Gillian Louise Kearney is an English actress best known for playing Jessica Harrison in the long-running BBC

BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...

 television medical drama series Casualty

Casualty (TV series)

Casualty, stylised as Casual+y, is a British weekly television show broadcast on BBC One, and the longest-running emergency medical drama television series in the world. Created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, it was first broadcast on 6 September 1986, and transmitted in the UK on BBC One. The...

, and her early role as Debbie McGrath

Debbie McGrath

For the Canadian actress see Debra McGrathDebbie McGrath is a fictional character in the Channel 4 soap opera Brookside, played by a then-14-year-old Gillian Kearney, from 1986 to 1988...

 in Channel 4

Channel 4

Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...

's Liverpool-based soap opera

Soap opera

A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...

 Brookside

Brookside

Brookside is a defunct British soap opera set in Liverpool, England. The series began on the launch night of Channel 4 on 2 November 1982, and ran for 21 years until 4 November 2003...

and the spin-off mini-series Damon and Debbie

Damon and Debbie

Damon and Debbie was a three-part 'soap bubble' from Brookside, broadcast late on Wednesday evenings on Channel 4 in November 1987, with an omnibus edition over the Christmas period of that year. A Mersey Television production, it was written by Frank Cottrell-Boyce, directed by Bob Carlton, and...

.

Early life

One of four children born to Gerard and Barbara (née Allerston) Kearney, Gillian Kearney has three brothers: Matthew, Peter and Tom, a professional footballer. Her father is a retired civil engineer and her mother a school care worker. Growing up in Aigburth

Aigburth

Aigburth is a suburb of Liverpool, Merseyside, England. Located to the south of the city, it is bordered by Dingle, Mossley Hill, and Garston.-History:...

, she attended St. John Almond RC High School, Garston

Garston, Merseyside

Garston is a district of Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It is bordered by Aigburth, Allerton, and Speke.-History:Gaerstun, meaning 'grazing settlement' or 'grazing farm' in Old English, is one possible root of the name....

 (now St. Benedict's College

St. Benedict's College (United Kingdom)

Saint Benedict's College was a catholic secondary school and sixth form college located in Garston, Liverpool. The school was coeducational from years 7 to 11 and included sixth form....

), where she gained nine GCSEs and four A-levels.

Career

Her interest in acting began at secondary school. After repeatedly being overlooked for the lead roles in school productions, she decided to join the Liverpool Everyman Youth Theatre, where she featured in plays including All Flesh is Grass

Heidi Thomas

Heidi Thomas is an English screenwriter and playwright.-Career:After reading English at Liverpool University, Thomas gained national attention when her play, Shamrocks And Crocodiles, won the John Whiting Award in 1985. Her play Indigo was performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company in their...

(as Ema), Katie Crackernuts and Yer Dancin'? It was there, in 1986, that she was spotted by members of the production team at Mersey Television

Mersey Television

Lime Pictures, formerly known as Mersey Television, is a British television production company, founded by producer and writer Phil Redmond in the early 1980s....

, an event that resulted in her being asked to audition for a role in Channel 4's Liverpool-set drama series Brookside

Brookside

Brookside is a defunct British soap opera set in Liverpool, England. The series began on the launch night of Channel 4 on 2 November 1982, and ran for 21 years until 4 November 2003...

. Kearney landed the role of Debbie McGrath, the girlfriend of Damon Grant

Damon Grant

Damon Grant is a fictional character in the defunct British soap opera Brookside, played by Simon O'Brien. The character was part of the initial cast, appearing from episode one in 1982 until 1987...

 (played by Simon O'Brien). When O'Brien decided to leave The Close, he requested that his character be killed off so he wouldn't be tempted to return to the show. Because Damon was so popular, particularly with younger viewers, it was decided to create a 'soap bubble' in which the character would meet his demise — Damon and Debbie became Britain's first mini-series spin-off from a soap opera. A year after filming her final scenes, Kearney was asked to return for a few episodes. Christmas 1988 saw Debbie McGrath make an unexpected return to visit Sheila Grant

Sheila Grant

Sheila Grant is a fictional character from British soap opera, Brookside played by Sue Johnston. Sheila appeared in Brookside from the first episode in 1982 until the characters departure in 1990.-Character:...

