Kerry Norton (born 11 October 1972) is a British actress and singer.

Kerry Norton
Born (1972-10-11) 11 October 1972 (age 52)
Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey, England
Occupation(s)Actress, singer
SpouseJamie Bamber
Children3

Early life

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Norton was born and brought up in her home town of Sunbury-on-Thames.

Education

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Norton was educated at Sunbury Manor School, a state comprehensive school, and now an academy school, in Sunbury-on-Thames.

She trained at London Contemporary Dance School in London, and at Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute in New York City.

Career

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Norton was a gymnast before becoming an actress.

She had a small part on the American TV series, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, in 1996. The episode, entitled "A Girl and Her Cat", had her play the part of Lulu, a gymnastic witch, who was engaged to Sabrina's second cousin.

She has made a number of guest appearances on Battlestar Galactica as paramedic Layne Ishay (with her real-life husband as Major Lee 'Apollo' Adama).[1] She appeared in the first three episodes of season 2, "Scattered", "Valley of Darkness" and "Fragged", and a later episode entitled "Downloaded". She also appeared in the season 3 episode "Taking a Break from All Your Worries", and the season 4 episodes "A Disquiet Follows My Soul", "No Exit", "Islanded in a Stream of Stars" and "Daybreak, Parts 1 and 2".

She also played the leading role of Anne Alstein in The Screwfly Solution. She played the part of Maxi Purvis in Bad Girls' third and fourth series and was a member of the original cast of the touring play Seven Deadly Sins Four Deadly Sinners.

Music career

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In 2005 she recorded an album of covers, titled Young Heart. Track number three ("Everlasting Love") has also been used in a commercial for Grolsch Brewery. In that same year she was invited to record Greensleeves as a duet with famous Dutch singer Rene Froger for his Christmas album Pure Christmas (released on EMI Music).

Personal life

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Norton is married to fellow actor Jamie Bamber, and they have three daughters: Isla Elizabeth Angela Griffith, and twins Darcy Beatrice and Ava Molly. She has two sisters, Jackie and Lorraine, and a brother, Matthew.

Filmography

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Film
Year Title Role Notes
1995 Demonsoul Erica Steele Feature film
1996 Virtual Terror Caroline Jarvis Feature film
1998 Nice Guys… Ashlyn Feature film
2002 Hide Doe Short film
2003 The Devil's Tattoo Annie Feature film
2012 Tom and Jerry: Robin Hood and His Merry Mouse Maid Marion (singing) Direct-to-video film
2012 Filly Brown Amanda Hutchinson Feature film
2014 Attack on Space Carla Jaeger Short film
2014 Speed Dating Pippa Short film
2015 The Pavement Wife Short film
2016 ToY Kat Feature film
2016 A Journey to a Journey Professor Susan Robards Feature film
2016 Monday Nights at Seven Maya Feature film
2016 Sing for Your Supper Fruit Buyer Short film
2019 Dirty God Consultant Burns Surgeon Feature film
2020 Avernus Beth Short film
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1996 Sabrina the Teenage Witch Lulu Season 1 (episode: "A Girl and Her Cat")
1997 The Weird Al Show Contortionist #1 Season 1 (recurring, 5 episodes)
2000 Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) Spirit Girl Season 1 (episode: "Drop Dead")
2001 Casualty Sporty Spice Season 15 (episode: "Girl Power")
2001–02 Bad Girls Maxi Purvis Seasons 3–4 (main, 17 episodes)
2001 The Big Breakfast Herself Episode broadcast 26 October 2001
2003 The Human Mind Herself Miniseries (episode: "Making Friends")
2004 Murphy's Law Polly McKenna Season 2 (episode: "Jack's Back")
2004–06 EastEnders Nurse Rosa 4 episodes
2005–09 Battlestar Galactica Paramedic Layne Ishay Season 2–4 (recurring, 10 episodes)
2006 Masters of Horror Anne Season 2 (episode: "The Screwfly Solution")
2006 Showbiz Poker Herself Season 1, Episode 8
2016 Berlin Station FBI Woman Season 1 (episode: Oratorio Berlin)
2016 Untitled Sarah Silverman Project Helen TV movie
2017 Casualty Judith Crompton Season 31 (episode: "War of the Roses")
2020 Trader Malory Lee
2022 Angelyne Edie Wallach Miniseries

References

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  1. ^ "Kerry Norton". Metacritic. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
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