Lisa Kay
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Lisa Kay is an English actress, born 1977 to Peter and Jean Hazel Kay. She grew up in Levisham
on the North York Moors
, and has three sisters, Samantha, Sara and Caroline.
Lisa first trained as a dancer, and performed professionally as such in stage shows for some time. She then retrained as an actor at the Bristol Old Vic
with considerable distinction, and has appeared in a wide range of roles on the stage and in television. She was a member of the cast of ITV1's Heartbeat (October 2006 - end of series), playing Nurse Carol Cassidy. Her childhood village of Levisham is close to Goathland
where the show was filmed.
Lisa appeared as Eleanor Ross Heaney in the 2001 film, Bridget Jones's Diary
.
Levisham
Levisham is a small village and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England, located on the North Yorkshire Moors about 5 miles north of Pickering. It has a station on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway. Nearby villages include Newton-on-Rawcliffe and Lockton.Heartbeat actress...
on the North York Moors
North York Moors
The North York Moors is a national park in North Yorkshire, England. The moors are one of the largest expanses of heather moorland in the United Kingdom. It covers an area of , and it has a population of about 25,000...
, and has three sisters, Samantha, Sara and Caroline.
Lisa first trained as a dancer, and performed professionally as such in stage shows for some time. She then retrained as an actor at the Bristol Old Vic
Bristol Old Vic
The Bristol Old Vic is a theatre company based at the Theatre Royal, King Street, in Bristol, England. The theatre complex includes the 1766 Theatre Royal, which claims to be the oldest continually-operating theatre in England, along with a 1970s studio theatre , offices and backstage facilities...
with considerable distinction, and has appeared in a wide range of roles on the stage and in television. She was a member of the cast of ITV1's Heartbeat (October 2006 - end of series), playing Nurse Carol Cassidy. Her childhood village of Levisham is close to Goathland
Goathland
Goathland is a village and civil parish in the Scarborough district of North Yorkshire, England. It is in the North York Moors national park situated due north of Pickering, off the A169 to Whitby...
where the show was filmed.
Lisa appeared as Eleanor Ross Heaney in the 2001 film, Bridget Jones's Diary
Bridget Jones's Diary (film)
Bridget Jones's Diary is a 2001 British romantic comedy film based on Helen Fielding's novel of the same name. The adaptation stars Renée Zellweger as Bridget, Hugh Grant as the caddish Daniel Cleaver, and Colin Firth as Bridget's "true love", Mark Darcy...
.