celebforum - Kirsty Leigh Porter

Kirsty Leigh Porter is an English actress.Born December 30, 1988 in
Manchester, United Kingdom.She is most famous for her roles in British soap operas, including portraying Zoe Willson in Coronation Street and Roz Fielding in Emmerdale.

Career

Porter has played a number of small roles on British television, including Doctors, The Royal Today and Shameless.

Porter went on to have larger roles in the children's television programme My Spy Family, as Marcy, and The Street as Ellie.

It was announced in July 2009, that Porter had been cast in the long-running ITV soap opera Coronation Street as the girlfriend of long established character David Platt.[1] After her role in Coronation Street, Porter was cast in another ITV soap, Emmerdale, as the best friend of Holly Barton. Her role in Emmerdale as Roz, included pushing Holly into taking illegal drugs, and stealing to fuel her addiction. At the end of the storyline, it was announced that Porter would be leaving the soap.