Beth Cordingly

Beth Cordingly (born 1977) is a British actress, known for her appearances in the television series Family Affairs and The Bill.

Education

Cordingly was born in Brighton and went to Brighton and Hove High School. She is the daughter of writer and historian David Cordingly.

Cordingly went to the University of Birmingham where she gained a double First in English and Drama. She went on to train as an actor at Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London.

Career

She made her first major television appearance in the soap opera, Family Affairs as troubled teenager Sara Warrington; a lapdancer who blew most of her wages on cocaine. She left the soap after a year to play the lead in Noel Coward's Semi-Monde at the Lyric Theatre, West End. The play was directed by Philip Prowse and produced by Thelma Holt. She then played Rose, a cabinet secretary reporting to Derek Jacobi's Major Merton, in Two Men went to War, a film starring Kenneth Cranham and Leo Bill.

In 2002, she joined The Bill as PC Kerry Young After her departure from the show when her character was murdered in 2004, ITV made an hour-long spin off called Kerry's Story that aired on ITV3.