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Patricia Jude Frances Kensit (born 4 March, 1968 in Hounslow, Middlesex, UK) is an actress and singer, although she is perhaps best known for her three celebrity marriages. She is the daughter of Billy "The Dip" Kensit, a small time pickpocket and thief; Reggie Kray was her godfather.

Career

Aged only four, she appeared in a television advert for Birds Eye Peas. In 1974 she had her first role in a movie; The Great Gatsby starring Mia Farrow. Many years later, she played Farrow herself in the biopic Love and Betrayal: The Mia Farrow Story (1995).

Patsy's first starring role was in a British children's television programme Luna, a low-budget sci-fi series, very unusual in some of its ideas. After the first season of the show's short run, Kensit left and was replaced by Joanna Wyatt.

Her big break came in 1986 when she was selected to play Crepe Suzette, the female lead, in the movie Absolute Beginners, co-starring David Bowie. The film was critically panned and was also box office flop. Another notable film role was in Lethal Weapon 2
(1989), in which she played Rika van den Haas, the South African consulate secretary, that cop Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson) falls in love with. Her movie Angels & Insects
(1995), with Kristin Scott Thomas and Mark Rylance, was nominated for an Academy Award for Costume Design, but controversial because of its sex scenes.

Her last starring role was in the Newcastle based flop The One and Only which failed to get wide distribution.

In 2004 Kensit joined the cast of British soap opera Emmerdale, playing the role of Sadie King, and also regularly featured in the third series of Channel 4's Bo Selecta and its 2005 spin-off series A Bear's Tail.

Musical Career

In 1985 Kensit was the lead singer of band Eighth Wonder. The band had three Top 40 singles ("Stay With Me", "Cross My Heart" and top-10 hit "I'm Not Scared" which was produced by the Pet Shop Boys) and appearances on television programmes like Top of the Pops gave much needed exposure to Kensit.

Personal Life

Patsy has been married three times. All her husbands have been musicians. In 1988 she married Dan Donovan of band Big Audio Dynamite. In 1992 she married Jim Kerr, lead singer of Simple Minds. During her second marriage she gave birth to her first child, James. In 1997 she married Liam Gallagher from Oasis. Kensit and Gallagher had a son, Lennon, named after John Lennon. They divorced in 2000.

Trivia

Patsy made an infamous quote, when she stated, "All I want is to be more famous than anything or anyone" in the 1980s.
One of her favourite comedians is Tommy Cooper
.
Patsy has three tattoos: on her back; above the blade of her left foot (Gaelic words); and on her ankle.
She loves football and supports Glasgow Rangers and Tottenham Hotspur.
She changed a tattoo of her ex-husband's name from Liam to the name of their son, Lennon.
For her role in the film Angels and Insects she complied with director Philip Haas' request to bleach her pubic hair.
Patsy auditioned for the part of Captain Kathryn Janeway in Star Trek: Voyager.
Patsy loves beards.

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