# Kelly Adams > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Kelly_Adams > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Kelly_Adams.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_Adams > Source revision: 1318759860 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|English actress (born 1979)}} {{Use British English|date=December 2022}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}} {{Infobox person |name = Kelly Adams |image = |caption = |birth_name = Kelly Diane Adams |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1979|10|16}} |birth_place = [Lincoln](/source/Lincoln%2C_England), [Lincolnshire](/source/Lincolnshire), England |alma_mater = [Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts](/source/Mountview_Academy_of_Theatre_Arts) |occupation = Actress |spouse = {{marriage|Chris Kennedy|2011}} |years_active = 2002–present }} '''Kelly Diane Adams'''{{cite web |title=Kelly Diane Adams |url=https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/?name=Kelly_Adams&event=_lincoln-lincolnshire-england-united+kingdom_85279&birth=1979&matchAllTermsChecked=false |website=Ancestry.com |access-date=20 November 2021}} (born 16 October 1979) is an English actress. She has played leading roles in a number of British television series: [Mickie Hendrie](/source/Mickie_Hendrie) in the [BBC One](/source/BBC_One) medical drama series ''[Holby City](/source/Holby_City)'' (2004–2006) and ''[Casualty](/source/Casualty_(TV_series))'' (2005); [Emma Kennedy](/source/List_of_Hustle_characters) in the BBC One drama series ''[Hustle](/source/Hustle_(TV_series))'' (2009–2012); [Padre](/source/Military_chaplain) Mary Greenstock in the [BBC Three](/source/BBC_Three) comedy drama series ''[Bluestone 42](/source/Bluestone_42)'' (2013–2014); Nancy Webb in the [ITV](/source/ITV_(TV_network)) period drama series ''[Mr Selfridge](/source/Mr_Selfridge)'' (2015); and Michelle Charr in the BBC daytime murder/police drama series ''[London Kills](/source/London_Kills)'' (2020). ==Career== Adams was born in [Lincoln, Lincolnshire](/source/Lincoln%2C_Lincolnshire).{{cite news| url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/lincolnshire/4422720.stm | work=BBC News | title=Actress to switch on city lights | date=9 November 2005 | access-date=7 May 2010}} A pupil of North Kesteven School in [North Hykeham](/source/North_Hykeham),{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/local/lincolnshire/hi/front_page/newsid_8460000/8460032.stm|title=Holby to Hustle success for Lincolnshire lass |date=15 January 2010|publisher=BBC Lincolnshire|access-date=24 January 2010}} Adams trained at the [Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts](/source/Mountview_Academy_of_Theatre_Arts) in [Wood Green](/source/Wood_Green), [London](/source/London_Borough_of_Haringey).{{cite web|url=http://www.holby.tv/db/index.php?id=41,1074,0,0,1,0 |publisher=holby.tv |title=Kelly Adams |access-date=24 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221183310/http://holby.tv/db/index.php?id=41%2C1074%2C0%2C0%2C1%2C0 |archive-date=21 February 2009 }} Initially playing [Tara Palmer-Tomkinson](/source/Tara_Palmer-Tomkinson) in a docu-soap about [Prince William](/source/Prince_William), she later appeared in ''[Doctors](/source/Doctors_(2000_TV_series))'' before playing [Mickie Hendrie](/source/Mickie_Hendrie) in ''[Holby City](/source/Holby_City)'' from 2004 to 2006. Adams was cast in the role of Mickie alongside fellow [series six](/source/Holby_City_(series_6)) newcomer [Jaye Jacobs](/source/Jaye_Jacobs), who was cast as staff nurse [Donna Jackson](/source/Donna_Jackson). The pair's arrival in the show was heavily publicised and the subject of a documentary entitled ''Making It at Holby'', chronicling their casting process,{{cite episode |title=Making It At Holby |episode-link=Holby City (series 6)|series=Holby City |series-link=Holby City |network=[BBC](/source/BBC)|station=[BBC One](/source/BBC_One)|airdate=23 March 2004|season=6}} which entailed seven weeks of auditions, including group workshops to allow the series producers to gauge candidates' personalities.{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+Box:+Gimme,+gimme,+gimme+a+role+in+Holby.