Kelly Adams is an English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 actress.

A pupil of North Kesteven School in North Hykeham

North Hykeham

North Hykeham is administratively a town immediately south of Lincoln, in the county of Lincolnshire, England. Geographically it is part of the greater Lincoln urban sprawl, and comprises 4,915 dwellings...

, Adams trained at the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts

Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts

Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts is an independent drama school situated in the Wood Green area of North London. It was founded in 1945 by Peter Coxhead and Ralph Nossek as 'The Mountview Theatre Club', an amateur repertory company staging a new production for a six-day run every second week...

 in Wood Green

Wood Green

Wood Green is a district in north London, England, located in the London Borough of Haringey. It is situated north of Charing Cross. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of the metropolitan centres in Greater London.-History:...

, London

London Borough of Haringey

The London Borough of Haringey is a London borough, in North London, classified by some definitions as part of Inner London, and by others as part of Outer London. It was created in 1965 by the amalgamation of three former boroughs. It shares borders with six other London boroughs...

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Initially playing Tara Palmer-Tomkinson

Tara Palmer-Tomkinson

Tara Palmer-Tomkinson also known as T P-T, is an English socialite, "it girl", television presenter, columnist and model...

 in a docu-soap about Prince William, she later appeared in Doctors before playing Mickie Hendrie in Holby City

Holby City

Holby City, stylised as Holby Ci+y, is a British medical drama television series that airs weekly on BBC One.The series was created by Tony McHale and Mal Young as a spin-off from the established BBC medical drama Casualty, and premiered on 12 January 1999...

from 2004 to 2006. Her ambitious character left for Newcastle Medical school to study to be a doctor.

Adams has since appeared as the servant Eve in the Robin Hood episode "A Thing or Two About Loyalty

A Thing Or Two About Loyalty

"A Thing or Two About Loyalty" is the ninth episode of the 2006 Robin Hood television series, made by Tiger Aspect Productions for BBC One. It aired on Saturday 2 December 2006 at 7pm.-Plot:...

", and is currently co-starring with Adrian Edmondson

Adrian Edmondson

Adrian Charles "Ade" Edmondson is an English comedian. He is probably best known for his comedic roles in the television series The Young Ones and Bottom , for which he also wrote together with his long-time collaboration partner Rik Mayall.-Early life:Edmondson, the second of four children, was...

 on the BBC Radio 2

BBC Radio 2

BBC Radio 2 is one of the BBC's national radio stations and the most popular station in the United Kingdom. Much of its daytime playlist-based programming is best described as Adult Contemporary or AOR, although the station is also noted for its specialist broadcasting of other musical genres...

 comedy show, Teenage Kicks.

In 2009 Adams joined the cast of long-running BBC1 drama series Hustle

Hustle (TV series)

Hustle is a British television drama series made by Kudos Film and Television for BBC One in the United Kingdom. Created by Tony Jordan and first broadcast in 2004, the series follows a group of con artists who specialise in "long cons" – extended deceptions which require greater commitment, but...

for its fifth season, playing the role of Emma Kennedy, a new member of Mickey Bricks' crew of con artists. She has continued in the role of Emma for two further seasons of the drama, the most recent of which (Season 7) aired from 7 January 2011. In an episode of Series 6 Adams plays the role of Kylie Minogue

Kylie Minogue

Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE - often known simply as Kylie - is an Australian singer, recording artist, songwriter, and actress. After beginning her career as a child actress on Australian television, she achieved recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing...

 as a parody of Adams striking resemblance to the Australian singer.

In 2010 Adams appeared in the movie My Last Five Girlfriends

My Last Five Girlfriends

My Last Five Girlfriends, a 2010 film starring Brendan Patricks, is a British Romantic Comedy based on pop-philosopher Alain De Botton's book, Essays In Love My Last Five Girlfriends, a 2010 film starring Brendan Patricks, is a British Romantic Comedy based on pop-philosopher Alain De Botton's...

 as Wendy. She also had a small role in the 2009 biographical film Bronson

Bronson (film)

Bronson is a 2008 British fictionalised biographical crime film directed by Nicolas Winding Refn and starring Tom Hardy. The film follows the life of notorious prisoner Michael Gordon Peterson, who was re-named Charles Bronson by his fight promoter...

, about the notorious prisoner Charles Bronson

Charles Bronson (prisoner)

Charles Bronson is a Welsh criminal often referred to in the British press as the "most violent prisoner in Britain"....

, and in a British science fiction thriller Beacon77, which was shown at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.

Adams married long term partner, fashion photographer Chris Kennedy, in a ceremony at Hackney Town Hall in February 2011, after proposing to him on a trip to Bruges

Bruges

Bruges is the capital and largest city of the province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is located in the northwest of the country....

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