---
name: "Chanel Cresswell"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/chanel-cresswell"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "23 January 1990"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-17T16:28:22.690938+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Chanel Cresswell

Actor. Born 23 January 1990 in Derbyshire, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 23 January 1990, Derbyshire, England, UK
- **Active:** 2007–present
- **BAFTA Television Awards:** 1 BAFTA (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 85 (1), 2010s 80 (1), 2020s 82 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 82 to 77 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Crime 2, Drama 2, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $8m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chanel_Cresswell, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3666124, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2596460/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/225612

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*This Is England '86*](https://film.one/tv/this-is-england-86.md) (80)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Chanel Cresswell is an English actress. Born on 23 January 1990 in Derbyshire, she grew up in the Codnor area and attended Aldercar Community Language College. While still at school she joined the Nottingham Television Workshop, where she was auditioned by director Shane Meadows.

Her first professional role was as Kelly Jenkins in the film *This Is England* (2006). She reprised the part in the Channel 4 miniseries *This Is England '86* (2010), *This Is England '88* (2011) and *This Is England '90* (2015). For her performance in the final series she received the BAFTA Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2016.

Cresswell has appeared in other television roles including Katie McVey in the Sky1 sitcom *Trollied* (2011–2018), Jess Meredith in *The Bay* (2019), and Tammy in the Netflix series *The Gentlemen* (2024). She has also featured in *Vera*, *Death in Paradise*, *Des* and *Dracula*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Sherwood* (2022), Fi1m 82, as Rosie Jackson — [page](https://film.one/tv/sherwood.md)
- *This Is England '86* (2010), Fi1m 80, as Kelly — [page](https://film.one/tv/this-is-england-86.md)
- *This Is England* (2007), Fi1m 85, as Kelly — [page](https://film.one/film/this-is-england.md)

## Complete filmography (33)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Power: The Downfall of Huw Edwards* (2026), as Scarlet Howes
- *Dirty Business* (2026), series, as Hannah Swift
- *The Gentlemen* (2024), series, as Tammy
- *Distressing Images* (2023), Acting
- *Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama* (2022), series, as Coleen Rooney
- *Sherwood* (2022), series, as Rosie Jackson — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/sherwood.md)
- *Love Spreads* (2021), as Jess
- *Des* (2020), series, as Lesley Mead
- *Dracula* (2020), series, as Kathleen
- *The Bay* (2019), series, as Jess Meredith
- *Strangeways Here We Come* (2018), as Becki
- *On the Edge* (2018), series, as Ashley
- *Pin Cushion* (2018), as Belinda
- *Medusa's Ankles* (2018), as Deirdre
- *The Agency* (2017), as Pamela
- *Murdered for Being Different* (2017), as DC Steph Farley
- *My Name Is Lenny* (2017), as Valerie McLean
- *The Aliens* (2016), series, as Paulette
- *This Is England '90* (2015), series, as Kelly
- *Bypass* (2014), as Emily
- *This Is England '88* (2011), series, as Kelly
- *The Case* (2011), series, as Julie Prior
- *Death in Paradise* (2011), series, as Tamsin Lewis
- *Trollied* (2011), series, as Katie
- *Vera* (2011), series, as Charlie — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/vera.md)
- *This Is England '86* (2010), series, as Kelly — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/this-is-england-86.md)
- *Dive* (2010), series, as Hailey
- *Dirty Egg* (2010), as The Girl
- *Wish 143* (2009), as Amy
- *Bale* (2009), as Sarah
- *This Is England* (2007), as Kelly — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/this-is-england.md)
- *Casualty* (1986), series, as Liz Roberts
- *Amazing Grace*, as Naomi

## Awards

### BAFTA Television Awards — 1 won

- 2016: Best Supporting Actress (won), for *This Is England '90*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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