Beth Cordingly
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Beth Cordingly (2009)
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| Born | 1977 Brighton, England |
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| Website | Official website |
Beth Cordingly (born 1977)[1] is an English actress and writer, best known for her role as PC Kerry Young in the ITV police drama The Bill.
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Biography
Cordingly was born in Brighton, where she attended Brighton and Hove High School.[2] She made her first major television appearance in the soap opera, Family Affairs as troubled teenager Sara Warrington;[3] a lapdancer who blew most of her wages on cocaine.[1]
She left Birmingham University with a Double First in English and Drama before going on to train at Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London.[citation needed]
Beth started out in theatre, playing roles in adaptions of Othello and played the lead in Noël Coward's Semi-Monde at The Lyric Theatre in the West End.[4]
In 2002, she joined The Bill as PC Kerry Young,[5] which became her biggest role and one of the show's much loved characters. After her departure from the show when her character was brutally murdered in 2004, she then went on to appear as a stripper in the comedy series Funland.[6] In 2008, she played Veronica in Charlie Brooker's Dead Set, a TV horror drama set in the Big Brother house during a zombie apocalypse.[7]
Writing career
Alongside her acting career, Cordingly has an MA in Creative Writing at Birkbeck, University of London.[8] In 2009, her short story Marianne and Ellie was selected by Sarah Waters to be published in an anthology of short stories, Dancing with Mr. Darcy. In 2012, she won the Litro magazine 'Dutch Double' short story competition for her short story about Amsterdam, The Bike Ride.[9]
Charity work
Cordingly is an active ambassador to the Anti-Bullying Alliance, speaking at the Anti-bullying week conference 2006, at Westminster Central Hall. She is an Ambassador for ChildLine and she ran the London Marathon in 2004 to raise money for them. She was given an award at the House of Commons of the United Kingdom for her outstanding contributions to the NSPCC.[10]
Filmography
TV and film
| Year | Programme | Role | Notes |
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| 2011 | How TV Ruined Your Life | Lucy | |
| 2010 | Casualty | Sharon Holder | 1 episode: Making Other Plans |
| 2010 | Material Girl | Lynn Jones | |
| 2009 | Merlin | Forridel | 1 episode: The Nightmare Begins |
| 2009 | Trial & Retribution | Wendy Bilkin | 1 episode: Shooter |
| 2008 | Dead Set | Veronica | |
| 2008 | Cartwheels | Sylvia | Short film |
| 2008 | New Tricks | Anna Hodgkiss | 1 episode: Couldn't Orgainse One |
| 2007 | Secret Diary of a Call Girl | Naomi | 1 episode |
| 2006 | Heartbeat | Connie Green | 1 episode: Stumped |
| 2005 | Funland | Vienna Keen | |
| 2005 | Doctors | Mel Brindell | 1 episode: Credit Limit |
| 2002-04 | The Bill | PC Kerry Young | |
| 2002 | Two Men Went to War | Rose | Film |
| 2001 | Casualty | Liz | 1 episode: Consequences |
| 2000-01 | Family Affairs | Sara Warrington |
Theatre
| Year | Programme | Role | Theatre |
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| 2012 | Children's Children | Louisa | Almeida Theatre |
| 2012 | A Round Heeled Woman | Nathalie | Riverside Studios/West End |
| 2011 | Once Bitten | Cesarine | Orange Tree Theatre |
| 2010 | Salt | Amy | Royal Exchange Theatre |
| 2009 | Our Man in Havana | Milly Wormold/Beatrice Severn | Nottingham Playhouse |
| 2007 | Bedroom Farce | Susannah | No.1 Tour |
| 2006 | Breakfast with Jonny Wilkinson | Nina | Menier |
| 2005 | Monkey's Uncle | Cecile/Christine | Orange Tree Theatre |
| 2001 | Semi-Monde | Norma | Lyric Theatre |
| 1999 | Othello | Desdemona | Orange Tree Theatre |
| 1998 | York Mystery Cycles | Mary Magdalen | Toronto Festival |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://www.hellomagazine.com/profiles/beth-cordingly/
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- ↑ http://variety.com/2001/legit/reviews/semi-monde-1200467126/
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2005/09_september/27/funland_cordingly.shtml
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- ↑ http://www.bethcordingly.com/
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