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Brooke Kinsella, MBE (born 19 July 1983) is a British actress, author and anti-knife crime campaigner. A graduate of the Anna Scher Theatre School, Kinsella has been acting since childhood. She has had various roles on television and in film. Her most notable role is that of Kelly Taylor, who featured in BBC's long-running soap opera, ''EastEnders'', between 2001 and 2004. She has her own drama school called True Stars Academy Kinsella's family made headlines in the British press in 2008 following the murder of her half-brother, Ben, who was stabbed to death in June 2008. After his death, hundreds of people protested along with Kinsella over knife fatalities in London. ==Career== Kinsella attended the Maria Fidelis RC Convent School in Camden. Prompted by her mother, who wanted to encourage her to take up a hobby she enjoyed, Kinsella attended the Anna Scher Theatre School at the age of 6, and stayed there until she was 16. She made her television debut at the age of 7 in the BBC children's series ''Mud'' and has appeared in a variety of other TV productions, including ''Coming Home''. As well as appearing in an episode of the BBC series ''Sunburn'' in 2000, she has also appeared in the entirely unrelated music video "Sunburn" by British rock band, Muse. Film credits include the Channel 4 film ''Kid In The Corner'' (1999), about a child suffering with ADHD, and the controversial ITV film ''No Child of Mine'' (1997). In the latter she played Kerry, a young girl who continuously suffered sexual abuse from her parents, friends and carers, and was forced into prostitution by her father. Kerry finally contacts Childline and is put in a safe house, where she tries to come to terms with what has been done to her. The film was based on a true story, with the names changed to protect the real victim's identity. In 2002, Kinsella appeared as Liz Chambers in ITV1's cop show ''The Bill'', playing a teenage tearaway. Her character is later the first victim of the original Sun Hill Serial Killer. Her stage credits include ''School Play'' at Soho Theatre (2001) and a rehearsed reading of ''Skyvers'' by Barry Reckord at the Royal Court Theatre in 2006. Before securing the role of Kelly Smith in ''EastEnders'', Kinsella had auditioned for the parts of Zoe Slater, Janine Butcher and Sonia Jackson, but was unsuccessful. Kinsella completed the first year of a degree in English, Media and Drama at Buckinghamshire New University before joining the cast of ''EastEnders''. She joined the show for a brief stint in 2001, before returning as a full-time cast member from 2002 to 2004. During her time on the soap opera, Brooke's character weathered prostitution, relationship break-ups and confusion over her sexual identity prompted by a lesbian kiss with Michelle Ryan's character, Zoe Slater. The kiss was criticised in the British media as cheap sensationalism and branded as a ratings-stunt. Louise Berridge, the one-time executive producer of ''EastEnders'', made the decision to axe Kinsella's character in 2004 to allow further character development of her on-screen best friend, Zoe Slater; however, Kinsella maintains it was a mutual decision between herself and Berridge. In March 2008, Brooke said in an interview with ''Woman'' magazine that she would love to return to ''EastEnders'' at some point. Kinsella and her real-life partner Ray Panthaki (who played Ronny Ferreira in ''EastEnders'') played a heroin-taking couple in director Andrew Jones's film ''The Feral Generation'', which was shot during the period of December 2006 and January 2007 and premiered at the 2007 Portobello Film Festival. Her debut novel, ''Friendship Is A Funny Thing'' is awaiting publication. She was made an MBE for her work on knife crime in the Queen's Birthday Honours 2011. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Brooke Kinsella」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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