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16 Facts About Katie Amess

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Katherine Louise Diana Amess is an English actress.

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Katie Amess has appeared in many TV, film and theatre roles as well as commercials.

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Katie Amess was born in Basildon, Essex, the second of five children and the eldest of four daughters of Conservative MP David Katie Amess and his wife Julia Arnold.

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Katie Amess attended St Anne Line Primary School in Basildon before going to the Brentwood Ursuline Convent High School in Brentwood, Essex, and finally St Bernard's High School in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex.

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Katie Amess went on to study drama at Queen Mary University of London and the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London.

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Katie Amess competed in several British beauty pageants and won the title of Miss Essex 2008 for the Miss Earth 2008 contest.

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Katie Amess has appeared in a host of television commercials including for Nintendo, Premier Inn with Lenny Henry and News of the World, Google and EE Broadband with Kevin Bacon.

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Katie Amess appeared as Paris Hilton in two national commercials.

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Katie Amess has appeared on various television shows in the UK including Funny Cuts on E4 and Dream Team.

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In 2013, Katie Amess signed on to play a lead in the musical parody Miserable Lesbians in New York and Edinburgh.

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Katie Amess was cast as Lulu in William Friedkin's version of Harold Pinter's The Birthday Party at The Geffen Playhouse alongside Tim Roth, Steven Berkoff, David O'Hara, Frances Barber and Nick Ullett.

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Katie Amess went on to play Ulcie in the closing week of Rolin Jones' These Paper Bullets at the same theatre in 2015.

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Katie Amess played Brenda Dixon in Ray Cooney's Cash on Delivery, alongside Cooney himself in December 2015.

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Katie Amess played Heather in the comedy Fifth of July opposite Jaleel White and in 2023 appeared as Alex Butler, opposite Judd Nelson and Jeff Fahey in The Final Run.

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Katie Amess expressed her belief that the government's anti-radicalisation scheme Prevent failed her father "catastrophically".

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Katie Amess later revealed that her mother had suffered a stroke in the year following the murder.