, Damon's mother; she arrived with her baby, Simon — Damon's son.

In 2002 Kearney landed the coveted role of June Forsyte in the ITV1 adaptation of John Galsworthy

John Galsworthy

John Galsworthy OM was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter...

's classic novel, The Forsyte Saga

The Forsyte Saga

The Forsyte Saga is a series of three novels and two interludes published between 1906 and 1921 by John Galsworthy. They chronicle the vicissitudes of the leading members of an upper-middle-class British family, similar to Galsworthy's own...

. She later reprised the role for the second series. Following the success of The Forsyte Saga, Kearney's next role brought her back onto the ITV screen in its newest medical drama Sweet Medicine

Sweet Medicine

Sweet Medicine is an ITV drama series from 2003 about a family doctor's surgery in the Peak District of northern England. Intended as a replacement for the hit medical drama Peak Practice, it was not a success. Only one ten-episode series was made, despite moderate audience figures...

. Kearney was cast as Dr Deborah "Deb" Sweet and starred alongside Jason Merrells

Jason Merrells

Jason Merrells is an English actor, who received his big break when he starred in Casualty for three years as receptionist Matt Hawley...

, who played her husband, and Patricia Hodge

Patricia Hodge

Patricia Ann Hodge is an English actor.-Early life:The daughter of the Royal Hotel owner/manager Eric and his wife Marion , Hodge attended Wintringham Girls' Grammar School on Weelsby Avenue in Grimsby and then St...

 as her formidable mother-in-law. The show was intended to take up the mantle of the popular rural drama Peak Practice

Peak Practice

Peak Practice is a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale — a small fictional town in the Derbyshire Peak District — and the doctors who worked there. It ran on ITV from 10 May 1993 to 30 January 2002 and was one of their most successful series at the time...

, which had recently ended, but low viewing figures saw Sweet Medicine axed after just one series.

In 2005 Kearney landed a role in Channel 4 hit Shameless

Shameless

Shameless is a British television drama series set in Manchester on the fictional Chatsworth council estate. Produced by Company Pictures for Channel 4, the first seven-episode series aired weekly on Tuesday nights at 10pm from 13 January 2004...

playing the role of Marty's girlfriend Sue. She left the show along with her on-screen partner in 2007. She had a number of television roles following her departure before landing the role of Jessica Harrison in Casualty, in January 2008. Kearney left Casualty in February 2010, but returned briefly to tie up the loose ends of her character's storyline in May 2010.

Personal life

Kearney has lived in Crouch End

Crouch End

Crouch End is an area of north London, in the London Borough of Haringey.- Location :Crouch End is in a valley between Harringay to the east, Hornsey, Muswell Hill and Wood Green to the north, Finsbury Park and Archway to the south and Highgate to the west...

, North London

North London

North London is the northern part of London, England. It is an imprecise description and the area it covers is defined differently for a range of purposes. Common to these definitions is that it includes districts located north of the River Thames and is used in comparison with South...

, since July 2000, but rented a property in Clifton, Bristol

Clifton, Bristol

Clifton is a suburb of the City of Bristol in England, and the name of both one of the city's thirty-five council wards. The Clifton ward also includes the areas of Cliftonwood and Hotwells...

, during her time appearing in Casualty. In April 2009 she mentioned, in a This Morning

This Morning (TV series)

This Morning is a British daytime television programme broadcast on ITV. As of September 2011, its main presenters are Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby, and Ruth Langsford and Eamonn Holmes, with various other presenters standing in for illness or contributing to sections of the programme.The...

television interview, that she was seeing a final-year medical student called Eddie whom she had met whilst in Bristol. Early in 2010, Kearney revealed their engagement and intention to wed in Ireland later that year, but the plans were soon put on hold when she discovered that she was expecting their first child. On 26 August 2010 she gave birth to John Gerard, an 8 lb 3 oz baby boy.

Film

• London to Brighton
  London to Brighton
  London to Brighton is a 2006 award-winning British film. The film was written and directed by Paul Andrew Williams.-Plot:The film opens with a woman and child, Kelly and Joanne, bursting into a London toilet. Joanne is crying and Kelly has a black eye...
  
