Chanel Cresswell

Cresswell was born on 23 January 1990, in Derbyshire.^[1] She grew up in Codnor, Derbyshire,^[2] and attended Aldercar Community Language College.^[2] Her first experience in acting was in a school play version of Bugsy Malone.^[3] While still at school, she joined the Nottingham Television Workshop, where she was successfully auditioned by Shane Meadows.^[2]

Cresswell's first role came in 2006 as a child actress,^[3] playing Kelly Jenkins in the film This Is England when she was fifteen years old.^[3] She subsequently appeared as Kelly again in the next three miniseries that followed in September 2010, December 2011 and September until October 2015 which aired on Channel 4.^[4] She won the BAFTA for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the This is England series at the 2016 British Academy Television Awards.^[5][3]

She has also appeared in Casualty, Butterfly,^[6] Bale,^[1] and Wish 143, before playing Hailey in the TV movie Dive.^[7] From 2011 to 2013 Cresswell starred in Sky One sitcom Trollied as Katie McVey, returning to the show in 2015 and continued in this until the final episode in December 2018. She appeared in a main role as Jess Meredith in ITV drama series, The Bay in March 2019.^[1]

In 2022, Cresswell starred as Coleen Rooney in the Channel 4 two-part courtroom drama alongside Michael Sheen and Natalia Tena in Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama.^[5][3]

In 2024, she appeared as Tammy alongside Theo James and Daniel Ings in the Guy Ritchie Netflix television series The Gentlemen.^[1]