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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 4, 1968
Place of Birth
Lambeth, London, England
Also Known As
- Patricia Jude Kensit
- Patricia Jude Frances Kensit
- Eight Wonder
- Патрисия Джуд Фрэнсис Кенсит
- Патрисия Кенсит
- پتسی کنسیت
Patsy Kensit
3.3 Popularity
Biography
Patricia Jude Francis "Patsy" Kensit (born 4 March 1968) is an English actress and singer. Beginning her career as a child actor, Kensit gained attention when she acted in a string of commercials for Birds Eye frozen peas. She went on to appear in films such as The Great Gatsby (1974), Gold (1974), Alfie Darling (1975), Hennessy (1975), The Blue Bird (1976) and Hanover Street (1979). Balancing a dual career as both an actress and a singer, in 1983 Kensit formed and became the lead singer of the pop band Eighth Wonder. The group released several singles, including the top 20 hits "I'm Not Scared" and "Cross My Heart", before disbanding in 1989. Kensit achieved further success in her breakthrough role as Suzette in the musical film Absolute Beginners (1986) and as Rika van den Haas in Lethal Weapon 2 (1989) before starring in the films Blue Tornado (1991), Timebomb (1991), Twenty-One (1991), Blame It on the Bellboy (1992), Bitter Harvest (1993), Full Eclipse (1993), Angels & Insects (1995), Love and Betrayal (1995) and Grace of My Heart (1996). Following a return to television, between 2004 and 2006, Kensit played the role of Sadie King in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale and then that of Faye Morton in the BBC One medical drama Holby City from 2007 to 2010, and again for an episode in 2019. Throughout 2023, she played Emma Harding in EastEnders. Kensit has been married to musicians Dan Donovan, Jim Kerr, Liam Gallagher and Jeremy Healy. Kensit was nominated for the Young Artist Award for Best Juvenile Actress in a Motion Picture for her role in Hanover Street (1979). In 1991, she was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead in Twenty-One (1991), and later had several nominations for her role in Emmerdale. Patricia Jude Francis Kensit was born on 4 March 1968, at the General Lying-In Hospital, Lambeth, to James and Margaret Rose (née Doohan). Kensit's maternal grandparents hailed from County Leitrim, Ireland. She has an older brother. Her mother was a secretary at Dior and former model, who had previously dated Aga Khan IV, while Kensit's father was a close associate of both the Kray Twins and the Richardson Gang, earning himself the nickname "Jimmy the Dip", and was involved in the Great Train Robbery. He served time in prison before Kensit was born and used a cover as an antiques dealer. Kensit's godfather was Reggie Kray. Her paternal grandfather was a robber and counterfeiter. Kensit spent her childhood living on a council estate in Hounslow and had to sleep on mattresses on the floor. She attended Newland House School, St Catherine's School, Twickenham, and Corona Theatre School.
Known For
2.0
A Scottish Christmas Secret
2025
5.4
Constance Bull
Borley Rectory: The Awakening
2025
0.0
Crassus
A Gangster's Kiss
2024
5.5
Judy Carver
Renegades
2022
7.8
Self - Panellist
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
2021
6.0
Sonia
The Pebble and the Boy
2021
7.6
Barbara Graham
McDonald & Dodds
2020
6.0
Self - Contestant
Richard Osman's House of Games
2017
4.5
Betty Greene
Tina & Bobby
2017
6.1
Emma Comfrey
Agatha Raisin
2016
Credits
A Scottish Christmas Secret
2025
2.0
Borley Rectory: The Awakening
as Constance Bull
2025
5.4
A Gangster's Kiss
as Crassus
2024
0.0
Renegades
as Judy Carver
2022
5.5
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
as Self - Panellist
2021
7.8
The Pebble and the Boy
as Sonia
2021
6.0
McDonald & Dodds
as Barbara Graham
2020
7.6
Richard Osman's House of Games
as Self - Contestant
2017
6.0
Tina & Bobby
as Betty Greene
2017
4.5
Agatha Raisin
as Emma Comfrey
2016
6.1
The 90s: Ten Years That Changed the World
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2015
8.7
Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side
as Self
2011
6.5
OK! TV
2011
4.0
Alan Carr: Chatty Man
as Self
2009
4.9
Chris Moyles' Quiz Night
as Self
2009
5.3
🎬
Bargain Hunt Famous Finds
2008
0.0
Celebrity Juice
as Self
2008
6.6
Would I Lie to You?
as Self
2007
7.8
The Magic Door
as Rachel
2007
4.1
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2007
7.2
The Charlotte Church Show
2006
5.0
The Children's Party at the Palace
as The Grand High Witch (The Witches)
2006
1.8
Played
as Cindy
2006
3.6
🎬
Must See TV
2005
0.0
A Bear's Tail
as Helen Hennerson
2005
7.2
8 Out of 10 Cats
as Self
2005
7.1
Monkey Trousers
2005
7.3
The Friday Night Project
as Self - Guest Host
2005
5.8
Who Do You Think You Are?