  (2006) (uncredited)
• The Lives of the Saints (2006)
• The Other Half (2006 UK film) (2005)
• Homecoming (2003)
• In His Life: The John Lennon Story (2000)
• Shirley Valentine
  Shirley Valentine (film)
  Shirley Valentine is a 1989 British/American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Lewis Gilbert. The screenplay by Willy Russell is based on his 1986 one-character play of the same title.-Plot:...
  
  (1989)

Television

• Casualty
  Casualty (TV series)
  Casualty, stylised as Casual+y, is a British weekly television show broadcast on BBC One, and the longest-running emergency medical drama television series in the world. Created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, it was first broadcast on 6 September 1986, and transmitted in the UK on BBC One. The...
  
  … Jessica Harrison; 12 January 2008 – 6 February 2010, 1 May 2010 - 8 May 2010, BBC One
• Primeval … Valerie Irwin; in one episode (#2.3); 26 January 2008, ITV1
• Lilies
  Lilies (BBC TV series)
  Lilies is a British period-drama television series, written by Heidi Thomas, which ran for one eight-episode series in early 2007 on BBC One. The show's tagline was "Liverpool, 1920...
  
  … Miss Bird in "The Serpent" (#1.7); 23 February 2007, BBC One
• Trial and Retribution … Gina Casper in "Curriculum Vitae" (#13); 4–5 February 2007, ITV1
• Shameless … Sue in 12 episodes; 22 February 2005 – 9 January 2007, Channel 4
• Where the Heart Is
  Where the Heart Is (1997 TV series)
  Where the Heart Is is a British television drama series set in the fictional town Skelthwaite.First shown in 1997, it was created by Ashley Pharoah and Vicky Featherstone...
  
  … Maria in "Peaches and Cream" (#9.8); 14 August 2005, ITV1
• Sweet Medicine
  Sweet Medicine
  Sweet Medicine is an ITV drama series from 2003 about a family doctor's surgery in the Peak District of northern England. Intended as a replacement for the hit medical drama Peak Practice, it was not a success. Only one ten-episode series was made, despite moderate audience figures...
  
  … Deborah Sweet; 4 September – 2 November 2003, ITV1
• The Forsyte Saga
  The Forsyte Saga
  The Forsyte Saga is a series of three novels and two interludes published between 1906 and 1921 by John Galsworthy. They chronicle the vicissitudes of the leading members of an upper-middle-class British family, similar to Galsworthy's own...
  
  … June Forsyte; 7 April 2002–2003, ITV1
• Blue Murder
  Blue Murder (UK TV series)
  Blue Murder was a British crime drama television series based in Manchester. Shown on ITV from 2003 until 2009 when it was axed by the Network, it starred Caroline Quentin as DCI Janine Lewis.-Outline:...
  
  … Leslie Tulley in the two-part pilot episode; 18 May 2003, ITV1
• The Real Jane Austen … Jane Austen; 30 December 2002, BBC Two
• Clocking Off
  Clocking Off
  Clocking Off is a British television drama series which ran on the BBC One network for four series from 2000 to 2003. It was produced for the BBC by the independent Red Production Company, and created by Paul Abbott...
  
  … Lynne Watson in two episodes:
  • "The Lads" (#2.6); 14 May 2001, BBC One
  • Episode #3.1; 31 January 2002, BBC One
• Midsomer Murders
  Midsomer Murders
  Midsomer Murders is a British television detective drama that has aired on ITV since 1997. The show is based on the books by Caroline Graham, as originally adapted by Anthony Horowitz. The lead character is DCI Tom Barnaby who works for Causton CID. When Nettles left the show in 2011 he was...
  
  … WPC Jay Nash in "Dark Autumn"; 16 September 2001, ITV
• Murder in Mind … Catrin Palmer in "Teacher"; 22 April 2001, ITV
• Hope and Glory
  Hope and Glory (TV series)
  Hope and Glory is a BBC television drama about a comprehensive school struggling with financial, staffing and disciplinary problems, and faced with closure...
  
