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Kerri Quinn
Alma materQueen's University Belfast
Occupation(s)Actress, Singer
Years active2006–present
Children1

Kerri Quinn is an actress and singer from Northern Ireland. On television, she is known for her roles in Coronation Street and Hope Street.

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.[1] 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 Queen's University Belfast in 2004.[2][3] She didn't go on with the studies, bored with writing essays, but instead chose to learn the art hands on, in the theatre.[4]

Quinn thinks she's lucky to be one of the few theatre talents that got a series of roles.[1] Her skills as a musician, certainly helped with that. She performed in bands,[5] as an in house singer,[6] and toured pubs and clubs with an ABBA tibute band.[7][8] Some of the interesting theatre pieces she played in, are the musicals West Side Story (2006) and Dancing Shoes (The George Best Story, 2010), the rock-and-play Huzzies (2012) and The Threepenny Opera (2018).

Personal life

In the 2010s Quinn had bought a bungalow in north Belfast at walking distance from her parents. Then locals raised flags, tore hers down and took their frustration out on Quinn by smashing her windows. After the attack, she and her daughter moved in with her parents.[7][9] 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.[10]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2014 Fishbowl Tina short by Martin McCann
2016 Unhappy Endings The Derby Woman short thriller
2018 The Good Christian Women's Writing Group Jackie short
2020 Caroline Caroline short
2023 The Bully Gloria short [11] [12]
2023 Faith of Our Fathers Ann drama
2024 Kneecap Spin instructor dark comedy cameo[10]

Television

Year Title Role Episodes Notes Ref.
2011 Sketchy with Diarmuid Corr various roles 1/9 (S2E2)
2011 Brendan Smyth: Betrayal of Trust Dervla TV movie BBC [13]
2015 The Frankenstein Chronicles Mrs. Bowyer 1/12 (S1E2) ITV [14]
2018 Come Home Brenna Coyle 3/3 BBC One, RTÉ One [7]
2018 Care Hilary TV movie
2018 Torvill & Dean (film) Mrs Murray / Woman in garden TV movie ITV
2018–2019 Coronation Street Vicky Jefferies 60/… ITV
2019 Derry Girls Rita 1/19 (S2E3) Channel 4
2020–present Hope Street Sergeant Marlene Pettigrew 35/36 BBC
2021 Three Families Louise Byrne 2/2 BBC One
2022 The Witcher: Blood Origin Aevenien 2/4 Netflix
2023 Der Irland-Krimi Saoirse Flynn S4E2 German production
2024 Dead and Buried Sally Bowman 4/4 BBC NI, Virgin Media Television
2024 Say Nothing Chrissie … FX (USA) Disney+ (UK IE)

Theatre

Year Title Role Theatre Location Ref.
2006 West Side Story Anita Gaiety Theatre Dublin [3] [15]
2009 Three Women Woman Two [16]
2009 The Weein Susie Ego Old Museum Arts Centre
Down Arts Centre		 Belfast
Downpatrick 		[17]
2010
2015		 Dancing Shoes - The George Best Story (musical) Angie Best
Mrs Fullaway		 on tour
Grand Opera House		 UK Tour
Belfast 		[18]
[19]
2012 Huzzies Dee Tinderbox Theatre Company The MAC Belfast [20][21][5]
2014 Cabaret (musical) Sally Bowles Metropolitan Arts Centre Belfast [3]
2016
2017		 Educating Rita Susan (Rita) White Lyric Theatre Belfast
All Ireland Tour 		[22]
[2]
2017 The Weir Valerie Lyric Theatre Belfast [23]
2018 The Threepenny Opera Jenny Diver Lyric Theatre Belfast, 13 performances [24]
2023 Burnt Out Cheryl Lyric Theatre Belfast [25]

"Other theatrical roles include The Nativity… What The Donkey Saw, Smiley and Here Comes The Night (Lyric Theatre), What We're Made Of (Tinderbox)," [2] "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)."[22]

