kids encyclopedia robot

Kia Pegg facts for kids

Kids Encyclopedia Facts
Quick facts for kids
Kia Pegg
Kia Pegg 2023.jpg
Pegg in 2023
Born
Kia May Pegg

(2000-06-29) 29 June 2000 (age 24)
Occupation
  • Actress
  • television presenter
Years active 2010–present
Television

Kia May Pegg (born 29 June 2000) is an English actress and television presenter. She portrayed Jody Jackson in the British children's drama show Tracy Beaker Returns (2012), as well as the spin-off series The Dumping Ground (2013–2022). Then in 2022, Pegg began appearing in the BBC soap opera Doctors as receptionist Scarlett Kiernan. She also began occasionally presenting episodes of Saturday Mash-Up! for CBBC in 2022, having previously appeared on their live links.

Life and career

Pegg was born in Birmingham on 29 June 2000 to boxing trainer and promoter, Jonathan and Rachel Pegg and has two younger brothers. Pegg began training at Birmingham Stage School Showbiz and The Television Workshop, her first acting appearance was in an advertisement showing how to perform swine flu protocols. In 2008, she made an appearance on The Legend of Dick and Dom, followed by a role in the 2010 film Toast. She then appeared in Horrid Henry: The Movie, in the role of Vicious Vicky. Then in 2012, she portrayed Jody Jackson in the CBBC drama Tracy Beaker Returns, later reprising her role in the follow-up series The Dumping Ground that premiered in 2013. In 2014, Pegg was nominated for a BAFTA for her role as Jody in the second series of The Dumping Ground. After eleven years on The Dumping Ground, Pegg was told that she was set to be written out of the series. She made her final appearance in 2022.

In 2017, Pegg appeared in an episode of the BBC soap opera Doctors as Zoe McCluskey. Later that year, she played Peewee in the film The Quiet One. For her portrayal, she won the award for Best Young Actor at the Birmingham Film Festival. She then made various film appearances; A Bullet Wasted (2019), Leap (2020), SeaView (2021) and Making Friends as the World Ends (2022). In March 2022, it was announced that she had been cast as receptionist Scarlett Kiernan in the BBC soap opera Doctors. She made her first appearance on 7 April 2022. For her role as Scarlett, she received a nomination in the Breakthrough category at the 2022 RTS Midlands Awards. Also in 2022, in-between filming for Doctors, Pegg began making recurring presenting appearances on CBBC's Saturday Mash-Up!. In October 2023, it was announced that BBC had cancelled Doctors. Pegg is set to portray Scarlett until its final episode in December 2024.

Filmography

Television and film roles
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2010 The Legend of Dick and Dom Barbra Episode: "Hag Puss"
2010 Toast Milk Girl Film
2011 Horrid Henry: The Movie Vicious Vicky Film
2011 Internalised Little Girl Short film
2012 Tracy Beaker Returns Jody Jackson 3 episodes
2013–2022 The Dumping Ground Jody Jackson Main role
2014 The Dumping Ground Survival Files Jody Jackson Main role
2015 Hacker Time Herself Guest appearance
2016 The Dumping Ground: I'm... Jody Jackson Main role
2017 Doctors Zoe McCluskey Episode: "Twisted"
2017 The Quiet One Peewee Film
2019 A Bullet Wasted The Daughter Short film
2020 Leap Jess Short film
2021 SeaView She Film
2022 Making Friends as the World Ends Billie Film
2022–2024 Doctors Scarlett Kiernan Regular role
2022–present Saturday Mash-Up! Presenter Various appearances
Video games
Year Title Role
2013–2014 The Dumping Ground Game Jody Jackson
2015 The Dumping Ground: You're the Boss
2016 The Dumping Ground: On a Mission

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2014 BAFTA Children's Awards Best Performer Jody Jackson (The Dumping Ground) Nominated
2017 Birmingham Film Festival Best Young Actor Peewee (The Quiet One) Won
2022 RTS Midlands Awards Breakthrough (on screen) Scarlett Kiernan (Doctors) Nominated
2023 British Soap Awards Best Newcomer Scarlett Kiernan (Doctors) Nominated
2023 Inside Soap Awards Best Daytime Star Scarlett Kiernan (Doctors) Nominated
kids search engine
Kia Pegg Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.