-a0114466542|title=The Box: Gimme, gimme, gimme a role in Holby.|last=Laws|first=Roz|date=21 March 2004|work=[Sunday Mercury](/source/Sunday_Mercury)|publisher=[Trinity Mirror](/source/Trinity_Mirror)|access-date=15 November 2010|location=Birmingham, England}} Adams originally auditioned as Donna. However, the casting directors felt that she would be better suited to Mickie, the quieter character and "mild mannered" counterpart to Donna's "sassy staff nurse".{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/TV+review:+Could+the+con+be+off%3f-a0114570675|title=TV review: Could the con be off?|last=Johnson|first=Emma|date=24 March 2004|work=[Liverpool Echo](/source/Liverpool_Echo)|publisher=[Trinity Mirror](/source/Trinity_Mirror)|access-date=21 February 2011}} She and Jacobs were paired together during a three-hour workshop, and the producers detected an "instant spark" between them, leading to their dual casting.{{cite web |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_20041212/ai_n12914247/?tag=content;col1 |title=Star Style: Holby City party girls|last=Vivian|first=Rhiannon|date=12 December 2004|work=[Sunday Mirror](/source/Sunday_Mirror)|publisher=[Trinity Mirror](/source/Trinity_Mirror)|access-date=15 November 2010}} {{Dead link|date=April 2012|bot=H3llBot}} In 2004, her character had a lesbian liaison with Jacobs' character. The scene in which they kissed was edited to half its original length after being deemed too explicit for pre-[watershed](/source/Watershed_(television)) broadcast.{{cite web|url=https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-149723700|title=My lesbian kiss was naughty..but nurse|first=Jon|last=Wise|work=[The People](/source/The_Sunday_People)|publisher=[Trinity Mirror](/source/Trinity_Mirror)|date=20 August 2006|access-date=15 November 2010|location=London, England|archive-date=1 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200701085022/https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-149723700/my-lesbian-kiss-was-naughty-but-nurse-exclusive-holby|url-status=dead}} In the aftermath of the Mickie/Donna storyline, the BBC banned its actresses from appearing in raunchy photo-shoots, after Jacobs and Adams were photographed in intimate poses while dressed in nurse's uniforms for various "[lads' mags](/source/lads'_mags)".{{cite news|url=http://www.sundaymirror.co.uk/news/sunday/2004/09/19/beeb-babes-cover-up-98487-14658213/ |title=Beeb Babes Cover-Up |first=Danielle |last=Lawler |work=[Sunday Mirror](/source/The_Sunday_Mirror) |publisher=[Trinity Mirror](/source/Trinity_Mirror) |date=19 September 2004 |access-date=6 May 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080313190233/http://www.sundaymirror.co.uk/news/sunday/2004/09/19/beeb-babes-cover-up-98487-14658213/ |archive-date=13 March 2008 }} In 2006, her ambitious character left for Newcastle Medical school to study to be a doctor.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/holbycity/characters-cast/characters/mickiehendrie.shtml |access-date=14 January 2009 |title=BBC – Holby City – Characters – Mickie Hendrie |publisher=[BBC](/source/British_Broadcasting_Corporation) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090110050312/http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/holbycity/characters-cast/characters/mickiehendrie.shtml |archive-date=10 January 2009 }} Adams subsequently appeared as the servant Eve in the ''[Robin Hood](/source/Robin_Hood_(2006_TV_series))'' episode "[A Thing or Two About Loyalty](/source/A_Thing_or_Two_About_Loyalty)". In 2009, Adams joined the cast of long-running BBC1 drama series ''[Hustle](/source/Hustle_(TV_series))'' for its fifth season, playing the role of [Emma Kennedy](/source/List_of_Hustle_characters), a new member of [Mickey Bricks'](/source/Michael_Stone_(Hustle)) crew of con artists. She continued in the role of Emma for three further seasons of the drama. In an episode of [Series 6](/source/List_of_Hustle_episodes), Adams plays the role of [Kylie Minogue](/source/Kylie_Minogue) as a parody of Adams' resemblance to the Australian singer. In real life, Adams has been mistaken for Minogue.