  … Kitty Burton in 10 episodes; 27 June – 5 November 2000, BBC One
• Black Cab … Phil in "Marriage Guidance"; 25 May 2000, BBC2
• Liverpool 1
  Liverpool 1 (TV series)
  Liverpool 1 is a British television drama series centred on the work of a fictional Merseyside Police vice squad. Produced by Lime Street Productions for ITV, it starred Samantha Womack and Mark Womack and ran for two series in 1998 and 1999...
  
  … Julie Callaghan; 7 September 1998–1999, BBC One
• Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
  Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
  Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll is a six-part television mini-series which was written and created by Debbie Horsfield and directed by John Woods...
  
  … Ellie Brookes; 5 September – October 1999, BBC One
• The Things You Do for Love … Young Joan in "Sweet Dreams"; 23 December 1998, (writer: Kay Mellor
  Kay Mellor
  Kay Mellor, OBE is an English actress, scriptwriter, and director best known for her work on several successful television drama series.-Early life:...
  
  ; director: Ken Horn)
• Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
  Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
  Hetty Wainthropp Investigates is a genteel British crime–comedy drama television series which aired from 1996 to 1998 on BBC One. The series starred Patricia Routledge as the title character , Derek Benfield as her patient husband Robert, Dominic Monaghan as their lodger Geoffrey Shawcross...
  
  … Debra Woolmer in "A Minor Operation" (#3.7); 16 January 1998, BBC One
• The Ruby Ring … Elizabeth Langley; 26 November 1997, Hallmark *Heartbeat … Susan Watkins in "Frail Mortality" (#6.6); 6 October 1996, ITV
• The Tide of Life
  Catherine Cookson
  Dame Catherine Cookson DBE was a British author. She became the United Kingdom's most widely read novelist, with sales topping 100 million, while retaining a relatively low profile in the world of celebrity writers...
  
  … Emily Kennedy; January 1996, ITV
• Men of the World
  Men of the World
  Men of the World was a 1990s BBC One situation comedy which starred David Threlfall and John Simm.-Production details:Written by Daniel Peacock — who also appeared as the character Gilby Watson. — Men of the World was directed by Terry Kinane and produced for Alomo Productions by Laurence Marks,...
  
  … Jenny in "Happy Birthday Kendle" (#2.4); 16 August 1995, BBC1
• Casualty
  Casualty (TV series)
  Casualty, stylised as Casual+y, is a British weekly television show broadcast on BBC One, and the longest-running emergency medical drama television series in the world. Created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, it was first broadcast on 6 September 1986, and transmitted in the UK on BBC One. The...
  
  … Mandy in "Beggars Can't Be Choosers" (#6.7); 18 October 1991, BBC1
• Waterfront Beat … Helen in six episodes:
  • "Dilemma" (#2.8); 20 February 1991, BBC1
  • "Acid Ship" (#2.7); 13 February 1991, BBC1
  • "Pick Up" (#2.6); 6 February 1991, BBC1
  • "E.P.O.S." (#2.5); 30 January 1991, BBC1
  • "Microlights" (#2.2); 9 January 1991, BBC1
  • "Pirates" (#2.1); 2 January 1991, BBC1
• The Final Frame … Cassy; 12 April 1990, Kinesis Films for Channel 4 (director: Paul Oremland)
• Damon and Debbie
  Damon and Debbie
  Damon and Debbie was a three-part 'soap bubble' from Brookside, broadcast late on Wednesday evenings on Channel 4 in November 1987, with an omnibus edition over the Christmas period of that year. A Mersey Television production, it was written by Frank Cottrell-Boyce, directed by Bob Carlton, and...
  
  … Debbie McGrath; 4–18 November 1987, Channel 4
• Brookside
  Brookside
  Brookside is a defunct British soap opera set in Liverpool, England. The series began on the launch night of Channel 4 on 2 November 1982, and ran for 21 years until 4 November 2003...
  
  … Debbie McGrath; 30 January 1986 – December 1988, Channel 4

Theatre

• Macbeth
  Macbeth
  The Tragedy of Macbeth is a play by William Shakespeare about a regicide and its aftermath. It is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy and is believed to have been written sometime between 1603 and 1607...
  
  … Lady Macduff
  Lady Macduff
  Lady Macduff, a character in Shakespeare’s Macbeth, is the wife of Macduff, the Thane of Fife, and the mother of an unnamed son and other children. Her appearance in the play is brief: she and her son are introduced in Act IV Scene II, a climactic and tragic scene that ends with both her and her...
  
