Emma Kearney

Emma Kearney Biography

Emma Kearney (born 1981) is an Northern Irish film, television and theatre actress. She is best known for her roles in British television series such as her recurring role as Rita Brannigan in soap opera Emmerdale and the sitcom The Gemma Factor.

Career

Television

Kearney has made guest appearances on many British television series. Her first role was in Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks in 2003. In 2006, Emma landed a recurring role as Rita Brannigan on Emmerdale as Paddy's love interest. In 2010, she had a lead role in BBC Three sitcom The Gemma Factor. Emma also appeared on the made-for-television films Omagh and The Baby War.

On 9 December 2010 she appeared as a midwife on the live episode of ITV1 soap opera Coronation Street, which was her second appearance on the show, and her first being back in 2004. Emma's other acting credits include Where the Heart Is, Shameless, Spooks: Code 9, and Doctors.

Theatre

Kearney trained at Manchester Metropolitan Capitol School of Theatre and has appeared in several theatre productions throughout her acting career.

Between 2001 and 2003 she starred in productions at the Capitol Theatre in Manchester including Love's Labour's Lost, The Cherry Orchard, The Provok'd Wife, The Taming of the Shrew, and Dancing at Lughnasa.

In 2003, she appeared in Translations at the Library Theatre. She appeared in three plays in 2006, the first was Separate Tables at the Royal Exchange Theatre, and the others, The Mortal Ash, and Midden at the Oldham Coliseum Theatre. In 2009, she appeared in the touring play Pack of Lies at the Devonshire Park Theatre.

Filmography

Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Hollyoaks	Nurse
2004	Donovan	Dental Receptionist
	Omagh	TV Recptionist	TV movie
	Coronation Street	Midwife
	Outlaws	Prostitute	1 episode: Damaged Goods
	The Courtroom	Sarah Wright	1 episode: Balloon Rage
	I Deal	Jackie
2005	The Baby War	Receptionist	TV movie
	Ideal	Jackie	1 episode: The Party
	Where the Heart Is	Jennifer	1 episode: Stamp of Approval
	Northern Lights	Kim Ashby
	Nice House, Shame About the Garden	Herself/Landscape Team
2006	Shameless	Reporter	1 episode: #3.1
2006	Goldplated	Hospital Manager	2 episodes: The Funeral, Lauren's Affair
2007	Emmerdale	Rita Branning	recurring role
2007	Torn Up Tales	Bev
2008	Spooks: Code 9	Police Officer Interviewee
2008	Wired	Linda Greeves
2010	The Gemma Factor	Janet Grantham	main character
	Doctors	Pat Jameson	1 episode: Best Laid Plans
	Coronation Street	Midwife	live episode dated Thursday 9 December 2010
2012	Mr. Bhatti on Chutti	Alice	First role in Bollywood movie

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