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 education At the age of 13, Kerri Quinn started singing in bands. That gave her a boost in confidence, which prompted her to take on acting lessons.
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. She didn't go on with the studies, bored with writing essays, but instead chose to learn the art hands on, in the theatre. 34:27-43:00
Career Live performance Quinn performed in bands, as an in-house singer, and toured pubs and clubs with an ABBA tribute band. She also played in musicals such West Side Story (2006) and Dancing Shoes (The George Best Story, 2010), the rock-and-play Huzzies (2012) and The Threepenny Opera (2018).
Radio and podcasts At the end of 2023 Quinn made her first appearance as a radio narrator. It was in the BBC miniseries The Mystery of Mount Stewart, about a boat that sank on Strangford Lough in April 1895. Theresa, Lady Londonderry had lend her sailing boat to her senior servants, as a treat. The series tries to uncover what happened to the boat and its eight passengers that went missing.
In 2024 Quinn starred in the RTÉ comical radio drama Helen Wheels by Fion Foley. Helen is the mother of a bicycle courier, working for a food delivery company, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in Belfast. When she finds drugs in her son's delivery bag, she decides to step in and go on a ride herself. The programme won the 2024 IMRO Radio Award in the category Speech Drama. Category C5 Drama.
Personal life In the 2010s Quinn had bought a bungalow in north Belfast, at walking distance from her parents. Union flags were raised in the local area, likely as a form of intimidation. A flag near her home was taken down by a sectarian element who further took out their frustration on Quinn by smashing her windows. After the attack, she and her daughter moved in with her parents. 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.
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes 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 2023 Faith of Our Fathers Ann drama 2024 Kneecap Spin instructor dark comedy cameo
Television Year Title Role Episodes Notes 2011 Sketchy with Diarmuid Corr various roles 1/9 (S2E2) 2011 Brendan Smyth: Betrayal of Trust Dervla TV movie BBC "Kerry" (IMDb spelling error) can be seen from timestamp 12:15 to 19:00. 2015 The Frankenstein Chronicles Mrs. Bowyer 1/12 (S1E2) ITV 2018 Come Home Brenna Coyle 3/3 BBC One, RTÉ One 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 Rita meets the girls in the video Derry Girls Chased By Gypsies, her last line is in Derry Girls James Becomes A Gypsy. 2021–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 2006 West Side Story Anita Gaiety Theatre Dublin (production details) 2009 Three Women Woman Two 2009 The Weein Susie Ego Old Museum Arts CentreDown Arts Centre BelfastDownpatrick 20102015 Dancing Shoes - The George Best Story (musical) Angie BestMrs Fullaway on tourGrand Opera House UK TourBelfast 2012 Huzzies Dee Tinderbox Theatre Company The MAC Belfast 2014 Cabaret (musical) Sally Bowles Metropolitan Arts Centre Belfast 20162017 Educating Rita Susan (Rita) White Lyric Theatre BelfastAll Ireland Tour 2017 The Weir Valerie Lyric Theatre Belfast 2018 The Threepenny Opera Jenny Diver Lyric Theatre Belfast, 13 performances 2023 Burnt Out Cheryl Lyric Theatre Belfast "Other theatrical roles include The Nativity... What The Donkey Saw, Smiley and Here Comes The Night (Lyric Theatre), What We're Made Of (Tinderbox)," "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)."
Radio Year Title Role Channel Notes 2023-24 The Mystery of Mountstewart Narrator BBC Radio UlsterBBC Radio Foyle documentary in 3 episodes 2024 Helen Wheels Narrator/Main RTÉ comedy drama
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