Kelly Price was born in Wigan, Lancashire. She joined the National Youth Choir at the age 17 and performed most notably at the Royal Albert Hall in Karl Jenkin’s Millennium Mass For Peace. Her love of music and performance led her to London to train in Musical Theatre at Mountview Academy Of Theatre Arts, where she won the award for excellence in acting. She landed her first leading role in London’s West End during her final year of training and has continued to work extensively in theatre since. She has appeared as Sarah Brown alongside Ewan McGregor, Jane Krakowski & Patrick Swayze in Michael Grandage’s ‘Guys And Dolls’. In 2009 she appeared as journalist Ellen alongside Kiera Knightly & Damien Lewis in ‘The Misanthrope’ and was nominated for a prestigious Olivier Award for her role as Countess Charlotte Malcolm in Trevor Nunn’s ‘A Little Night Music’. She also loves to work at the Manchester Royal Exchange Theatre, it being close to her home town and her early source of inspiration . She was nominated for the Manchester Theatre Award for her role in Victoria Wood’s ‘That Day We Sang’. Other roles on stage include Roxie Hart in ‘Chicago’, Dolly in ‘One Man Two Guvnors’, Audrey in ‘Little Shop Of Horrors’ and many more. 2008 was Kelly’s debut feature film appearance in A Bunch Of Amateurs, getting up close and personal with Hollywood legend, Burt Reynolds. She played Tanya, Massage Therapist & Personal Trainer to Burt’s Hollywood movie star, Jefferson Steel. The film was chosen by the Queen for the Annual Royal Film Performance and featured a stellar ensemble cast of actors including Amelda Staunton, Sir Derek Jacobi & Samantha Bond. She has subsequently appeared in guest leading roles in television shows such as Midsomer Murders, Endeavour, Hollyoaks, Doctors and Waterloo Rd. In 2015 Kelly met film maker, Ritesh Batra post-performance whilst she was appearing in a play at the Sam Wanamaker, Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre. She was such fan of his beautiful film, ‘The Lunchbox’ that she was thrilled when he offered her a small role in his upcoming feature film, ‘The Sense Of An Ending’. During this time, she was also fortunate to connect with Mike Leigh, whose work she has forever admired and adored. 2016 will see the reprise of her performance in ‘All The Angels’ at the Sam Wanamaker. She plays Susannah Cibber, who was a celebrated English singer and actress; the sister of the composer Thomas Arne and muse of composer Handel during his creation of Messiah. She resides in London Bridge.