kellie shirley

Photo: Jon Gee

Kellie is a professional actress. She was born in Croydon and grew up in both Kent and SE London.

A graduate of the BRIT School, Kellie works in Film, TV, Radio and Theatre.

Her work for film includes the blockbuster 'Wimbledon' (Working Title), 'Venus' (Miramax), 'Heidi' (Piccadilly Pictures), horror film'The Sickhouse' (Hopscotch films), gangster Brit flick 'The Baseline' (Forth Culture films), as well as a variety of shorts and independent films. Kellie is currently filming romantic comedy 'Girl on a Bicycle' - from the makers of 'The Lives of Others' (Wiedemann & Berg), the film is due for release late 2011.

Kellie is best known for her role as 'Carly Wicks' in the BBC's 'Eastenders' where she appeared in over 220 episodes. She is also known for her role in 'The Office Christmas Specials' playing 'Kym' opposite Ricky Gervais. Other television work includes the critically acclaimed 3-part BBC period drama 'Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky' as 'Violet', based on the novel by Patrick Hamilton and directed by Simon Curtis. Other television work includes 'Happy Slaps' and 'Sex Football and scoring goals' (Channel 4) and the role of 'Mabel' opposite John Hannah in 'Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde' (Working Title). Kellie recently filmed 6-part web series 'Self Centred' where she plays lead 'Lydia' for Pollibee Pictures.

For theatre, Kellie has worked at the Royal Court Theatre, Royal National Theatre, Menier Chocolate Factory, Soho Theatre, and Lyric Hammersmith where she played the role of 'Nancy' in Neil Bartlett's 'Oliver Twist'.

For radio, Kellie has worked extensively for BBC Radio 4.

Additionally Kellie is a trained dancer and most recently featured in Paolo Nutini's 'Pencil Full of Lead' music video for Sony and Atlantic Records. She has also co-presented 'Something for the Weekend' with Tim Lovejoy for BBC2.

Kellie is ambassador for the charity 'Mencap' and Patron along with Richard Wilson for 'Magpie Dance'.

Kellie's voice work includes campaigns for 'Rimmel London', 'Sony Singstar', 'Coors Light' and 'Levenelle One'.

'Venus', 'Wimbledon', 'Twenty Thousand Streets Under The sky', 'The Sickhouse' and 'The Office' - Christmas specials are all avaliable to buy on DVD.