Kelsey-Beth Crossley

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name = Kelsey-Beth Crossley

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birthdate = Birth date and age|1992|07|08
location = Fleetwood, Lancashire, England
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yearsactive = 2007–
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occupation = Actor
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notable role = Scarlett Nicholls in "Emmerdale"|

Kelsey-Beth Crossley (born 8th July, 1992) is a young English actress from Fleetwood, Lancashire, who plays the part of Scarlett Nicholls, the secret teenage daughter of deceased millionaire Tom King and Carrie Nicholls on the ITV soap opera "Emmerdale".cite news |title=My two mums |publisher=Blackpool Gazette |date=2007-03-13|url=http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/ViewArticle.aspx?SectionID=5442&ArticleID=2117157 |accessdate=2007-04-12] She made her first appearance in March 2007.cite news |title=Teenager makes TV soap debut |publisher=Blackpool Gazette |date=2007-02-27|url=http://www.blackpooltoday.co.uk/ViewArticle.aspx?SectionID=5442&ArticleID=2081817 |accessdate=2007-03-05]

Background

Crossley is a pupil at Bispham High School Arts College, Bispham, Blackpool, Lancashire. She was put forward for audition in Emmerdale by Blackpool-based children's casting agency, Scream Management, and from hundreds she made it through to the final six, who were then invited to take part in a workshop. She then made the final two, took part in screen tests and was sent back to the Fylde to await the decision.

Emmerdale is not her first television appearance. In 2006 she appeared in a support role in a one off Docudrama, "Becky's Story" on BBC One, a special episode of the current affairs programme, Real Story hosted by Fiona Bruce. The episide she appeared in looked at how a vulnerable teenager was failed by a system supposed to protect her from a dangerous paedophile and prostitution. She had won two awards in the annual Scream Awards – and got her seen by TV director Fran Baker, one of the judges, who called her to audition for Becky's Story.

She has won dozens of awards at local music festivals. When she was nine years old, she played the part of Eva Lauren in rags-to-riches musical "Her Benny" at Liverpool Empire Theatre. And at eleven years old, she won the national Teeny Bopper Talent Show. She has studied drama at Scream Theatre school and dancing, piano and singing at Whittakers Dance & Drama Centre, Blackpool.

Other Emmerdale actresses from the Fylde Coast include:
*Jenna-Louise Coleman who plays Jasmine Thomas
*Raine Davison - who played Eve Birch
*Hayley Tamaddon who played Del Dingle

ee also

*Emmerdale

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External links

*imdb name|2621778|Kelsey-Beth Crossley
* [http://www.kelsey-bethcrossley.co.uk kelsey-beth crossley Fan Site]