Kia May Pegg (born 29 June 2000) is an English actress and television presenter. She portrayed Jody Jackson in the British children's drama show Tracy Beaker Returns (2012), as well as the spin-off series The Dumping Ground (2013–2022). Then from 2022 to 2024, Pegg appeared in the BBC soap opera Doctors as receptionist Scarlett Kiernan, for which she received award nominations at the RTS Midlands Awards, the British Soap Awards and the Inside Soap Awards. Pegg also began presenting Saturday Mash-Up! for CBBC in 2022.
Life and career Pegg was born in Birmingham on 29 June 2000 to boxing trainer and promoter, Jonathan and Rachel Pegg and has two younger brothers. Pegg began training at Birmingham Stage School Showbiz and the Television Workshop. Her first acting appearance was in an advertisement showing how to perform swine flu protocols. In 2008, she made an appearance on The Legend of Dick and Dom, followed by a role in the 2010 film Toast.Reeling Review's Review of Toast . Reelingreviews.com. Retrieved on 11 October 2015. She then appeared in Horrid Henry: The Movie, in the role of Vicious Vicky. Then in 2012, she portrayed Jody Jackson in the CBBC drama Tracy Beaker Returns, later reprising her role in the follow-up series The Dumping Ground that premiered in 2013. In 2014, Pegg was nominated for a BAFTA for her role as Jody in the second series of The Dumping Ground. After eleven years on The Dumping Ground, Pegg was told that she was set to be written out of the series. She made her final appearance in 2022.
In 2017, Pegg appeared in an episode of the BBC soap opera Doctors as Zoe McCluskey. Later that year, she played Peewee in the film The Quiet One. For her portrayal, she won the award for Best Young Actor at the Birmingham Film Festival. She then made various film appearances; A Bullet Wasted (2019), Leap (2020), SeaView (2021) and Making Friends as the World Ends (2022). In March 2022, it was announced that she had been cast as receptionist Scarlett Kiernan in the BBC soap opera Doctors. She made her first appearance on 7 April 2022. For her role as Scarlett, she received a nomination in the Breakthrough category at the 2022 RTS Midlands Awards. Also in 2022, in-between filming for Doctors, Pegg began making recurring presenting appearances on CBBC's Saturday Mash-Up!. In October 2023, it was announced that BBC had cancelled Doctors. Pegg portrayed Scarlett until its final episode, which aired on 14 November 2024. Following the end of the soap, she was promoted to a regular presenter on Saturday Mash-Up!.
Filmography
Year Title Role Notes 2011 Horrid Henry: The Movie Vicious Vicky 2011 Internalised Little Girl Short film "Van d'Or Award Winners 2011". Cannes in a Van. Retrieved on 11 October 2015. . 2017 The Quiet One Peewee 2019 A Bullet Wasted The Daughter Short film 2020 Leap Jess 2021 SeaView She 2022 Making Friends as the World Ends Billie Also executive producer 2026 Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man BSA Worker #4
Year Title Role Notes 2010 The Legend of Dick and Dom Barbara Episode: "Hag Puss" Toast Milk Girl Television film 2012 Tracy Beaker Returns Jody Jackson Recurring role (season 3) 2013–2026 The Dumping Ground Main role (season 1–10) 2014–2020 The Dumping Ground Survival Files Recurring role 2017Doctors Zoe McCluskey 2023–2024 Scarlett Kiernan 261 episodes 2016 The Dumping Ground: I'm... Jody Jackson Recurring role (season 1)
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Nominated work Result 2014 BAFTA Children's Awards Best Performer Jody Jackson (The Dumping Ground) 2017 Birmingham Film Festival Best Young Actor Peewee (The Quiet One) 2019 RTS North East and Border Awards Drama Performance Jody Jackson (The Dumping Ground) 2022 RTS Midlands Awards Breakthrough (on screen) Scarlett Kiernan (Doctors) 2023 British Soap Awards Best Newcomer Scarlett Kiernan (Doctors) 2023 Inside Soap Awards Best Daytime Star Scarlett Kiernan (Doctors) 2024 Inside Soap Awards Best Daytime Star Scarlett Kiernan (Doctors)
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