Kim Tserkezie
Kim Tserkezie | |
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| Born | 30 July 1973 |
| Occupation | Actress, presenter, producer |
| Years active | 2000-present |
| Website | http://www.kimtserkezie.com |
Kim Tserkezie (born 30 July 1973) is a British actress, producer, author and presenter.
Early life and career[]
Born in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tserkezie began her television career as a presenter for BBC's Disability Today programme and BBC2's From The Edge programme.[1] She is best known for playing the character of Penny Pocket in the BAFTA award-winning children's television series Balamory (which ran from 2002–2005 and aired on BBC One, BBC Two, and CBeebies).
Kim also runs her own broadcasting production company called Scattered Pictures.
In 2015, Kim wrote and published her first ever children’s book, titled ‘The Wheelie Wonderful Life of Millie Monroe’ in a planned series called Toys for Tomorrow.
Kim won a John Brabourne Award in 2016 and was a board member of the Royal Television Society North East and the Borders 2017-21.
In 2020, Kim won two Royal Television Society Awards, Best Drama Performance for her role as 'Jasmine', the lead character in the short film, Obsession. She also won a Drama Short Form award with the rest of the team, as she also directed the film.
In 2021, Tserkezie was nominated for the Entrepreneur of Excellence Award for her broadcasting work at the National Diversity Awards.
She has recently starred in multiple radio documentaries for the BBC World Service. The series were received well across the globe and were chosen as Pick of the Week by the Observer and The Times.
In 2022, Kim is set to present another radio documentary series.
Tserkezie has been a full BAFTA member since 2014 and is Deputy Chair of BFI’s Disability Screen Advisory Group. She has chaired industry events for RTS, BFI (including at London Film Festival) and for Netflix. Kim is a trustee of the North’s leading development agency for writing and reading, New Writing North.
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Personal life[]
Tserkezie was diagnosed with a progressive neuromuscular disorder spinal muscular atrophy as a child[2] and has been a wheelchair user for most of her life. Her website was voted "best representation of a wheelchair user" by children's organisation Whizz Kidz in 2005.[3] In 2020, Kim was named as one of the UK's 100 most influential disabled people.
She married schoolteacher Daniel Tunnicliffe in 2008.[4]
References[]
- ^ Disability Now. Kim Tserkezie Archived 3 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Newman, Steve (11 July 2020). "Inspiring Kim Tserkezie campaigns for a more inclusive film industry". The People's Friend. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Balamory Star Lands New Role". Evening Chronicle. 7 March 2008.
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- 1973 births
- Living people
- 20th-century English actresses
- 21st-century English actresses
- Actresses from Newcastle upon Tyne
- BBC television presenters
- English radio presenters
- English television actresses
- English television presenters
- People with spinal muscular atrophy
- Women radio presenters
- Disabled television presenters