Emer Kenny
Brydon &
Rob Brydon | Wondery
4.6 • 597 Ratings
🗓️ 25 October 2023
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Rob is joined this week by writer and actress Emer Kenny. The pair talk about their shared Welsh heritage, Emer’s whirlwind romance with Rick Edwards and how to juggle parenting and a career. Rob delves into Emer’s time on EastEnders and her latest acting and writing experience on The Curse.
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| 0:00.0 | Well, thanks for coming back. I know you've a lot to choose from. Who are you talking to today, Rob? |
| 0:09.7 | I'm talking to Ema Kenny. Are you? Do you mean Ema Kenny who started out on EastEnders and now is writing and acting in her own stuff? Yes, I do mean. Do you mean Ema Kenny from The Curse? |
| 0:23.1 | Do you mean the Ema Kenny that I enjoyed with Mark Williams in Father Brown? |
| 0:27.2 | Yes, that Ema Kenny. |
| 0:29.5 | Isn't she married to Rick Edwards? |
| 0:31.3 | Yes, why don't you be quiet and just listen? |
| 0:34.6 | The bride and Emma Kenny. |
| 0:46.0 | If you've just joined us, and I know you have, |
| 0:50.3 | then you'll be pleased to hear my phone is on silent. |
| 0:53.5 | We've established that, so we're not going to be disturbed. And that joyous chuckling you can hear is, |
| 0:57.0 | she may be in shot. I'm hoping when they edit this, she won't be. Otherwise, why would I explain? |
| 1:03.4 | I look like an idiot, wouldn't I? Well, I can see her. No, hopefully we're just staying on this now. |
| 1:08.1 | Is my guest today who is chuckling joyously in the background. |
| 1:13.4 | So I always think it's a lovely start to an interview. It's Emma Kenny. Welcome. Hello. |
| 1:18.5 | Hello. And look, let's let's let's get it out there. I mispronounced your name. I was |
| 1:27.1 | convinced it was Ema. I got here. My, I'm going to use the word |
| 1:30.4 | team, but what sort of a team are they? Said, oh, no, no, no, no, no, it's Emma. I said, but I've heard |
| 1:37.3 | her being mentioned in the media. Oh, no, no, no, no, it's Emma. But it's spelt E.M. Oh, no, no, no, you'll find it's Emma. It's one of those Irish ones that is actually sort of spelt less complicated than, you know, than Chavorn or Cheneid or Neve or Mave. But it's amazing how many people get it wrong. It's just not that common, I think, over here. What's, Sharon Hogan has a child. |
| 2:01.6 | Yes. No secret there. |
| 1:58.1 | Called something like, she used to, I worked with her years ago. She's got it on an necklace. That's right. Yeah, when I'm at head. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And it's something like, I could read it and I would never, it's Saive. Yes, yes. But I couldn't tell you how, I think it's spelt |
| 2:00.2 | G R X, X, X, or something. There's no, I mean, I could work out a Chavon, a Sialb, I have a Chavon at school. Yeah. Shavorn and Grice, if she's watching. And you go a Sialbhan, are you going to work out Chavorn? Yeah. But I would have said, Ema, you see. Yeah, because that's actually the anglicised spelling as well. |
| 2:19.4 | Normally it's in... or you're going to work out Chavorn. Yeah. But I would have said, Ema, you see. |
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