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name: "Kellie Shirley"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kellie-shirley"
fi1m_id: "kellie-shirley"
imdb_id: "nm1277450"
tmdb_id: 75060
wikidata_id: "Q6385803"
roles: []
born: "11 July 1981"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-01T19:38:12.872682+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."
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# Kellie Shirley

## Identity

Kellie Shirley

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kellie-shirley
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kellie-shirley
- **IMDb ID:** nm1277450
- **TMDB ID:** 75060
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6385803
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kellie_Shirley, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6385803, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1277450/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/75060

Actor. Born 11 July 1981 in Croydon, Surrey, England, UK.

## Details

- **Born:** 11 July 1981, Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
- **Also known as:** Kelly Jane Shirley , Kelly Shirley 
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kellie_Shirley, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6385803, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1277450/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/75060

## Biography

Kellie Shirley is an English actress. She began her career via the National Youth Theatre and trained at the BRIT School. Her screen debut came in the 2003 Christmas specials of *The Office*, followed by early film roles in *Wimbledon* (2004) and *Venus* (2006), in which she played a Royal Court Actress.

Shirley is known for playing Carly Wicks in more than 200 episodes of the BBC soap *EastEnders* (2006–2008, 2012). Other television credits include *In the Long Run* (2017–2020) as Kirsty De La Croix, *Call the Midwife*, *Death in Paradise*, *Joe All Alone* and *Casualty*. Film work includes *King of Thieves* (2018), *Benediction* (2021) and *Bull* (2021). She has appeared in productions for the National Theatre, Royal Court and Royal Shakespeare Company.

Shirley has also worked as a writer, including all six episodes of the Apple podcast drama *ROAR*, and was shortlisted for Greenacre Films’ ScriptSearch initiative.

*Sources: bafta.org, en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, kellieshirley.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Venus* (2006), Fi1m 72, as Royal Court Actress — [page](https://film.one/film/venus.md)

## Complete filmography (41)

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

- *The Geography of Violence* (2026), as Leah
- *Odyssey* (2025), as Safi
- *Blockhead* (2025), as Kelly
- *Blurred Lines* (2024), Writer
- *Teething Problems* (2024), as The Tooth Fairy
- *Changing Ends* (2023), series, as Terri
- *Taylor* (2022), Actor
- *Benediction* (2021), as Singing Girl
- *Bull* (2021), as Cheryl
- *Biff and Chip* (2021), series, as Mum
- *Baby Boy* (2021), Actor
- *Chronos* (2019), as Bonnie
- *Snapshots* (2019), Actor
- *Who's the Daddy?* (2019), as Rachel · Associate Producer
- *King of Thieves* (2018), as Terri Robinson
- *In the Long Run* (2018), series, as Kirsty
- *Kick* (2015), as Tracy
- *Shame the Devil* (2013), as D.S. Clarke
- *Everyone's Going to Die* (2013), as Ali
- *Girl on a Bicycle* (2013), as Marta
- *G.B.H.* (2012), as Louise
- *Frank* (2012), as Polly
- *Run For Your Wife* (2012), as Susie Browning
- *The Grind* (2012), as Jo
- *Call the Midwife* (2012), series, as Connie Blakemore — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/call-the-midwife.md)
- *Death in Paradise* (2011), series, as Pamela Bellman
- *Baseline* (2010), as Gemma
- *Parents of the Band* (2008), series, Actor
- *The Sickhouse* (2008), as Joolz
- *Lewis* (2007), series, as Madeleine Cotton
- *Venus* (2006), as Royal Court Actress — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/venus.md)
- *Heidi* (2005), as Tinette
- *Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky* (2005), series, as Violet
- *Wimbledon* (2004), as Betting Shop Girl
- *Sex, Footballers and Videotape* (2004), as Cassie
- *Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde* (2003), as Mabel Mercer
- *Casualty* (1986), series, as Sophia Peters
- *EastEnders* (1985), series, as Carly Wicks
- *The Bill* (1984), series, Actor
- *The Wolf*, as Leah · Writer
- *Wuss*, Actor

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