Kacey Ainsworth (born 19 October 1968) is an English actress, best known for portraying the role of Little Mo in the BBC soap opera EastEnders and Cathy Keating in ITV drama Grantchester.

Contents

• 1 Early life
• 2 Career
• 3 Filmography
• 4 Awards
• 5 References
• 6 External links

Early life

Ainsworth trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama from 1991 to 1994.

Career

In 2000, Ainsworth joined the cast of BBC soap opera EastEnders, She portrayed the role of Little Mo, and made her final appearance in May 2006.

Ainsworth has also appeared in other television series such as ITV police drama The Bill and detective serial A Touch of Frost. She also starred in Famous and Fearless on Channel 4. In February 2007, Ainsworth appeared in an episode of Hotel Babylon as a tabloid editor. From 2007 to 2008, she appeared in BBC drama HolbyBlue as Inspector Jenny Black.

On 29 March 2014, Ainsworth appeared in Casualty as DS Annie Reardon. Later that year, she began appearing in ITV detective drama Grantchester, as Cathy Keating. In 2017, she portrayed the role of Miss Gullet in CBBC sitcom The Worst Witch.

In 2019 she gave, according to Michael Billington of The Guardian, an "outstanding performance" as Mrs. Lovett in a revival of Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, at Liverpool's Everyman Theatre.

Filmography

• Practice (1995) – Julia
• A Touch of Frost (1996) – Carole Nash
• Where the Heart Is (1997) – Tracey
• The Bill (1997) – Jessica Sheritan
• Topsy-Turvy (1999) – Miss Dorothea Fitzherbert
• EastEnders (2000–2006) – Maureen 'Little Mo' Mitchell (née Slater)
• Girl from Rio (2001) – Sales *istant
• Hotel Babylon (2007) – Maria Henson
• HolbyBlue (2007–2008) – Inspector Jenny Black
• Rock & Chips (2010) – Edna
• MI High (2011) – Margaret Fontana
• Tracy Beaker Returns (2011) – Xanthe
• Midsomer Murders (2011) – Nikki Rowntree (episode: Echos of the dead)
• Casualty (2014) – DS Annie Reardon
• Doctors (2014) – Ruby Slade
• Grantchester (2014–present) – Cathy Keating
• Call the Midwife (2014) – Nancy
• Agatha Raisin (2016) - Francie Juddle
• The Worst Witch 2017 (TV Series)- Miss Gullet- (2017)
• Loose Women (2017–2018) – Herself - guest panellist (3 episodes)
• Lynn + Lucy (2019) - Caroline
• Moving On (2020) – Vicky

Awards

• British Soap Awards – Best Actress (2002–2003)
• National Television Awards – Most Popular Actress (2002)
• Inside Soap Awards – Best Actress (2002)
• TV Quick and Choice Awards – Best Soap Actress (2003)

References

External links

• Kacey Ainsworth at IMDb