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

With just 48 hours to crack the case, Janine's professional future looks bleak and her domestic situation continues to unravel.
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 Mortaility

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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