Kerry Bennett

Kerry Bennett is a British television and theatre actress. Bennett grew up in Stockport, United Kingdom and began her career aged fourteen acting in theatre productions. She rose to prominence playing the role of Jess Cranham in the BBC medical drama Casualty and Eva Falco in the soap opera Hollyoaks. Bennett has also appeared in numerous other British television dramas, soap operas and short films. Bennett has also participated in voice over work and continued to pursue her theatrical career when not signed to television or film roles. Career Bennett was born in United Kingdom and grew up in the northern town Stockport. Bennett is biracial and has Seychellois heritage. At age fourteen, Bennett joined the NK Theatre company and began playing roles in their productions. Bennett's first professional role was dancing in the NSPCC charity gala at The Palace Theatre in Manchester. Bennett then participated in various "theatre in education" programmes and later became a patron of the theatre's charity. She furthered her training by attending the East 15 Acting School in Essex. In addition to acting, Bennett has become a voice over artist during her career. In 2014, Bennett secured a guest role in CBBC show Hank Zipzer. In 2015, it was revealed that Bennett was filming a role for the horror genre web-series titled, The Highridge Massacre. Bennett played the role of Jess Cranham in the BBC medical drama Casualty. The character is portrayed as a paramedic on the series. Jess is also a lesbian who becomes the victim of domestic violence. She made her finale appearance in the episode broadcast on 20 January 2016. In 2016, Bennett had a role in the British-Italian indie film The Habit of Beauty. She also returned to theatre from April to June 2016, playing the role of Dawn in the touring stage production of Invincible. It was later announced that Bennett had joined the cast of the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, playing the role of Eva Falco. The role was described as deadly character who was fixated on getting revenge. Whilst working on Hollyoaks, Bennett worked with Clive Russell who played her on-screen father Billy Brodie. Bennett described the experience as "quite daunting" but was "thrilled" to work alongside the actor. Bennett remained with the show for six months until her character was killed off and her final scenes were broadcast on 16 January 2017.