British TV personality and actor
Deirdre "Dee" Kelly (born 1971),[ 1] also known as White Dee , is a British TV personality and actor. In 2014 and 2015 she appeared in the TV documentary series Benefits Street ,[ 2] [ 3] and in 2014 she took part in Celebrity Big Brother .[ 4] She plays Liz in the 2019 film Ray & Liz , directed by Richard Billingham .[ 5]
In 2014, Kelly spoke at a Policy Exchange fringe meeting at the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham .[ 6] [ 7] [ 8] [ 9] [ 10]
Films
Ray (2015) – single-screen video artwork, she plays "Liz"
Ray & Liz (2018) – feature film, as "Liz"[ 11] [ 12]
Television
References
^ "Celebrity Big Brother 2014: White Dee aka Deirdre Kelly" . Radio Times . Retrieved 6 September 2018 .
^ Aitkenhead, Decca (7 March 2014). "Deirdre Kelly, AKA White Dee: 'I would never watch a show called Benefits Street' " . The Guardian . Retrieved 6 September 2018 .
^ Holehouse, Matthew (22 January 2014). "Benefits Street: White Dee is a Labour voter" . The Daily Telegraph . ISSN 0307-1235 . Retrieved 6 September 2018 .
^ "Celebrity Big Brother 2014 line-up: Meet White Dee, who you might know" . The Independent . Retrieved 6 September 2018 .
^ Adams, Tim (13 March 2016). "Mr and Mrs Billingham and Frosty Jack's" . The Guardian . Retrieved 6 September 2018 .
^ "What White Dee taught the Government at the Tory party conference" . The Independent . Retrieved 6 September 2018 .
^ "Benefits Street star criticises Iain Duncan Smith at Tory conference" . The Guardian . Press Association. 29 September 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2018 .
^ Ridge, Sophy (1 October 2014). "White Dee interview: 'What I really thought of Conservative Party conference and all those Tories' " . The Daily Telegraph . ISSN 0307-1235 . Retrieved 6 September 2018 .
^ "When Benefits Street's White Dee came to Conservative Party conference" . The Daily Telegraph . 29 September 2014. Archived from the original on 30 September 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2018 .
^ "Benefits Street's White Dee lifts Tory hearts at Conservative Conference... by threatening to defect from Labour to Ukip" . BelfastTelegraph.co.uk . ISSN 0307-1235 . Retrieved 6 September 2018 – via www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk.
^ Lodge, Guy (7 August 2018). "Locarno Film Review: 'Ray & Liz' " . Variety . Retrieved 4 September 2018 .
^ " 'Ray & Liz': Film Review" . The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 4 September 2018 .
^ "White Dee's children subjected to online racial abuse" . The Independent . Retrieved 6 September 2018 .
^ "White Dee Forced To Move Over Racial Abuse" . HuffPost UK . 14 September 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2018 .
^ "In praise of … Deirdre Kelly" . The Guardian . 8 June 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2018 .
^ Cooke, Rachel (14 December 2014). "Dee Kelly: 'I wouldn't change anything about my life. My past is what's made me' " . The Guardian . Retrieved 6 September 2018 .
^ Holden, Steve (27 August 2015). "Celebrity Big Brother 2015: The recipe for who goes in - BBC Newsbeat" . Retrieved 6 September 2018 .
^ Deans, Jason (18 August 2014). "Celebrity Big Brother House reopens with Kellie Maloney as hot favourite" . The Guardian . Retrieved 6 September 2018 .
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