Emer Kenny is best known for playing Zsa Zsa Carter in EastEnders and its spin-off EastEnders: E20, Danielle Reeves in Pramface and Penelope "Bunty" Windermere in Father Brown.
16 Facts About Emer Kenny
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Emer Kenny played the role of Kate in an improvisational BBC production called Freefall written and directed by Dominic Savage, which was screened in 2009.
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In January 2010, Emer Kenny began her role in the EastEnders spin-off EastEnders: E20 as Zsa Zsa Carter as well as in EastEnders itself.
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Emer Kenny was cast in the role of Zsa Zsa after writing the second episode of EastEnders: E20.
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Emer Kenny made her last appearance on 30 September 2010.
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In 2010, Emer Kenny was painted by Rolf Harris as Titania from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream for an edition of BBC TV's Arena.
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Emer Kenny wrote a further episode of EastEnders: E20 for series three in 2011 and was selected as the youngest ever writer for the BBC Writers Academy where she trained to write for programmes such as EastEnders, Casualty, Holby City, and Doctors.
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Emer Kenny joined the cast of E4's Beaver Falls for its second series playing the character Hope.
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Emer Kenny reprised her role for the second series which began airing in the new year of 2013 and was broadcast a second time on BBC One throughout the summer of 2013.
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Emer Kenny reprised her role again for a third series which commenced airing in late February 2014.
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Emer Kenny played the role of Rachel alongside Matthew Crosby, Ben Clark and Tom Parry in the first series of BBC Three's sitcom Badults which aired in the summer of 2013.
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In 2016, Emer Kenny worked as a scriptwriter on Irish soap Red Rock for a few episodes.
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Emer Kenny wrote the screenplay for and co-starred in the ITV crime drama Karen Pirie, adapted from the Karen Pirie novels of Val McDermid.
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Emer Kenny co-wrote the second series with Gillian Roger Park.
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For writing the first episode of Karen Pirie, Emer Kenny was nominated for the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Episode in a TV Series.
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Emer Kenny married television presenter Rick Edwards in 2016, and gave birth to their son in January 2023.