What is Kay Purcell?
{{Infobox person | name = Kay Purcell | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1963|12|06|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Leyland, Lancashire]], England<ref>{{Cite web|title = TV star Kay Purcell courageously shares her cancer journey|url = https://www.blogpreston.co.uk/2017/02/tv-star-kay-purcell-courageously-shares-her-cancer-journey/|website = Blog Preston|access-date = 13 September 2018|date = 27 February 2017}}</ref> | death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|12|23|1963|12|6|df=y}} | death_place = [[Lancashire]], England | death_cause = [[Liver cancer]] | education = | nationality = [[English people|English]] | occupation = Actress | known_for = ''[[Emmerdale]]'' <br /> ''Bernard's Watch'' <br /> ''[[Waterloo Road (TV series)|Waterloo Road]]'' <br /> ''[[Tracy Beaker Returns]]'' <br /> ''[[The Dumping Ground]]'' <br /> ''So Awkward'' | years_active = 1992–2020 | children = 3 }} '''Kay Purcell''' (6 December 1963 – 23 December 2020) was an English actress. She was best known for portraying the roles of [[List of Emmerdale characters#Cynthia Daggert|Cynthia Daggert]]{{Broken anchor|date=2024-04-28|bot=User:Cewbot/log/20201008/configuration|target_link=List of Emmerdale characters#Cynthia Daggert|reason= }} in the [[ITV]] [[soap opera]] ''[[Emmerdale]]'' (2001–2002), [[List of Waterloo Road characters#Candice Smilie|Candice Smilie]] in the [[BBC One|BBC]] school-based drama series ''[[Waterloo Road (TV series)|Waterloo Road]]'' (2007–2009), and Gina Conway in the [[CBBC]] drama series ''[[Tracy Beaker Returns]]'' (2010–2012) and its spin-off series ''[[Tracy Beaker Returns|The Dumping Ground]]'' (2013). Then from 2015 to 2017, she appeared as Mrs. Rennison in the CBBC sitcom ''So Awkward'' (2015–2017). ==Personal life== In early 2017, Purcell was diagnosed with [[breast cancer]]. Purcell posted images, videos and