Kerry Peers
Kerry Peers (born 1 November 1964) is a British actress who is best known for her role in The Bill where she played Suzi Croft from 1993 to 1998. She has also been in Casualty, Doctors, Holby City, Brookside and has appeared on Coronation Street since October 2019.
Kerry Peers | |
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| Born | Kerry Roberta Peers 1 November 1964 Northop Hall, Wales |
| Occupation | Actress |
Early life
Kerry Roberta Peers was born on 1 November 1964 in the small village of Northop Hall,[1] near Mold in North Wales, where she spent her childhood.
Acting
Peers moved to London where she attended the Central School of Speech and Drama.[1] On leaving drama school she performed in a number of plays, such as Les liaisons dangereuses (with the Royal Shakespeare Company) and was also in the original cast of Alan Ayckbourn's Mr A's Amazing Maze Plays at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough.
In 1993, Kerry joined the regular cast of The Bill as DC Suzi Croft until quitting the series in 1998. Since then she has continued to appear on television in series such as Waterloo Road, Casualty, Holby City, The Case, Doctors, The Royal Today and Shameless. She was also a regular cast member of Brookside 2002–2003, playing the part of Helen Carey. In November 2019, she appeared in an episode of the BBC soap opera Doctors as Yvette Froom.
Kerry has also continued to appear on-stage, playing Nurse Ratched in an acclaimed version of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Paradise Bound and Billy Liar.
Kerry won the Manchester Evening News Theatre Award in 2003 for Best Actress in a Supporting Actress Role for her part in Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs at the Oldham Coliseum Theatre.
References
- Hayward 1996, p. 197
- Hayward, Anthony (1996). Who's Who on Television. London: Boxtree. ISBN 0 7522 1067 X.