Kay Purcell

Kay Purcell (6 December 1963 – 23 December 2020) was an English actress. She was best known for portraying the roles of Cynthia Daggert in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale (2001–2002), Candice Smilie in the BBC school-based drama series Waterloo Road (2007–2009), and Gina Conway in the CBBC drama series Tracy Beaker Returns (2010–2012) and its spin-off series The Dumping Ground (2013). Then from 2015 to 2017, she appeared as Mrs. Rennison in the CBBC sitcom So Awkward (2015–2017).

Personal life
In early 2017, Purcell was diagnosed with breast cancer. Purcell posted images, videos and blogs on social media to show her own experience of the disease. In early 2020, Purcell was diagnosed with terminal liver cancer and was given a life expectancy of two years. She died from the disease on 23 December 2020, aged 57.

Filmography
 Year  Title  Role  Notes  1995  Cracker  TV Reporter  Episode: "True Romance: Part 2" 1996–1998  Emmerdale  Carmel Morgan  Recurring role; 9 episodes 1997  Coronation Street  Rhona Summers  3 episodes 1998   Casualty  WDC  McCarthy  Episode: "Taking Sides" 1999  City Central  Jenny  Episode: "Paradise Lost" My Parents Are Aliens  Mrs. Williams  Episode: "The Home Team" 2000  Casualty  Diane Abley  Episode: "Fall Out" Children's Ward  Winsome  Series 12: Episode 8  2001–2002  Emmerdale  Cynthia Daggert  Regular role; 188 episodes  2003  Holby City  Heather Nixon  Episode: "Read My Lips"  2004–2005  Bernard's Watch  Ms. Savage  Main role; 21 episodes  2004  Sex Lives of the Potato Men  Gloria  Film 2005  Messiah  Prof Uhomi  Episodes: "The Harrowing: Parts 1–3" Doctors  Mrs. Jane Manners  2 episodes  2006  Ideal  Alice  Episode: "The Delivery" My Parents Are Aliens  Mrs. Brookman  3 episodes  2007–2009  Waterloo Road  Candice Smilie  Main role; 24 episodes  2010–2012  Tracy Beaker Returns  Gina Conway  All 39 episodes  2011–2012  Tracy Beaker Survival Files  Main role  2012  Hacker Time  Herself  Episode: "Connor Byrne and Kay Purcell" 2013  The Dumping Ground  Gina Conway  Main role; 13 episodes  2014–2016  Hacker Time  Mrs. Breadbin  13 episodes 2015–2017  So Awkward  Mrs. Rennison  Main role; 25 episodes 2016  Sunny D  Barbara  Episode: "D Is for Declarations" 2020  When It Rains  Sonia  5 episodes 2021  Doctors  Mo Larkin  Episode: "Of Mice and Women"; posthumous release

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Category:1963 births
Category:2020 deaths
Category:Deaths from liver cancer
Category:English stage actors
Category:English television actors
Category:English movie actors
Category:Soap opera actors
Category:Actors from Lancashire