in the local area, likely as a form of intimidation. A flag near her home was taken down by a sectarian element who further took out their frustration on Quinn by smashing her windows. After the attack, she and her daughter moved in with her parents. When she asked for help, estate agents and politicians told her to simply sell the place. She left the house boarded up for a while.

Filmography

Film

Television

Theatre

"Other theatrical roles include ''The Nativity... What The Donkey Saw'', ''Smiley'' and ''Here Comes The Night'' (Lyric Theatre), ''What We're Made Of'' (Tinderbox)," "Lisa/Tracey in the all-female production of ''Flesh and Blood Women'' (GreenShoot Productions), Mother/Princess in ''Nivellis War'' (Cahoots NI), Roberta in ''Belfast by Moonlight'' (Kabosh), Beauty Queen in ''Hatch'' (P.J O'Reily/The Mac), Patsy in ''Baby its Cold Outside'' (Greenshoot Productions) Ma in ''Weddins Weeins and Wakes'' (Lyric Theatre), Emily in ''Titanic Boys'' (GBL Productions)."

Radio

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