Patsy Kensit

Patsy Kensit is an English actress and singer who began as a child actor and first drew notice in commercials before appearing in films such as The Great Gatsby (1974), The Blue Bird (1976), and Hanover Street (1979), the last earning her a Young Artist Award nomination. In 1983 she formed the pop band Eighth Wonder and became its lead singer; the group scored top-20 hits with I'm Not Scared and Cross My Heart, then broke up in 1989. Her breakthrough came as Suzette in Absolute Beginners (1986), and in Lethal Weapon 2 (1989) she played Rika van den Haas. She went on to star in Blame It on the Bellboy (1992), Angels and Insects (1995), and Grace of My Heart (1996), and was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Twenty-One. On television she played Sadie King in Emmerdale, Faye Morton in Holby City from 2007 to 2010, and Emma Harding in EastEnders in 2023.