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Kierston Wareing
British actress (born 1976) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kierston Wareing (born Faye Kierston Wareing (legally dropped Faye in 2006) 7 January 1976[1]) is a British actress. Her first film role was the lead in Ken Loach's It's a Free World..., followed by a supporting role in Andrea Arnold's Fish Tank – which won the BAFTA award for ‘Best British Film’ and the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival.
Her television roles include miniseries The Runaway, The Take, Luther, and The Shadow Line. She is also known for her roles in EastEnders, Hollyoaks, Rise of the Footsoldier and two roles in The Bill, credited first as Fay Wareing then Faye Wareing.
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Career
She starred in Ken Loach's film It's a Free World... as Angie, an ambitious recruitment agent.[2] Her other credits include Andrea Arnold's Fish Tank (2009) and Martina Cole's The Take. She has been nominated for one BAFTA award and three British Independent Film Awards.
She played the character Heather in Channel 4's Top Boy and joined the cast of BBC soap opera EastEnders in 2012, making her first appearance as Kirsty Branning on 25 December 2012.[3] She left the show on 9 January 2014.
Wareing played Delilah in the television series The Bible in 2013. Wareing joined the cast of Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks in 2015 as villainess Ashley Davidson[4] with her first episode airing on 7 September 2015. Ashley was killed by the unknown Gloved Hand Killer as part of a ten-month long storyline which saw the unknown assailant kill various villagers. Her last appearance was aired on 19 October 2015, during the 20th anniversary week of the show.[5]
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