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Patsy Kensit (born March 4, 1968) is a United
Kingdom|British Actor|actress. She has starred in
several prominent films but is perhaps more
well-known for her three celebrity marriages.

She was born Patsy Jude Kensit in Hounslow,
London, daughter of Billy "The Dip" Kensit, a
small time pickpocket and thief, and with Reggie
Kray as her godfather. It soon became clear that
Patsy was to become an actress. Aged only four,
she appeared in a television advert for Birds Eye
Peas. In 1974 she had her first role in a movie;
The Great Gatsby starring Mia Farrow.

In 1985 Kensit was the lead singer of band Eighth
Wonder. The band had three Top 40 singles ("Stay
With Me", "Cross My Heart" and top-10 hit "I'm Not
Scared" which was produced by the Pet Shop Boys)
and television appearances on programmes like Top
of the Pops gave much needed exposure to Kensit.

Her big break came in 1986 when she was selected
to play Crepe Suzette, the female lead in the
movie Absolute Beginners (movie)|Absolute
Beginners, with David Bowie as her co-star. The
film was critically panned and was also box office
flop. Another notable film role was in Lethal
Weapon 2 (1989), in which she played Rika van den
Haas, the South African consulate secretary that
cop Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson) falls in love with.
Another movie starring her, Angels & Insects (with
Kristin Scott Thomas and Mark Rylance, 1995), was
nominated for an Academy Award for Costume Design,
also it was controversial because of its sex
scenes.

Patsy has been married three times. All her
husbands have been musicians. In 1988 she married
Dan Donovan of band Big Audio Dynamite. In 1992
she married Jim Kerr, lead singer of Simple Minds.
During her second marriage she gave birth to her
first child, James. In 1997 she married Liam
Gallagher from Oasis (band)|Oasis. Kensit and
Gallagher had a son, Lennon, named after John
Lennon. They divorced in 2000.

Her last starring role was in the Newcastle based
flop The One and Only which failed to get wide
distribution.

In 2004 Kensit joined the cast of British soap
opera Emmerdale, playing the role of Sadie King,
and also regularly featured in the third series of
Channel 4's Bo Selecta and its 2005 spin-off
series A Bear's Tail.