Newcastle-based actress, presenter, writer, producer, Kim Tserkezie has scooped two accolades at the Royal Television Society Awards.
Kim’s gripping portrayal of Jasmine, the lead role in “Obsession”, a short drama film funded by BFI Network has given her the award for “Best Drama Performance.” Other’s shortlisted in her category were Miles Butler-Hughton and Lewis Hamilton from “The Dumping Ground” and Vera actress Brenda Blethyn.
The film made by Tri-Hard Films, a team of three talented creatives from the region comprising of TV Scriptwriter Debbie Owen, (BBC Casualty) Director and actor Daymon Britton (School for Seduction, Wire in the Blood and Falling) and Producer Morgan Stephenson also won the “Drama – Short Form” award. Kim was also Executive Producer of the film adding to her delight.
“I am so thrilled and overwhelmed at this double win. I am so incredibly proud of our entire Obsession team.”
In 2019, Kim Tserkezie was named one of top 100 most influential disabled people in the UK (Shaw Trust Disability Power 100). Kim has worked in broadcast media for twenty years, with a career spanning comedy, documentary and drama. Kim has worked a huge number of roles within the industry from acting and presenting to production.
Kim got her first break as a presenter for BBC’s Disability Today and From the Edge, often writing and producing her own items. From 2002-2005 Kim played Penny Pocket in BAFTA award winning, Balamory. The role won Kim an award from Whizz Kidz for representation.
After Balamory, Kim frustratingly found she was rarely given the chance to play ‘characters,’ only ‘medical problems’ and “stereotypical views of disability”. This led Kim to set up her own production company, Scattered Pictures. Since 2013, the company, based in Kim’s home city of Newcastle Upon Tyne, has developed projects which share under-represented perspectives and promote emerging talent in the North East.
Kim is currently writing and producing screen projects with leading production companies including BBC Studios, IMG Productions and Seven Seas Films.
Other acting credits include Boy Meets Girl, Wolfbood and feature film Bliss. In 2016 she played the lead role in Lodger, a sitcom she also wrote, at BBC Salford Sitcom Showcase. In 2018, Scattered Pictures received its first BBC radio documentary commission, Migrants Mean Business, which Kim presented. Another BBC radio documentary, “Funeral Punks,” will air soon.
Kim is a full member of BAFTA and has chaired events on diversity at BFI’s London Film Festival. She also wrote the semi-autobiographical children’s book The Wheelie Wonderful Life of Millie Monroe.
Photo: Kim at the awards (T Tserkezie)
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