as Self
2004
6.7
The Paul O'Grady Show
as Self - Guest
2004
4.6
Who's Your Daddy?
as Heather McKay
2004
4.8
🎬
Dark Side
as Vicki
2003
2.5
Strange Frequency²
as Angie (segment 'Cold Turkey')
2003
5.4
Shelter Island
as Alexandria 'Alex'
2003
4.5
The One and Only
as Stella
2002
4.6
Bo' Selecta!
as Self
2002
7.1
Bad Karma
as Maureen Hatcher / Agnes
2002
3.4
Loves Music, Loves To Dance
as Darcy Scott
2001
4.1
Things Behind the Sun
as Denise
2001
6.0
Murder in Mind
as Angela Stephenson
2001
8.4
Celebrity Big Brother
as Self
2001
4.9
Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime
as Princess Jasmine
2000
9.0
Best
as Anna
2000
6.0
The Pavilion
as Clara Huddlestone
2000
5.5
Janice Beard 45 WPM
as Julia
1999
4.8
Speedway Junky
as Donna
1999
5.2
Holby City
as Faye Byrne
1999
5.8
Holby City
as Faye Morton
1999
5.8
Human Bomb
as Marcia Weller
1998
3.3
The Last Don II
as Josie Cirolia
1998
6.9
Grace of My Heart
as Cheryl Steed
1996
6.0
TFI Friday
as Self
1996
6.8
Tunnel Vision
as Kelly Wheatstone
1995
3.4
At the Midnight Hour
as Elisabeth Guiness
1995
5.8
Angels and Insects
as Eugenia Alabaster Adamson
1995
6.1
Soccer AM
as Self
1995
6.0
Dream Man
as Kris Anderson
1995
3.2
Lo + plus
as Self - Guest
1995
0.0
🎬
Love and Betrayal: The Mia Farrow Story
as Mia Farrow
1995
4.3
Kleptomania
as Julie
1995
2.5
Fall from Grace
as Lady Deirdre Sebright
1994
1.0
Shooting Stars
as Self
1993
7.6
Full Eclipse
as Casey Spencer
1993
5.1
Bitter Harvest
as Jolene
1993
4.6
Tales from the Crypt - Uncut
1992
0.0
Adam Bede
as Hetty Sorrel
1992
7.2
🎬
Does This Mean We're Married?
as Deena
1992
4.2
Blame It on the Bellboy
as Caroline Wright
1992
5.3
The Turn of the Screw
as Jenny
1992
5.2
Prince of Shadows
as Rebeca
1991
5.0
Twenty-one
as Katie
1991
4.5
Blue Tornado
as Isabella
1991
3.2
Timebomb
as Dr. Anna Nolmar
1991
5.1
Bullseye!
as Sick Lady on Train
1990
5.2
Kill Cruise
as Su
1990
3.4
Chicago Joe and the Showgirl
as Joyce Cook
1990
4.9
Screen One
as Hetty Sorrel
1989
7.0
A Chorus of Disapproval
as Linda Washbrook
1989
5.3
Lethal Weapon 2
as Rika Van Den Haas
1989
7.0
Tales from the Crypt
as Bridget (segment "As Ye Sow")
1989
8.0
Arms and the Man
as Louka - maid
1989
9.5
Don Bosco
as Lina
1988
6.0
🎬
Lahaye d'honneur
as Self - Eight Wonder
1987
0.0
Le monde est à vous
as Self - Eight Wonder
1987
0.0
Sacrée Soirée
as Self - Eight Wonder
1987
5.1
French & Saunders
as Self
1987
7.5
Casualty
as Charlotte Leith-Jones
1986
6.1
Absolute Beginners
as Suzette
1986
5.4
Silas Marner
as Eppie
1985
5.6
The Corsican Brothers
as Emilie du Cailland
1985
6.0
Diana
as Young Diana
1984
5.0
The Tragedy of Richard III
as Lady Margaret Plantagenet
1983
6.0
🎬
Luna
1983
0.0
Schoolgirl Chums
as Hilary
1982
6.0
The Adventures of Pollyanna
as Pollyanna
1982
0.0
🎬
The Mystery of the Disappearing Schoolgirls
as Daisy
1980
0.0
Quincy's Quest
as Jennifer
1979
5.5
The Legend of King Arthur
as Morgan le Fay as a child
1979
7.0
Hanover Street
as Sarah Sellinger
1979
5.5
Lady Oscar
as young Oscar François de Jarjayes
1979
5.6
🎬
Quiet as a Nun
as Tessa
1978
0.0
Dickens of London
as Georgina Hogarth
1976
6.5
The Blue Bird
as Mytyl
1976
5.3
Hennessy
as Angie Hennessy
1975
4.7
Alfie Darling
as Penny
1975
4.2
Churchill's People
as Brewster child
1974
1.0
The Great Gatsby
as Pamela Buchanan
1974
6.3
Emmerdale
as Sadie King
1972
4.2
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Emilie du Caillaud
1951
8.6