  , Witch
  Three Witches
  The Three Witches or Weird Sisters are characters in William Shakespeare's play Macbeth . Their origin lies in Holinshed's Chronicles , a history of England, Scotland and Ireland...
  
  ; The Everyman Theatre, Liverpool; 6 May - 11 June 2011
• Strangers, Babies … May; The Traverse Theatre
  Traverse Theatre
  The Traverse Theatre is a theatre in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was founded in 1963.The Traverse Theatre commissions and develops new plays or adaptations from contemporary playwrights. It also presents a large number of productions from visiting companies from across the UK. These include new plays,...
  
  , Edinburgh
  Edinburgh
  Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...
  
  ; 23 February – 17 March 2007
• The Flint Street Nativity
  Tim Firth
  Tim Firth is an English dramatist, screenwriter and songwriter.Tim Firth was born, and has lived all his life in, the North West of England on the border of Cheshire and Lancashire...
  
  … Mary; The Playhouse Theatre
  Liverpool Playhouse
  The Liverpool Playhouse is a theatre in Williamson Square in the city of Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It originated in 1866 as a music hall, and in 1911 developed into a repertory theatre. As such it nurtured the early careers of many actors and actresses, some of which went on to achieve...
  
  , Liverpool; 7 December 2006 – 20 January 2007
• Hedda Gabler
  Hedda Gabler
  Hedda Gabler is a play first published in 1890 by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. The play premiered in 1891 in Germany to negative reviews, but has subsequently gained recognition as a classic of realism, nineteenth century theatre, and world drama...
  
  … Hedda Gabler
  • The Playhouse Theatre, Liverpool; 23 March – 15 April 2006
  • The West Yorkshire Playhouse
    West Yorkshire Playhouse
    The West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds, England is a theatre which opened in March 1990 as part of the regeneration of the Quarry Hill area of the city...
    
     (Quarry Theatre
    West Yorkshire Playhouse
    The West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds, England is a theatre which opened in March 1990 as part of the regeneration of the Quarry Hill area of the city...
    
    ), Leeds
    Leeds
    Leeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. In 2001 Leeds' main urban subdivision had a population of 443,247, while the entire city has a population of 798,800 , making it the 30th-most populous city in the European Union.Leeds is the cultural, financial and commercial...
    
    ; 17 February – 11 March 2006
• A Man of Principle … Ruth; Colin's Bridewell, Liverpool; 26 October 2004
• A Midsummer Night's Dream
  A Midsummer Night's Dream
  A Midsummer Night's Dream is a play that was written by William Shakespeare. It is believed to have been written between 1590 and 1596. It portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and the Queen of the Amazons, Hippolyta...
  
  … Hermia; The Albery Theatre, London; 16 March – 12 May 2001
• King Lear
  King Lear
  King Lear is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. The title character descends into madness after foolishly disposing of his estate between two of his three daughters based on their flattery, bringing tragic consequences for all. The play is based on the legend of Leir of Britain, a mythological...
  
  … Cordelia; The Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
  Manchester
  Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
  
  ; 9 September – 23 October 1999
• The School for Wives
  The School for Wives
  The School for Wives is a theatrical comedy written by the seventeenth century French playwright Molière and considered by some critics to be one of his finest achievements. It was first staged at the Palais Royal theatre on 26 December 1662 for the brother of the King...
  
  … Agnès
  • The Comedy Theatre, London; 6 May – 2 August 1997
  • The Piccadilly Theatre
    Piccadilly Theatre
    The Piccadilly Theatre is a West End theatre located at 16 Denman Street, behind Piccadilly Circus and adjacent to the Regent Palace Hotel, in the City of Westminster, England.-Early years:Built by Bertie Crewe and Edward A...
    
    , London; 11 February – 26 April 1997
  • Theatre Royal
    Theatre Royal, Bath
    The Theatre Royal in Bath, England, is over 200 years old. It is one of the more important theatres in the United Kingdom outside London, with capacity for an audience of around 900....
    
