- Born
- Birth nameFaye Kierston Wareing
- Height5′ 5″ (1.65 m)
- Kierston Wareing was born on January 7, 1976 in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Fish Tank (2009), The Holding (2011) and The Double (2013).
- ParentsCarol Wareing
- RelativesJames Wareing(Sibling)
- Changed her name legally from Faye to her middle name Kierston by deed poll in 2006.
- Lived in New York from 1997 until 2000, studying acting at the Lee Strasberg Institute.
- Prior to landing her breakthrough role in It's a Free World... (2007) Kierston worked as a beautician, a call centre worker and as a legal secretary.
- Trained at the Italia Conti Theatre School on weekends as a teenager, having been inspired to become an actress after reading an article on Jodie Foster.
- Revealed that she had suffered a miscarriage at 4 months pregnant in early 2013 on the set of EastEnders (1985) (25 November 2013).
- When I started working on It's a Free World I said to Ken [Loach], 'Where's the script? Can you give us the script as soon as possible because I'd like to learn my lines.' But he said no, only revealing that I was Angie, a single mother who was setting up a small business.
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