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/kelly-adams-mistaken-for-kylie-29105352.html|title=Kelly Adams mistaken for Kylie|newspaper=[Irish Independent](/source/Irish_Independent)|date=3 March 2013|access-date=13 September 2020}} She had a small role in the 2009 biographical film ''[Bronson](/source/Bronson_(film))'', about the prisoner [Charles Bronson](/source/Charles_Bronson_(prisoner)),{{cite news |first=Scott |last=Tobias |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113495932 |title=A Performance Artist Whose Medium Is Rage |publisher=[National Public Radio](/source/National_Public_Radio) |date=9 October 2009 |access-date=16 October 2020 }} and appeared in the British science fiction thriller ''Beacon77'' in 2009{{cite web|url=http://www.beacon77.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=45&Itemid=29|access-date=13 May 2009|title=Beacon77 Cast|publisher=[Revolt Films]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090725140729/http://www.beacon77.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=45&Itemid=29|archive-date=25 July 2009}}{{cite web |first=Michael |last=Allen |url=http://www.28dayslateranalysis.com/2009/11/beacon-77-world-premiere.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203131404/http://www.28dayslateranalysis.com/2009/11/beacon-77-world-premiere.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=3 December 2010 |title=Beacon 77 World Premiere! |website=28 Days Later |date=7 November 2009 |access-date=16 October 2020 }} and as Wendy in ''[My Last Five Girlfriends](/source/My_Last_Five_Girlfriends)'' in 2010.{{cite web |first=Alison |last=Willmore |url=https://www.ifc.com/2009/04/my-last-five-girlfriends |title=Tribeca 2009: 'My Last Five Girlfriends' |work=IFC |publisher=[IFC](/source/IFC_(American_TV_channel)) |date=26 April 2009 }} Adams appeared in the second series of ''[Death in Paradise](/source/Death_in_Paradise_(TV_series))'', shown on the BBC in early 2013.{{cite web |url=http://www.redplanetpictures.co.uk/productions/death-in-paradise/death-in-paradise-series-2 |title=''Death in Paradise'' Series 2 |publisher=Red Planet Pictures |access-date=16 October 2020 }}{{Dead link|date=October 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }} She then starred as Padre Mary Greenstock in the [BBC Three](/source/BBC_Three) comedy ''[Bluestone 42](/source/Bluestone_42)'' for its first two series.{{cite news |first=Mark |last=Woods |url=https://www.christiantoday.com/article/sex.swearing.and.grisly.black.humour.why.the.writer.of.bluestone.42.believes.his.work.is.deeply.christian/51051.htm |title=Sex, swearing and grisly black humour: why the writer of Bluestone 42 believes his work is deeply Christian |work=Christian Today |date=30 March 2015 |access-date=16 October 2020 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01t05j9/p01t053s |title=Bluestone 42, Series 2: Mary |publisher=BBC Three |type=gallery |access-date=16 October 2020 }} In 2015 she played Nancy Webb in the third instalment of the [ITV](/source/ITV_(TV_network)) period drama series ''[Mr Selfridge](/source/Mr_Selfridge)'',{{cite web |url=https://www.itv.com/goodmorningbritain/articles/kelly-adams-mr-selfridge |title=Meet Mr Selfridge's new love interest |website=[Good Morning Britain](/source/Good_Morning_Britain_(2014_TV_programme)) |date=27 February 2015 |access-date=16 October 2020 |type=video }} and in 2020 Michelle Charr in the second series of the BBC daytime murder/police drama series ''[London Kills](/source/London_Kills)''.{{cite magazine |first=David |last=Craig |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2020-03-26/london-kills-cast-bbc-one/ |title=Meet the cast of BBC One's crime drama London Kills |magazine=[Radio Times](/source/Radio_Times) |date=26 March 2020 |access-date=16 October 2020 }} ==Personal life== Adams married fashion photographer Chris Kennedy in 2011.