Pooky Quesnel

Pooky Quesnel

Infobox Actor


name = Pooky Quesnel
birthdate = 1965
birthplace = Eccles, Lancashire, England
occupation = Actress, screenwriter, singer
yearsactive = 1980s – present

Pooky Quesnel is an English actress, screenwriter and singer. Quesnel was raised in Eccles, Lancashire, along with her six siblings. She read English at Oxford University before spending a year at drama school.cite news|first= Nigel|last= Dempster|title= All's fair in love for Pooky|work= Mail on Sunday|date= 1993-04-04|page= 47] In the 1980s she performed in Humphrey Carpenter's Vile Bodies band at the Ritz Hotel, and performed in a tribute concert to him following his death in 2005. [cite web|title= Music for a Wizard Whizz|url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/feature/pip/6hvjd/|work= BBC Radio 3|date= 2006-10-01|accessdate= 2008-01-03]

She played Dr Monica Broome in the first series of "Cardiac Arrest" and DC Grace Harris in the first two series of "Thief Takers". She had a recurring role in the third series of "Cold Feet" as Emma Keaton and returned to medical dramas in 2006, playing Dr Christine Whelan in "The Golden Hour". In 2007 she starred as Nita in the BBC One series "True Dare Kiss", and later that year began a recurring role in "EastEnders" as Rachel Branning, taking over the character from Sukie Smith.

In 2003 she began screenwriting, producing scripts for "Doctors" and "Family Affairs", [cite press release |title= Pooky Quesnel plays Nita|publisher= BBC Press Office|date= 2007-06-18|url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2007/06_june/18/true_quesnel.shtml|accessdate= 2008-01-03] appearing in the latter as Diane Short.

More recently she appeared in an episode of the BBC murder mystery show, "Midsommer Murders" as Julie, a journalist writing for the magazine 'Midsommer Life'.

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References

External links

* [http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/546816 Pooky Quesnel] at the British Film Institute
* [http://www.macfarlane-chard.co.uk/clients.asp?t=ACT&i=380/ MacFarlane Chard Agency Site]
*imdb name|id=0703342|name=Pooky Quesnel


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