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Patricia Jude Frances Kensit (born 4
March 1968 in Hounslow, Middlesex) is an English actress
and singer, and is also well-known for her three
celebrity marriages.
Career: Aged four, Kensit appeared in a
television advert for Birds Eye frozen peas. In 1974 she
had her first role in a movie "The Great Gatsby
" starring with Mia Farrow - who she would later
appear as in the 1995 biopic Love and Betrayal: The Mia
Farrow Story.
A pupil at the Italia Conti Academy stage school,
Kensit's first starring roles were in British children's
television programmes such as The Adventures of
Pollyanna (1982) and Luna. She also appeared as Estella
in a BBC adaptation of Great Expectations in 1981.
Rise to fame: She started to come to fame in
1985, leading a dual career as the lead singer of the
band Eighth Wonder and an actress. Eighth Wonder had two
Top 40 singles ("I'm Not Scared" and
"Cross My Heart") and appearing on Top of the
Pops, while Kensit also starred as Eppie in an
adaptation of Silas Marner, with Ben Kingsley. At the
time, Kensit at the height of her fame infamously
stated: "All I want is to be more famous than
anything or anyone".
In 1986, she won the lead female role in the film
version of Absolute Beginners, based on the book by
Colin MacInnes. In 1988, Eighth Wonder had their fourth
top-10 hit with "I'm Not Scared", which was
produced by the Pet Shop Boys. Although the band's
success quickly waned, the song appeared in the 1989
film Lethal Weapon 2, in which Kensit now focusing
solely on being an actress played Rika van den Haas, a
South African consulate secretary with whom cop Martin
Riggs (played by Mel Gibson) falls in love.
In 1995 Kensit starred in Angels & Insects, with
Kristin Scott Thomas and Mark Rylance, which was
nominated for an Academy Award for Costume Design and in
which she complied with director Philip Haas' request to
bleach her pubic hair. Kensit's last major lead film
role was in the Newcastle-based The One and Only, which
failed to get wide distribution. Kensit auditioned for
the part of Captain Kathryn Janeway in Star Trek:
Voyager, but lost out to Kate Mulgrew.
By now Patsy Kensit's private life had brought her to as
much attention as her acting or singing, as the tabloid
newspapers detailed the break down of her marriage to
Simple Minds singer Jim Kerr and her romance with Oasis
singer Liam Gallagher. Her career stalled as she focused
on her marriage, which as it headed towards divorce, led
to the resumption of her acting career.
Return to fame: In 2004 Kensit joined the cast of
British soap opera Emmerdale, playing the character
Sadie King, and also regularly featured in the third
series of Channel 4's Bo Selecta and its 2005 spin-off
series A Bear's Tail. Kensits success as the soap
super-bitch and in a popular comedy brought her back to
the attention of the British public.
In September and October 2005 she appeared as a
celebrity contestant in Ant & Dec's Gameshow
Marathon, progressing through to Play Your Cards Right
before getting knocked out by Carol Vorderman, the
eventual winner of the series. Kensit was a special
guest host on The Friday Night Project on 23 June 2006
with band Placebo. She appeared as The Grand High Witch
of all the World at the Children's Party at the Palace
in celebration of the Queen's 80th birthday in 2006. She
also became the voice of online gambling website
32red.com.
Kensit left Emmerdale in September 2006, stating the
commute to Yorkshire and the resultant time away from
her sons was too stressful. As part of a dramatic week
of episodes which coincided with Jeff Hordley's exit
from the show. Hordley's character Cain Dingle and Sadie
hatched an elaborate kidnap plan involving Tom King -
they set up the transfer of £2 million from the Kings
to Cain in order for Tom to be released, however Cain
double crossed Sadie. Her last appearance was at an
airstrip watching Cain fly away, leaving her penniless
and alone.
Kensit is presently a member of the Holby City cast,
playing nurse Faye Morton. She was due to begin filming
on Holby City in August 2006, however a delay with this
meant she began filming in October and was on-screen
from 30 January 2007.
Personal life: Kensit's first tabloid published
relationship was with Spandau Ballet's Gary Kemp. At the
time she was 15, he was 24.
Kensit has been married three times, and all her
husbands have been musicians. In 1988 she married Dan
Donovan of band Big Audio Dynamite. In 1992 she married
Jim Kerr, lead singer of Simple Minds. During her second
marriage she gave birth to her first child, James.
In 1997 she married Liam Gallagher from
Oasis. Kensit and Gallagher had a son, Lennon, named
after John Lennon. They divorced in 2000, and Kensit
later claimed that she had cried every day of the
marriage.
After her marriage to Gallagher ended in divorce, Kensit
spoke openly about her breast augmentation, which took
her bust measurement from a 32B to a 35C. She has three
tattoos: on her back; above the blade of her left foot
(Gaelic words); and on her ankle - she changed the
tattoo of her ex-husband's name from Liam to the name of
their son, Lennon. She loves football and supports
Rangers and Tottenham Hotspur.
After tabloid reported relationships with Calum Best,
Matt Holbrook, and in 2005 with Jean-Christophe Novelli;
Kensit is now dating rap artist and beatboxer Killa
Kela. |
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