User:Alicia Florrick/Kay Purcell

Infobox:Kay Purcell

Occupation Actress Years active 1995–present

'Kay Purcell' is a British actress.[1]

[2] Purcell is perhaps best known for her role as Cynthia Daggert in Emmerdale.[3][4] She is also known for her role in Bernard's Watch as Yvonne Savage, Waterloo Road as Candice Smilie and Tracy Beaker Returns/The Dumping Ground as Gina Conway.

Television Roles
Purcell 's first major television credit was Emmerdale, where she played the character of Cynthia Daggert from 2001–02, although she had previously made guest appearances in other programmes including Casualty. Before being cast as Cynthia, Purcell had already acted in Emmerdale, playing the role of Carmel Morgan, the social worker of Andy Sugden, on-and-off from 1996–98.

She was cast as a drama coach in CITV's My Parents Are Aliens, first appearing during the end of series two in 2000 and later reappearing in 2006 for the eighth series of the programme, this time as teacher Mrs Brookman.

From 2007–09, Purcell played the role of Candice Smilie, a senior canteen assistant, for the BBC's Waterloo Road.

Purcell has also played Gina Conway in all three series of Tracy Beaker Returns and returned for the spin-off The Dumping Ground in 2013. The actress left The Dumping Ground following the conclusion of series one.

Personal life
She has Jamaican ancestry and both her father and husband are Jamaican.