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Revision as of 07:51, 30 March 2023

Kia Pegg
Pegg in 2022
Born
Kia May Pegg

(2000-06-29) 29 June 2000 (age 24)
Occupations
  • Actress
  • television presenter
Years active2010–present
Television

Kia May Pegg (born 29 June 2000)[1][2] is an English actress and television presenter, known for her role as Jody Jackson in the British children's drama show Tracy Beaker Returns (2012) and its follow-up series spin-off The Dumping Ground (2013–2022). Pegg made her debut as a presenter for CBBC live links in 2021 and has appeared on various programming for the channel. Then in 2022, she began appearing in the BBC soap opera Doctors as Scarlett Kiernan.

Life and career

Pegg was born in Birmingham on 29 June 2000 to boxing trainer and promoter, Jonathan and Rachel Pegg and has two younger brothers.[2][3] Pegg began training at Birmingham Stage School Showbiz. In 2008, she made an appearance on The Legend of Dick and Dom, as well as a small role in Horrid Henry: The Movie in which she played Vicious Vicky,[2] also known as Sour Susan's younger sister. Pegg also played a character named Peewee in the film The Quiet One, which was produced for film festivals. The other film she was in was entitled Toast, in which she played The Milk Girl. Then in 2012, she portrayed Jody Jackson in the CBBC drama Tracy Beaker Returns, later reprising her role in the follow-up series The Dumping Ground from 2013.[4] In 2014, Pegg was nominated for a BAFTA in the performance category, for her role as Jody in the second series of The Dumping Ground.[3] In 2022, she filmed her final episode of The Dumping Ground after eleven years on the series.[5] Shortly afterwards, it was announced that Pegg had been cast as receptionist Scarlett Kiernan in the BBC soap opera Doctors, making her first appearance in April 2022.[6]

Filmography

Television and film roles
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2010 The Legend of Dick and Dom Barbra Episode: "Hag Puss"
2010 Toast Milk Girl Film
2011 Horrid Henry: The Movie Vicious Vicky Film
2011 Internalised Little Girl Short film
2012 Tracy Beaker Returns Jody Jackson 3 episodes
2013–2022 The Dumping Ground Jody Jackson Series regular
2014 The Dumping Ground Survival Files Jody Jackson 2 series
2015 Hacker Time Herself Episode: "Kia Pegg and Amy-Leigh Hickman"
2016 The Dumping Ground: I'm... Jody Jackson Series regular
2017 Doctors Zoe McCluskey Episode: "Twisted"
2017 The Quiet One Peewee Film
2020 Leap Jess Short film
2021 SeaView She Film
2022 Making Friends as the World Ends Billie Film
2022 Doctors Scarlett Kiernan Series regular
2022- Saturday Mash-Up! Presenter Series 5 - Present
Video games
Year Title Role
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.
2014 BAFTA Children's Awards Best Performer Jody Jackson (The Dumping Ground) Nominated [3]
2017 Birmingham Film Festival Best Young Actor Peewee (The Quiet One) Won [12]
2022 RTS Midlands Awards Breakthrough (on screen) Scarlett Kiernan (Doctors) Nominated [13]

References

  1. ^ "Kia Pegg on Twitter: Having the best birthday ever!". Archived from the original on 21 October 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d 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.
  3. ^ a b c 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.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ Pegg, Kia (25 May 2022). "Goodbye Jody Jackson". TikTok. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  6. ^ a b Timblick, Simon. "Doctors spoilers: WHO will the new receptionist be?". What to Watch. (Future plc). Archived from the original on 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  7. ^ Reeling Review's Review of Toast Archived 24 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Reelingreviews.com. Retrieved on 11 October 2015.
  8. ^ Film Review: Horrid Henry – The Movie 3D (U) ** Archived 9 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Birmingham Mail. Retrieved on 11 October 2015.
  9. ^ Van d'Or Award Winners 2011 Archived 10 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Cannes in a Van. Retrieved on 11 October 2015.
  10. ^ The Dumping Ground returns to CBBC this January Archived 24 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine. JackCrute.com (18 November 2013). Retrieved on 11 October 2015.
  11. ^ Hacker Time – CBBC Archived 31 March 2022 at the Wayback Machine. BBC (1 January 1970). Retrieved on 11 October 2015.
  12. ^ "Birmingham Film Festival 2017". birminghamfilmfestival.co.uk. 2017. Archived from the original on 10 September 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  13. ^ "RTS Midlands Awards nominees 2022". Royal Television Society. 22 September 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2022.