Kia Pegg

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Kia Pegg
Born
Kia May Pegg

(2000-06-29) 29 June 2000 (age 21)
Birmingham, West Midlands, England
NationalityEnglish
OccupationActress
Years active2010–present
TelevisionTracy Beaker Returns (2012)
The Dumping Ground (2013–)
CBBC HQ (2022-)

Kia May Pegg (born 29 June 2000)[1][2] is an English actress, who is most well known for her role as Jody Jackson in British children's drama show Tracy Beaker Returns (2012) and its follow-up The Dumping Ground (2013–present). Jody Jackson is currently one of the longest running characters in the series. She has also been a guest star in the CBBC HQ with Bethan Kernot and guest starred on Hacker Time and CBBC's Saturday Mashup.

Early and personal life[]

Pegg was born in Birmingham on 29 June 2000 to boxing trainer and promoter, Jonathan and Rachel Pegg and has two younger brothers.[2][3]

Career[]

Pegg began training at Birmingham Stage School Showbiz. Pegg has been in many different shows, and has been acting since a very young age. Her most popular role is that of Jody Jackson in CBBC dramas Tracy Beaker Returns & The Dumping Ground.

In 2008, she made an appearance on The Legend of Dick and Dom, as well as a small role in Horrid Henry: The Movie in which she played Vicious Vicky,[2] also known as Sour Susan's younger sister. Pegg has also been in the film The Quiet One as a character called Peewee, this film was produced for film festivals. The other film she was in was entitled Toast, in which she played The Milk Girl.

In 2014, Pegg was nominated for a BAFTA in the performance category, for her role as Jody in the second series of The Dumping Ground.

Filmography[]

Television and film roles
Year Title Role Notes Refs
2010 The Legend of Dick and Dom Barbra Episode: "Hag Puss"
Toast Milk Girl Film [4]
2011 Horrid Henry: The Movie Vicious Vicky [2][5]
Internalised Little Girl Short film [6]
2012 Tracy Beaker Returns Jody Jackson 3 episodes
2013– The Dumping Ground Series regular [7]
2014 The Dumping Ground Survival Files 2 series
2015 Hacker Time Herself Episode: "Kia Pegg and Amy-Leigh Hickman" [8]
2016 The Dumping Ground: I'm... Jody Jackson Series regular
2017 Doctors Zoe McCluskey Episode: "Twisted"
The Quiet One Peewee Film
Video games
Year Title Role
2013–2014 The Dumping Ground Game Jody Jackson
2015 The Dumping Ground: You're the Boss
2016 The Dumping Ground: On a Mission

Awards[]

Year Award Category Role Result
2014 BAFTA Children's Award Best Performer Jody Jackson (The Dumping Ground) Nominated
2017 Birmingham Film Festival Best Young Actor Peewee (The Quiet One) Won [9]

References[]

  1. ^ Kia Pegg on Twitter: Having the best birthday ever!
  2. ^ a b c d Laws, Roz (13 July 2011). "Budding Birmingham film star Kia Pegg gets to be very naughty on screen". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  3. ^ Young, Graham (3 November 2014). "Birmingham-born child star Kia Pegg has been nominated for a Children's Bafta Award". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  4. ^ Reeling Review's Review of Toast. Reelingreviews.com. Retrieved on 11 October 2015.
  5. ^ Film Review: Horrid Henry – The Movie 3D (U) **. Birmingham Mail. Retrieved on 11 October 2015.
  6. ^ Van d'Or Award Winners 2011. Cannes in a Van. Retrieved on 11 October 2015.
  7. ^ The Dumping Ground returns to CBBC this January Archived 24 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine. JackCrute.com (18 November 2013). Retrieved on 11 October 2015.
  8. ^ Hacker Time – CBBC. BBC (1 January 1970). Retrieved on 11 October 2015.
  9. ^ "Birmingham Film Festival 2017". birminghamfilmfestival.co.uk. 2017.

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