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/201102285020/kelly-adams/exclusive/interview/ |title='Hustle' actress Kelly Adams shares 'no-fuss' £200 wedding full of warmth and laughter with HELLO! |magazine=Hello! |date=28 February 2011 |type=interview |access-date=16 October 2020 }} ==Filmography== ===Films=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 2008 | ''[Bronson](/source/Bronson_(film))'' | Irene Peterson | |- | rowspan=3| 2009 | ''The Boxer'' | Natalie | |- | ''[My Last Five Girlfriends](/source/My_Last_Five_Girlfriends)'' | Wendy | |- | ''The 7th Dimension'' | Sarah | Original title: ''"Beacon77"'' |- |2012 | ''2 in a Million'' | Neema | rowspan="3" | Short film |- | 2013 | ''Tomorrow in a Day'' | Rose |- | 2019 | ''Huntington Gardens'' | Mrs. Morris |} ===Television=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |2002 |''Prince William'' |[Tara Palmer-Tomkinson](/source/Tara_Palmer-Tomkinson) |TV film |- | 2005 | ''[Casualty](/source/Casualty_(TV_series))'' | rowspan="2" | [Mickie Hendrie](/source/Mickie_Hendrie) | Episode: "Deny Thy Father: Part One" |- | 2004–2006 | ''[Holby City](/source/Holby_City)'' | Series regular, 81 episodes |- | 2006 | ''[Robin Hood](/source/Robin_Hood_(2006_TV_series))'' | Eve | Episode: "A Thing or Two About Loyalty" |- | 2008 | ''[Doctors](/source/Doctors_(2000_TV_series))'' | Amanda Prior | Episode: "The Front Page" |- | 2010 | ''[The Persuasionists](/source/The_Persuasionists)'' | Victoria Smeet | Episode: "The Handsomeness" |- | 2009–2012 | ''[Hustle](/source/Hustle_(TV_series))'' | [Emma Kennedy](/source/List_of_Hustle_characters) | Series regular, 24 episodes |- | rowspan="2"|2012 | ''[The Town](/source/The_Town_(2012_TV_series))'' | Lucy | Mini-series, 3 episodes |- | ''The Cricklewood Greats'' | Jenny Driscoll | |- | rowspan=2| 2013 | ''[Death in Paradise](/source/Death_in_Paradise_(TV_series))'' | Liz Curtis | Episode: "A Deadly Curse" |- | ''[Endeavour](/source/Endeavour_(TV_series))'' | Cynthia Riley | Episode: "Home" |- | 2013–2014 | ''[Bluestone 42](/source/Bluestone_42)'' | [Padre](/source/Military_chaplain) Mary Greenstock | Series regular, 15 episodes |- | 2014–2015 | ''[Ronja, the Robber's Daughter](/source/Ronja%2C_the_Robber's_Daughter_(2014_TV_series))'' | Birk Borkason (Voice role) | Series regular, 23 episodes |- | rowspan="3"|2015 | ''[Mr Selfridge](/source/Mr_Selfridge)'' | Nancy Webb | Series regular, 10 episodes |- | ''[The Delivery Man](/source/The_Delivery_Man_(TV_series))'' | Jess | Episode: "Theft" |- | ''[Doc Martin](/source/Doc_Martin)'' | Erica Holbrooke | Episode: "Facta Non Verba" |- | 2019 | ''[London Kills](/source/London_Kills)'' | Michelle Charr | Episode: "Family Affairs" |- | 2020 | ''[Agatha Raisin](/source/Agatha_Raisin_(TV_series))'' | Melissa Sheppard | Episode: "Love from Hell" |} ===Theatre=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Venue ! Notes |- | 2002 | ''[My Three Angels](/source/My_Three_Angels_(play))'' | Marie Louise Ducotel | [The Mill](/source/The_Mill_at_Sonning), [Sonning Eye](/source/Sonning_Eye) | |- | 2003 | ''[Dreams from a Summer House](/source/Alan_Ayckbourn)'' | Mel | [Watermill Theatre](/source/Watermill_Theatre), [Bagnor](/source/Bagnor) | |- | 2007 | ''[Our Man in Havana](/source/Our_Man_in_Havana)'' | Beatrice Severn/Milly Wormwold | [Yvonne Arnaud Theatre](/source/Yvonne_Arnaud_Theatre) - [Guildford](/source/Guildford), [Churchill Theatre](/source/Churchill_Theatre) - [Bromley](/source/Bromley) & [Theatre Royal](/source/Theatre_Royal%2C_Windsor), [Windsor](/source/Windsor%2C_Berkshire) | with [Bill Kenwright Ltd.](/source/Bill_Kenwright) |- | 2014 | ''[Two into One](/source/Two_into_One)'' | Jennifer | [Menier Chocolate Factory](/source/Menier_Chocolate_Factory), [London](/source/London) | |- |} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * {{IMDb name|1433549|Kelly Adams}} * [http://unitedagents.co.uk/kelly-adams Kelly Adams] at United Agents {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Adams, Kelly}} Category:1979 births Category:Living people Category:Actresses from Lincoln, England Category:Alumni of the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts Category:English television actresses --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Kelly Adams](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_Adams) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_Adams?action=history)). 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