    , Bath; 9–14 December 1996
  • The Festival Theatre
    Chichester Festival Theatre
    Chichester Festival Theatre, located in Chichester, England, was designed by Philip Powell and Hidalgo Moya, and opened by its founder Leslie Evershed-Martin in 1962. Subsequently the smaller and more intimate Minerva Theatre was built nearby in 1989....
    
    , Chichester
    Chichester
    Chichester is a cathedral city in West Sussex, within the historic County of Sussex, South-East England. It has a long history as a settlement; its Roman past and its subsequent importance in Anglo-Saxon times are only its beginnings...
    
    ; 26–30 November 1996
  • Tyne Theatre and Opera House
    The Journal Tyne Theatre
    The Journal Tyne Theatre is a theatre in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It is a Grade I listed building. According to its website, it is the world's oldest working Victorian theatre....
    
    , Newcastle upon Tyne
    Newcastle upon Tyne
    Newcastle upon Tyne is a city and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in North East England. Historically a part of Northumberland, it is situated on the north bank of the River Tyne...
    
    ; 18–23 November 1996
  • The Richmond Theatre
    Richmond Theatre
    The present Richmond Theatre, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, is a British Victorian theatre located on Little Green, adjacent to Richmond Green. It opened on 18 September 1899 with a performance of As You Like It, and is one of the finest surviving examples of the work of theatre...
    
    , Richmond; 11–16 November 1996
  • The King's Theatre
    King's Theatre, Edinburgh
    The King's Theatre was opened in 1906 and stands on a prominent site on Leven Street in Edinburgh. It is one of Scotland's historic and most important theatres...
    
    , Edinburgh; 5–9 November 1996
  • The Thorndike Theatre, Leatherhead
    Leatherhead
    Leatherhead is a town in the County of Surrey, England, on the River Mole, part of Mole Valley district. It is thought to be of Saxon origin...
    
    ; 8–26 October 1996
• The Rivals
  The Rivals
  The Rivals, a play by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, is a comedy of manners in five acts. It was first performed on 17 January 1775.- Production :...
  
  … Lucy; The Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester; 8 February – 23 March 1996
• When We Are Married
  When We Are Married
  When We Are Married is a 1938 play by English dramatist, J. B. Priestley. It is the first play ever to be televised unedited from a theatre.-Productions:* 1938 World premiere, London, England* 16 November 1938 BBC live telecast...
  
  … Nancy Holmes; The Festival Theatre, Chichester; 24 July – 17 August 1996
• The School for Scandal
  The School for Scandal
  The School for Scandal is a play written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. It was first performed in London at Drury Lane Theatre on May 8, 1777.The prologue, written by David Garrick, commends the play, its subject, and its author to the audience...
  
  … Maria; The Everyman Theatre
  Everyman Theatre
  The Everyman Theatre stands at the north end of Hope Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England. Established in 1964 in a former cinema, it encouraged local talent and played a part in the development of new artistes and writers. The theatre was rebuilt between 1975 and 1977, and was closed again for...
  
  , Liverpool; 1992
• Othello
  Othello
  The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in approximately 1603, and based on the Italian short story "Un Capitano Moro" by Cinthio, a disciple of Boccaccio, first published in 1565...
  
  … Desdemona
  Desdemona (Othello)
  Desdemona is a character in William Shakespeare's play Othello . Shakespeare's Desdemona is a Venetian beauty who enrages and disappoints her father, a Venetian senator, when she elopes with Othello, a man several years her senior. When her husband is deployed to Cyprus in the service of the...
  
  ; The Everyman Theatre, Liverpool; 1992
• Alice in Wonderland … Alice
  Alice (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)
  Alice is a fictional character in the literary classic, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel, Through the Looking-Glass, And What Alice Found There. She is a young girl from Victorian-era Britain.-Development:...
  
  ; The Everyman Theatre, Liverpool; 1991
• The White Devil
  The White Devil
  The White Devil is a revenge tragedy from 1612 by English playwright John Webster . A notorious failure when it premiered, Webster complained the play was acted in the dead of winter before an unreceptive audience. The play's complexity, sophistication and satire made it a poor fit with the...
  
  … Giovanni; The Everyman Theatre, Liverpool; 1991
• Your Home in the West … Sharon; The Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester; 28 March – 13 April 1991

External links

• Gillian Kearney, represented by Lindy King UnitedAgents.co.uk