Kay Purcell

Kay Purcell
Born(1963-12-06)6 December 1963
Died23 December 2020(2020-12-23) (aged 57)
Lancashire, England
OccupationActress
Years active1993–2020
TelevisionEmmerdale
Waterloo Road
Tracy Beaker Returns
The Dumping Ground
So Awkward Bernard’s Watch
Children3

Kay Purcell (6 December 1963 – 23 December 2020) was an English actress. She was best known for portraying the roles of Cynthia Daggert in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale (2001–2002), Candice Smilie in the BBC school-based drama series Waterloo Road (2007–2009), and Gina Conway in the CBBC drama series Tracy Beaker Returns (2010–2012) and its spin-off series The Dumping Ground (2013). From 2015 to 2017, she appeared as Mrs. Rennison in the CBBC sitcom So Awkward.