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Patsy Kensit

Writer Matthew Martinez
British Academy Television Awards 2009 - Arrivals

Kensit in 2009, photo by Prphotos.com

Birth Name: Patricia Jude Kensit

Place of Birth: Lambeth, London, England, U.K.

Date of Birth: 4 March, 1968

Ethnicity:
*English (father)
*Irish (mother)

Patsy Kensit is a British actress, singer, and model.

Patsy is the daughter of Margaret Rose (Doohan) and James Henry Kensit. Her mother was Irish, from a family from County Leitrim.

Patsy was raised Catholic.

Patsy has a son with her former husband, musician, singer, and songwriter Jim Kerr; and a son with her former husband, musician, singer, and songwriter Liam Gallagher.

Patsy’s paternal grandfather was named James Kensit (the son of Thomas James Kensit and Lily/Elizabeth Mary Murrell). James was born in Haggerston, Shoreditch, London, Middlesex. Thomas was the son of James David Dennis and Sarah Ann Kensit.

Patsy’s paternal grandmother was Eliza Alice Samain (the daughter of Henry Samain and Mary Ann Eleanor).

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Genealogy of Patsy Kensit (focusing on her father’s side) –