---
name: "Emer Kenny"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/emer-kenny"
fi1m_id: "emer-kenny"
imdb_id: "nm2588373"
tmdb_id: 141536
wikidata_id: "Q5370384"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "10 October 1989"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-01T00:17:06.723490+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."
---

# Emer Kenny

## Identity

Emer Kenny

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/emer-kenny
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** emer-kenny
- **IMDb ID:** nm2588373
- **TMDB ID:** 141536
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5370384
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emer_Kenny, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5370384, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2588373/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/141536

Writer. Born 10 October 1989 in Haringey, London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 10 October 1989, Haringey, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 2023–present
- **Also known as:** Emer Gwynne Morganna Kenny
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 writing
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emer_Kenny, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5370384, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2588373/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/141536

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Hijack*](https://film.one/tv/hijack.md) (66)

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

## Biography

Emer Kenny is a British actress and screenwriter. She was born on 10 October 1989 in Haringey, London. She made her acting debut in the 2007 BBC drama *Coming Down the Mountain* and her film debut in *Lesbian Vampire Killers* (2009).

Kenny is known for her role as Zsa Zsa Carter in *EastEnders* and its spin-off *EastEnders: E20*, which she also wrote for, and as Penelope 'Bunty' Windermere in *Father Brown* (2017–2022). As a screenwriter she has contributed to *EastEnders*, *Holby City* and other series; she wrote and co-starred in the 2022 ITV drama *Karen Pirie* and wrote an episode of the Apple TV+ series *Hijack* (2023).

She is married to television presenter Rick Edwards.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1)

- *How to Get to Heaven from Belfast* (2026), Fi1m 78, as Georgie — [page](https://film.one/tv/how-to-get-to-heaven-from-belfast.md)

### Wrote (1) — the average rests on these

- *Hijack* (2023), Fi1m 66, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/hijack.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

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

- *Preschool* (2026), as Julie
- *How to Get to Heaven from Belfast* (2026), series, as Georgie — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/how-to-get-to-heaven-from-belfast.md)
- *Hijack* (2023), series, Writer — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/hijack.md)
- *Karen Pirie* (2022), series, as River Wilde · Executive Producer, Creator
- *The Curse* (2022), series, as Natasha
- *The Break* (2016), series, as Bianca
- *Siblings* (2014), series, as Izzy
- *London Irish* (2013), series, as Snow White
- *Badults* (2013), series, as Rachel
- *Father Brown* (2013), series, as Penelope "Bunty" Windermere
- *Pramface* (2012), series, as Danielle Reeves
- *Beaver Falls* (2011), series, as Hope
- *Eric & Ernie* (2011), as Joan
- *EastEnders: E20* (2010), series, Actor
- *Freefall* (2009), as Kate
- *Lesbian Vampire Killers* (2009), as Rebecca
- *Coming Down the Mountain* (2007), as Gail
- *Number 10*, series, Actor

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