---
name: "Kirsty Strain"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kirsty-strain"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "18 December 1980"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T15:09:15.314585+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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# Kirsty Strain

Actor. Born 18 December 1980 in Glasgow, Scotland.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 18 December 1980, Glasgow, Scotland
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirsty_Strain, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6416181, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1062987/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1287729

## Biography

Kirsty Strain is a Scottish actress. She attended Bannerman High School and Langside College in Glasgow before studying at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York in 2005, where she trained under Paul Calderón. She remained in New York for three years before returning to work in the UK.

Strain is best known for playing various characters in the BBC Scotland sketch series *Burnistoun* (2009–2012) and for the recurring role of Angie Warren in the soap *River City* (2012). Her other television credits include Peggy in *Outlander* (2017), Trish Hendry in *Annika* (2021), and roles in *Guilt* (2019). Film appearances include Ms Wright in *Anna and the Apocalypse* (2018) and a part in *Only You* (2019). She has also written and directed short films.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Burnistoun* (2010), Fi1m 79, Actor — [page](https://film.one/tv/burnistoun.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

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

- *Dirty Water* (2023), series, as Kaitlin
- *Dreaded Light* (2022), as Jen
- *Annika* (2021), series, as Trish Hendry
- *The Punishment* (2021), as Greer
- *Dad Was* (2020), as Wife
- *Guilt* (2019), series, as Secretary, Annie
- *Only You* (2019), as Work Friend
- *Boys Night* (2019), as Margaret
- *Anna and the Apocalypse* (2018), as Ms. Wright
- *Make Me Up* (2018), as Cortanna
- *Scot Squad* (2014), series, as Mother
- *Outlander* (2014), series, as Peggy
- *The Weepers* (2014), as Lady Maclean
- *What Happens After Six* (2014), as Janet
- *The House of Him* (2014), as Sophie
- *Eyes To Me* (2014), as Voice of Sophie
- *Germs* (2013), as Various (voice)
- *Up There* (2012), as Cheryl
- *Native Son* (2010), as Dead Girl
- *Burnistoun* (2010), series, Acting — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/tv/burnistoun.md)

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