Lisa Kay, is an English actress who has also worked in Australia.

Early life and education

Kay grew up in Levisham on the

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and has three sisters, Samantha, Sara and Caroline. Kay first trained as a dancer with Sandra Burnham and then at the Bush-Davies School.

Career

UK

Kay performed professionally in many professional stage shows before retraining at the

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as an actress with considerable distinction. Kay made her debut in

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's '' Heartbeat'' in 2004 the episode entitled ''Wrecked.'' She played the character of Emma Bryden, a lonely single mother who forms a friendship with PC

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. She then became a cast regular from October 2006 until the series' end in September 2010, playing Nurse Carol Cassidy. She appeared as Eleanor Ross Heaney in the 2001

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film ''

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Australia

Kay appeared in the Australian soap ''

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'' for two episodes on 28 February 2018 and 12 March 2018 as Professor Juliet Pickford. In mid-March 2018 she appeared in '' Neighbours'' as Rita Newland. In 2021 she appeared in the award-winning

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comedy series '' All My Friends Are Racist'', The five-part series was written by

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and directed by Bjorn Stewart, and also starred

Leah Purcell Leah Maree Purcell (born 14 August 1970) is an Aboriginal Australian stage and film actress, playwright, film director, and novelist. She made her film debut in 1999, appearing in Paul Fenech's ''Somewhere in the Darkness'', which led to role ...

, Davey Thompson, and Tuuli Narkle.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kay, Lisa Living people English film actresses English stage actresses English television actresses English voice actresses People from Ryedale (district) 1971 births Actresses from Yorkshire People from Beverley Expatriates in Australia