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Kacey Ainsworth

English actress (born 1968)

Summary

English actress (born 1968)

Field	Value
name	Kacey Ainsworth
image	Kacey Ainsworth.jpg
caption	Ainsworth in 2013
birth_date
birth_place	Ware, Hertfordshire, England.
occupation	Actress
spouse
children	2
years_active	1995–present

Kacey Ainsworth (born 19 October 1968) is an English actress, known for her roles as Little Mo Mitchell in the BBC soap opera EastEnders and Cathy Keating in the ITV drama series Grantchester.

Early life

Ainsworth trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama from 1991 to 1994.

Career

In 2000, Ainsworth joined the cast of BBC soap opera EastEnders, playing Little Mo. She made her final appearance in May 2006. Ainsworth has also appeared in other television series such as ITV police drama The Bill and detective serial A Touch of Frost. She also starred in Famous and Fearless on Channel 4. In February 2007, Ainsworth appeared in an episode of Hotel Babylon as a tabloid editor. From 2007 to 2008, she appeared in BBC drama HolbyBlue as Inspector Jenny Black.

On 29 March 2014, Ainsworth appeared in Casualty as DS Annie Reardon. Later that year, she began appearing in ITV detective drama Grantchester as Cathy Keating. In 2017, she played Miss Gullet in CBBC sitcom The Worst Witch.

In 2019, she gave, according to Michael Billington of The Guardian, an "outstanding performance" as Mrs. Lovett in a revival of Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, at Liverpool's Everyman Theatre.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Practice	Julia
1996	A Touch of Frost	Carole Nash
1996–1997	The Bill	Paula Sheriton / Gail Painter	2 episodes
1997	Where the Heart Is	Tracey
1999	Topsy-Turvy	Miss Dorothea Fitzherbert
2000–2006	EastEnders	Little Mo Mitchell	Regular role
2001	Girl from Rio	Sales Assistant
2007	Hotel Babylon	Maria Henson
2007–2008	HolbyBlue	Inspector Jenny Black	Main role
2010	Rock & Chips	Edna
2011	M.I. High	Margaret Fontana
Tracy Beaker Returns	Xanthe
Midsomer Murders	Nikki Rowntree	Episode: "Echos of the Dead"
2014	Casualty	DS Annie Reardon	1 episode
Doctors	Ruby Slade
Call the Midwife	Nancy
2014–present	Grantchester	Cathy Keating	Main role
2016	Agatha Raisin	Francie Juddle
2017	The Worst Witch	Miss Gullet	Recurring role
2017–2018	Loose Women	Herself/Guest panellist	3 episodes
2019	Lynn + Lucy	Caroline
2020	Moving On	Vicky
Then & Now	Claire	Also co-writer
2021	The Battersea Poltergeist	Lily Chibbett	Horror podcast
Sliced	Denise	Episode: "Mad Innit?"
The Mallorca Files	Linda Ball	Episode: "The Blue Feather"

Awards

British Soap Awards – Best Actress (2002–2003)
National Television Awards – Most Popular Actress (2002)
Inside Soap Awards – Best Actress (2002)
TV Quick and Choice Awards – Best Soap Actress (2003)

References

(2019-02-05). "EastEnders' Kacey Ainsworth says she thinks Strictly Come Dancing can damage stars' careers".
"Kacey Ainsworth – TriForce Short Film Festival".
(30 September 2022). "Why did Little Mo leave EastEnders and where is Kacey Ainsworth now?". [[Heart (radio network).
(28 March 2014). "Casualty's soap star super collision!". What's on TV.
(15 October 2021). "ITV Grantchester: Kacey Ainsworth's real age and ordinary life off screen with plumber husband". [[MyLondon]].
(16 April 2019). "Sweeney Todd review – raging underdog adds politics to the pies".

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