Kellie Shirley

Kellie Shirley
WhatsOnStage Awards 2015.
Born
Kelly Jane Shirley

(1981-07-11) 11 July 1981 (age 43)
Croydon, London, England
OccupationActress
Years active2002–present
Notable workKirsty in in the Long Run and Carly Wicks in EastEnders (2006–2008, 2012)
SpousePhil Davies
Children3[1]
Websitewww.kellieshirley.co.uk

Kelly Jane Shirley (born 11 July 1981),[2] known professionally as Kellie Shirley is an English actress who works in film, television, theatre, and radio. She hails from Croydon via a large Northern Irish family and started her career by training at The BRIT School. As well as acting, she has also co-presented programmes for BBC2 and Channel 5 and written all 6 episodes of Spirit Studios, podcast drama: ROAR available on Apple. As an actress, she is probably best known for her roles as Kirsty De La Croix in Sky One returning, comedy-series In the Long Run created by Idris Elba as well as the role of Carly Wicks in the BBC continuing drama EastEnders and as Kym in The Office Christmas Specials. She can currently be seen playing new series regular Sophia Peters, who is a psych liaison nurse in the drama series, Casualty.

  1. ^ Minn, Hayley (29 September 2015). "EastEnders star Kellie Shirley gives birth to twins Pearl and Louie". OK! Magazine. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  2. ^ "UK actors Madeline Appiah and Kellie Shirley talk about Idris Elba's comedy-series 'in the Long Run.'". 18 November 2019. Retrieved 25 December 2021.