| Striking blond British actress who began her acting career
at the age of four, as the daughter of Mia Farrow and Bruce Dern in The
Great Gatsby (1974). She appeared in The Blue Bird (1976), Hanover Street
(1979), as well as many British TV and stage productions but made her
first big splash as singing star Crepe Suzette in the stylish Absolute
Beginners (1986). She went on to appear in A Chorus of Disapproval (1988),
Lethal Weapon II (1990), and achieved her greatest critical success as an
outspoken young woman in Twenty-One (1991). The stardom that was predicted
after the Lethal Weapon exposure hasn't materialized, but Kensit has kept
busy in both television and theatrical films including Blame It on the
Bellboy, Blue Tornado, Timebomb (all 1991), The Turn of the Screw (1992),
Bitter Harvest and Full Eclipse (both 1993, the latter made for TV). She
came full circle in her career by playing Mia Farrow in the TV miniseries
"Love and Betrayal: The Mia Farrow Story" (1995). |