Kia Pegg
Kia Pegg | |
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Born | Kia May Pegg 29 June 2000 Birmingham, West Midlands, England |
Occupations |
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Years active | 2010–present |
Television |
Kia May Pegg (born 29 June 2000)CBBC in 2022, having previously appeared on their live links.
Life and career
Pegg was born in
BAFTA for her role as Jody in the second series of The Dumping Ground.[3] After eleven years on The Dumping Ground, Pegg was told that she was set to be written out of the series.[4] She made her final appearance in 2022.[8]
In 2017, Pegg appeared in an episode of the
RTS Midlands Awards.[12] Also in 2022, in-between filming for Doctors, Pegg began making recurring presenting appearances on CBBC's Saturday Mash-Up!.[4] In October 2023, it was announced that BBC had cancelled Doctors. Pegg is set to portray Scarlett until its final episode in December 2024.[13]
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2010 | The Legend of Dick and Dom | Barbra | Episode: "Hag Puss" | [5] |
2010 | Toast | Milk Girl | Film | [6] |
2011 | Horrid Henry: The Movie | Vicious Vicky | Film | [14] |
2011 | Internalised | Little Girl | Short film | [15] |
2012 | Tracy Beaker Returns | Jody Jackson
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3 episodes | [3] |
2013–2022 | The Dumping Ground | Jody Jackson | Main role | [16] |
2014 | The Dumping Ground Survival Files | Jody Jackson | Main role | [3] |
2015 | Hacker Time | Herself | Guest appearance | [17] |
2016 | The Dumping Ground: I'm... | Jody Jackson | Main role | [3] |
2017 | Doctors | Zoe McCluskey | Episode: "Twisted" | [9] |
2017 | The Quiet One | Peewee | Film | [10] |
2019 | A Bullet Wasted | The Daughter | Short film | [4] |
2020 | Leap | Jess | Short film | [4] |
2021 | SeaView | She | Film | [4] |
2022 | Making Friends as the World Ends | Billie | Film | [4] |
2022–2024 | Doctors | Scarlett Kiernan | Regular role | [11] |
2022–present | Saturday Mash-Up! | Presenter | Various appearances | [4] |
Year | Title | Role |
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2013–2014 | The Dumping Ground Game | Jody Jackson |
2015 | The Dumping Ground: You're the Boss | |
2016 | The Dumping Ground: On a Mission |
Awards and nominations
Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2014 | BAFTA Children's Awards
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Best Performer | Jody Jackson (The Dumping Ground) | Nominated | [3] |
2017 | Birmingham Film Festival | Best Young Actor | Peewee (The Quiet One) | Won | [10] |
2022 | RTS Midlands Awards
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Breakthrough (on screen) | Scarlett Kiernan (Doctors) | Nominated | [12] |
2023 | British Soap Awards
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Best Newcomer | Scarlett Kiernan (Doctors) | Nominated | [18] |
2023 | Inside Soap Awards | Best Daytime Star | Scarlett Kiernan (Doctors) | Nominated | [19] |
References
- ^ "Kia Pegg on Twitter: Having the best birthday ever!". Archived from the original on 21 October 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- ^ a b Laws, Roz (13 July 2011). "Budding Birmingham film star Kia Pegg gets to be very naughty on screen". Birmingham Mail. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f Young, Graham (3 November 2014). "Birmingham-born child star Kia Pegg has been nominated for a Children's Bafta Award". Birmingham Mail. Archived from the original on 29 December 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Only Human Podcast. "Kia Pegg: Leaving the Dumping Ground, starting Doctors, and finding yourself". YouTube. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
- ^ a b Pegg, Kia [@kiapegg] (5 July 2020). "Found photos from my first ever TV job when cleaning out my wardrobe. The Legend of Dick and Dom. I still had a brummie accent and mouthed everybody else's lines and had the time of my life 😂" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ a b Reeling Review's Review of Toast Archived 24 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Reelingreviews.com. Retrieved on 11 October 2015.
- ^ "Coventry pupils encouraged to share stories by BBC stars". BBC News. 8 February 2022. Archived from the original on 1 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
- ^ Pegg, Kia (25 May 2022). "Goodbye Jody Jackson". TikTok. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
- ^ a b "Twisted". BBC. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
- ^ a b c "Birmingham Film Festival 2017". birminghamfilmfestival.co.uk. 2017. Archived from the original on 10 September 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
- ^ What to Watch. (Future plc). Archivedfrom the original on 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
- ^ a b "RTS Midlands Awards nominees 2022". Royal Television Society. 22 September 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
- ^ Kitson, Calli (20 October 2023). "Doctors star Kia Pegg reveals heartbreaking moment cast were told the show has been axed". Metro. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
- ^ Young, Graham (29 July 2011). "Film Review: Horrid Henry – The Movie 3D (U) **". Birmingham Mail. Archived from the original on 9 September 2014. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
- ^ "Van d'Or Award Winners 2011". Cannes in a Van. Retrieved on 11 October 2015. Archived 10 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ "The Dumping Ground returns to CBBC this January". JackCrute.com. 18 November 2013. Archived from the original on 24 October 2014. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
- ^ "Hacker Time". BBC iPlayer. 27 July 2015. Archived from the original on 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
- ^ Barrett, Kerry (2 May 2023). "The British Soap Awards 2023: shortlist nominations, categories, how to vote and all we know". What to Watch. Future plc. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
- ^ "The Inside Soap Awards 2023 - cast your vote now!". Inside Soap. 4–10 July 2023.
External links
- Kia Pegg at IMDb