Kirsty-Leigh Porter
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Kirsty Leigh Porter is an English actress. She is most famous for her roles in British soap operas, including portraying Zoe Willson in Coronation Street
and Roz Fielding in Emmerdale
.
, Shameless
and Ashes To Ashes
.
Porter went on to have larger roles in the children's television programme My Spy Family
, as Marcy, and The Street
as Ellie.
It was announced in July 2009, that Porter had been cast in the long-running ITV
soap opera Coronation Street
as the girlfriend of long established character David Platt
.
After her role in Coronation Street, Porter was cast in another ITV soap, Emmerdale, as the best friend of Holly Barton
. Her role in Emmerdale as Roz, included pushing
Holly into taking illegal drugs, and stealing to fuel her addiction. At the end of the storyline, it was announced that Porter would be leaving the soap.
Coronation Street
Coronation Street is a British soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Greater Manchester based on Salford. Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960...
and Roz Fielding in Emmerdale
Emmerdale
Emmerdale, is a long-running British soap opera set in Emmerdale , a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, Emmerdale was first broadcast on 16 October 1972...
.
Career
Porter has played a number of small roles on British television, including Doctors, The Royal TodayThe Royal Today
The Royal Today was a British medical soap opera, a spin-off of the similarly themed drama, The Royal. The concept is that whilst The Royal is set in the late 1960s, The Royal Today featured the same hospital in the present day, with a new set of characters working in the same location...
, Shameless
Shameless
Shameless is a British television drama series set in Manchester on the fictional Chatsworth council estate. Produced by Company Pictures for Channel 4, the first seven-episode series aired weekly on Tuesday nights at 10pm from 13 January 2004...
and Ashes To Ashes
Ashes to Ashes (TV series)
Ashes to Ashes is a British science fiction and police procedural drama television series, serving as the sequel to Life on Mars.The series began airing on BBC One in February 2008. A second series began broadcasting in April 2009...
.
Porter went on to have larger roles in the children's television programme My Spy Family
My Spy Family
My Spy Family is a live action children's comedy series created by Paul Alexander that is currently being aired on the Qubo blocks in the USA, Boomerang in the UK, on Cartoon Network in South Africa, Poland, Italy, Hungary, Romania, Iceland and Denmark and on TG4 in Ireland. It is produced by...
, as Marcy, and The Street
The Street (TV series)
The Street is a British television drama series created by Jimmy McGovern and produced by Granada Television for the BBC. The series follows the lives of various residents of an unnamed street in Manchester and features an all-star cast including Timothy Spall, Jim Broadbent, Jane Horrocks, Bob...
as Ellie.
It was announced in July 2009, that Porter had been cast in the long-running ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
soap opera Coronation Street
Coronation Street
Coronation Street is a British soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Greater Manchester based on Salford. Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960...
as the girlfriend of long established character David Platt
David Platt (Coronation Street)
David Daniel Platt is a fictional character in the UK television ITV soap opera, Coronation Street. The character first appeared onscreen during the episode airing on 26 December 1990 and is portrayed by actor Jack P...
.
After her role in Coronation Street, Porter was cast in another ITV soap, Emmerdale, as the best friend of Holly Barton
Holly Barton
Holly Barton is a fictional character from the British soap opera Emmerdale, played by Sophie Powles. She made her first on-screen appearance on 17 July 2009. Holly was introduced to the soap as part of the Bartons, a new farming family who took over the running of Butler's Farm. Holly was joined...
. Her role in Emmerdale as Roz, included pushing
Illegal drug trade
The illegal drug trade is a global black market, dedicated to cultivation, manufacture, distribution and sale of those substances which are subject to drug prohibition laws. Most jurisdictions prohibit trade, except under license, of many types of drugs by drug prohibition laws.A UN report said the...
Holly into taking illegal drugs, and stealing to fuel her addiction. At the end of the storyline, it was announced that Porter would be leaving the soap.