Elaine Symons

Elaine Symons
Born	(1974-12-04) 4 December 1974 Ireland
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1995–present

Elaine Symons (born 4 December 1974) is an Irish actress who was trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) and who has had roles on television since 1995. She is known for her role as alcoholic mother-of-five Rose Kelly in the BBC One school TV drama Waterloo Road, making her first appearance in the first episode of the show's fourth series, screened on 7 January 2009. Her earlier credits include roles in "Sinners" Totally Frank, Waking the Dead, As If, Custer's Last Stand-up and Touched by an Angel. In 2011, Symons played the role of Kerry Cadogan in the BBC One medical TV drama Holby City.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2000	Touched by an Angel	Maggie	Episode: "Life Before Death"
2001	Custer's Last Stand-up	Roxie Custer	Series regular
2002	Sinners	Brida	Television film
	As If	Saffron	1 episode
2003	Conspiracy of Silence	Marie McLaughlin
	Bachelors Walk	Mary	1 episode
2005	Waking the Dead	Bryony Watts	Episode: "Undertow: Part 1"
	Totally Frank	Sammi	2 episodes
2009–2011	Waterloo Road	Rose Kelly	Series regular; 39 episodes
2011	Holby City	Kerry Cadogan	Episode: "Culture Shock"

Theatre credits

Symons portrayed Lyra Belacqua in the November 2004 revival of His Dark Materials at the Olivier, National Theatre. She has also appeared in Duck (Royal Court), The Seagull (Bristol Old Vic), Lovers (Young Vic), A Month in the Country (Abbey Theatre - nomination for Irish Times Award), and Richard III (Trinity, Dublin).

External links

• Elaine Symons at IMDb