Kerri McLean

Kerri McLean is a British actress and director. She is best known for playing Kitty Despard in the drama series Poldark and Maeve in the comedy thriller Bodkin.

Early life McLean was born in Birmingham, England. She graduated from the Mason Science College in Birmingham with A-Levels in Performing Arts, Media Studies and Art, before moving onto study Modern Drama Studies at Brunel University of London. Eight years after earning her degree, McLean began studying Audio Production at the University of Westminster, from where she graduated with a Masters Degree in 2009.

Career McLean made her on-screen debut in 2004 on an episode of the soap opera Eastenders. Other early roles included minor appearances in shows such as Holby City, Casualty and Small Island. She played a police officer in the fantasy series A Discovery of Witches. Her first big role came playing former slave Catherine Despard in the historical drama series Poldark. McLean has had also had a very successful directing career. She directed Formula 1 title and promo films for 4 years for worldwide broadcast, featuring all of F1’s drivers and key principles including Lewis Hamilton, Daniel Ricciardo, Sebastian Vettel. Her film ‘Reality Check’ won Faith Drama’s ‘Writer-Director Festival Award’ and ‘Writer/Director Audience Choice Award’ in 2016. Kerri played lead character barrister Tamika Dazinzi in the 2022 audio film Barred which won a silver award for ‘Best Director’ and a bronze award for ‘Best Digital Drama’ at The New York Festival’s Radio Awards 2022. She portrayed Maeve, one of the lead roles of the Irish thriller series Bodkin.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video Games