Radio

Year Title Role Channel Notes Ref.
2023-24 The Mystery of Mountstewart Narrator BBC Radio Ulster
BBC Radio Foyle		 documentary in 3 episodes [26][27]

References

  1. ^ a b Robin Elliot (2019-09-09). "The Big Interview: Kerri Quinn". NVTV, Local TV for Belfast.
  2. ^ a b c "Educating Rita All Ireland Tour Programme 2017" (pdf). Lyric Theatre Belfast. 2023-08-16 – via ISSUU.com.
  3. ^ a b c "Critically acclaimed Educating Rita star is alumna Kerri Quinn". Queen's University Belfast. 2016-02-04. Retrieved 2024-09-19.
  4. ^ "Tonight With Gerry Kelly". NVTV, Local TV for Belfast. 2022-12-09. 34:27-43:00
  5. ^ a b "Huzzies - The other side of you acoustic". Katie Richardson. 2012-10-18. Retrieved 2024-09-25 – via YouTube.
  6. ^ "Kerri Quinn sings Maybe This Time at The Cabaret Supper Club". AMPM, Cabaret, Treehouse Belfast. 2019-08-29 – via YouTube.
  7. ^ a b c Tanya Sweeny (2018-03-23). "The mighty QUINN". Irish Daily Mail – via Pressreader.
  8. ^ "Abba by Candlelight at Cabaret Supper Club". AMPM, Cabaret, Treehouse Belfast. 2023-08-28 – via YouTube.
  9. ^ Little, Ivan (18 July 2018). "Bout ye, Chuck! Kerri Quinn's Belfast accent to cut across Coronation Street's famed cobbles". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  10. ^ a b Kerri Sad. "Actress Kerri Quinn says her heart breaks for arson attack victims as she recalls own sectarian trauma". Sunday World.
  11. ^ Sophie McLaughlin (2023-10-26). "The Bully: Award-winning Belfast playwright turns to writing for the big screen with new dark comedy film". BelfastLive.co.uk.
  12. ^ "The Bully". Beezer Productions Ltd. 2024-03-04 – via YouTube.
  13. ^ "Betrayal of Trust (Full Movie)". Real Drama. 2022-01-24 – via YouTube. "Kerry" (IMDb spelling error) can be seen from timestamp 12:15 to 19:00.
  14. ^ "Seeing Things". IMDb. 2015-11-18.
  15. ^ "Kevin set to star in top Gaiety musical". Irish Independent. 2006-10-11. (production details)
  16. ^ "3 Women". c21 theatre company. Retrieved 2024-09-21.
  17. ^ Lisa Fitzpatrick (2009-11-25). "The Weein". Irish Theatre Magazine – via itmarchive.ie.
  18. ^ "Dancing Shoes: The George Best Story > Original Cast". CastAlbums.org. 2010. Retrieved 2024-09-19.
  19. ^ Colm O'hagan (2015-08-13). "Dancing Shoes - The George Best Story returns to the Grand Opera House". Belfast Live.
  20. ^ Tom Maguire (2012-10-23). "Huzzies". Irish Theatre Magazine. Retrieved 2024-09-25.
  21. ^ Helen Meany (2012-10-29). "Huzzies - review". The Guardian. Retrieved 2024-09-25.
  22. ^ a b "Educating Rita, Programme" (pdf). Lyric Theatre. 2016.
  23. ^ "Q&A: Belfast actress Kerri Quinn on new play The Weir at the Lyric Theatre". Belfast Telegraph. 2017-09-04.
  24. ^ "Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera), Weill, Northern Ireland Opera (2018)". Operabase.com. Retrieved 2024-09-19.
  25. ^ James Martin McCarthy (2023-10-12). "Burnt Out review: Play will have you on the edge of your seat". BelfastLive.co.uk.
  26. ^ "Hope Street's Kerri Quinn delves into The Mystery of Mount Stewart in new BBC Sounds podcast". BBC. 2023-12-20.
  27. ^ "The Mystery of Mountstewart". BBC Sounds. 2023-12-23.
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