Gillian Kearney

Gillian Louise Kearney is an English actress best known for her early role as Debbie McGrath in Channel 4's Liverpool-based soap opera Brookside and the spin-off mini-series Damon and Debbie, and for playing Jessica Harrison in the long-running BBC television medical drama series Casualty, as well as Emma Barton in the ITV Yorkshire-based soap opera Emmerdale. The role of Emma gained her recognition because of her character's involvement in Emmerdale’s most high-profile storylines during her three-year stint.

Emmerdale
Catherine Cookson's The Tide of Life
Liverpool 1

Shirley Valentine

The Ruby Ring

Blue Murder · S1, E2

Cry Me a River, Part 2

Conclusion of the police drama. The stakes are raised in the race against time to solve the case, as Janine is hit by mounting problems both on the case and at home.
Primeval · S2, E3

Episode 3

Connor unveils the new anomaly detector, but the team is caught off-guard when a saber-toothed cat is seen roaming around a theme park. When a man snaps a few pictures of the beast and uploads them to the internet, Jenny must deal with the media fall-out.
Heartbeat · S6, E6

Frail Mortality

Maggie is a suspect in a hit-and-run accident that leaves a young woman injured; Nick studies for the sergeant's exam; Greengrass dabbles in taxidermy with disastrous results.

Gillian Kearney

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