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Jane Horrocks

Jane Horrocks (born January 18, 1964) is an English comedian and actress.

She was born in Rossendale Valley, Lancashire. She went to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and joined the Royal Shakespeare Company. She lives with writer, Nick Vivian. They have a son, Dylan, and a daughter, Molly.

While working on a play directed by Jim Cartwright she used to warm up by doing singing impressions of Judy Garland and Ethel Merman. Cartwright was so impressed with her that he wrote the play and the movie Little Voice just to show off her talent.

Television credits

Absolutely Fabulous, Bad Girl, Boon, Heartland, Henry IV, Hunt for Venus, La Nonna, Leaving Home, Never Mind the Horrocks, Nightlife, Red Dwarf, Road, Roots, Some Kind of Life, Suffer the Little Children, The Garden, Welcome to the Times

Selected filmography

  • Born Romantic (2000)
  • Chicken Run (2000)
  • Little Voice (1998)
  • Some Kind of Life (1995)
  • Second Best (1994)
  • Life Is Sweet (1990)
  • Memphis Belle (1990)
  • Getting It Right (1989)
  • Wolves of Willoughby Chase, The (1988)
  • Road (1987)

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Absolutely Fabulous, Bad Girl, Boon, Heartland, Henry IV, Hunt for Venus, La Nonna, Leaving Home, Never Mind the Horrocks, Nightlife, Red Dwarf, Road, Roots, Some Kind of Life, Suffer the Little Children, The Garden, Welcome to the Times. In 2004 Kensit joined the cast of British soap opera Emmerdale, playing the role of Sadie King, and also regularly featured in the third series of Channel 4's Bo Selecta. Cartwright was so impressed with her that he wrote the play and the movie Little Voice just to show off her talent. Her last starring role was in the Newcastle based flop The One and Only which failed to get wide distribution. While working on a play directed by Jim Cartwright she used to warm up by doing singing impressions of Judy Garland and Ethel Merman. They divorced in 2000. They have a son, Dylan, and a daughter, Molly. Kensit and Gallagher had a son, Lennon, named after John Lennon.

She lives with writer, Nick Vivian. During her second marriage she gave birth to her first child, James. In 1997 she married Liam Gallagher from Oasis. She went to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and joined the Royal Shakespeare Company. In 1992 she married Jim Kerr, lead singer of Simple Minds. She was born in Rossendale Valley, Lancashire. In 1988 she married Dan Donovan of band Big Audio Dynamite. Jane Horrocks (born January 18, 1964) is an English comedian and actress. All her husbands have been musicians.

Road (1987). Patsy has been married three times. Wolves of Willoughby Chase, The (1988). Kensit attracted ridicule for stating in an interview that she was a serious actress and did not trade just on her looks before doing gratuitous nude in three films back to back. Getting It Right (1989). Another notable film role was in Lethal Weapon 2 (1989), in which she played Rika van den Haas, the South African consulate secretary that cop Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson) falls in love with. Memphis Belle (1990). The film was critically panned and was also box office flop.

Life Is Sweet (1990). Her big break came in 1986 when she was selected to play Crepe Suzette, the female lead in the movie Absolute Beginners, with David Bowie as her co-star. Second Best (1994). The band had three Top 40 singles ("Stay with me", "I'm not scared" and "Cross My Heart") but television appearances on programmes like Top of the Pops gave much needed exposure to Kensit. Some Kind of Life (1995). In 1985 Kensit was the lead singer of band Eighth Wonder. Little Voice (1998). In 1974 she had her first role in a movie; The Great Gatsby starring Mia Farrow.

Chicken Run (2000). Aged only four, she appeared in a television advert for Birds Eye Peas. Born Romantic (2000). It soon became clear that Patsy was to become an actress. She was born Patsy Jude Kensit in Hounslow, London, with Reggie Kray as her godfather. She has starred in several prominent films but is perhaps more well-known for her three celebrity marriages.

Patsy Kensit (born March 4, 1968) is a British actress.