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Fiona Kennedy is a singer, songwriter, broadcaster and producer of stage and television productions and a tireless volunteer and ambassador for a number of.
Fiona Kennedy Clark, OBE, DL is a Scottish singer, actress and broadcaster, and the daughter of Scottish and Gaelic singers Calum Kennedy and Anne Gillies.

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Fiona Kennedy is the daughter of Scottish and Gaelic singers Calum Kennedy and Anne Gillies.

Fiona followed her parents into show business and became a successful singer which developed to radio broadcasting and then TV and theatre appearances.

The first television appearance by Fiona was in the 1971 TV mini series The Witch's Daughter. She played the character Perdita. Her first film appearance was in the 1973 film The Wicker Man where she played Holly. The same year she acted as Mary Campbell in the episode The Runaway in the series Sutherland's Law. Three years later she played Leslie in Mauro the Gypsy. She has appeared on Songs of Praises as a singer.

Fiona Kennedy now presents Tartan TV episodes about Scotland, Scottish life and history which are broadcast on American and Canadian Satellite television channels. She has also appeared on many UK television programmes including the children's programme Record Breakers on BBC1 for seasons 12 to 15 and the New Year Show with Trevor MacDonald. Fiona Kennedy also presented Behind the Scenes at Monarch of the Gl

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Fiona Kennedy OBE, DL

Her work is tremendously varied with many highlights including singing for Her Majesty The Queen on a number of occasions, performing at the G8 Summit at Edinburgh Castle, singing at the first ever NATO Burns Supper in Brussels, performing at Celtic Connections and Transatlantic Sessions on BBC 2, touring with Runrig, hosting television programmes for PBS in America, narrating ‘Peter and the Wolf’ and ‘The Snowman’ with the RSNO, presenting ‘Live at The Lemon Tree’ for BBC Scotland with Phil Cunningham, narrating ‘The Three Ships’ with Sir Tony Robinson, composed by Paul Mealor, and acting in a number of plays including ‘Alfie’ in the West End and ‘Ane Satire of the Thrie Estaires’ at The Edinburgh Festival.

A visit to Ellis Island inspired her own production ‘ The Kist’, which attracted 5-star reviews at The Edinburgh Fringe Festival, as well as at venues in Scotland, London and New York. She collaborates regularly with award winning actor, writer and director John Bett, including 10 years of ‘Nae Ordinary Burns Supper’!

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Fiona discusses her famous father and growing up with the most famous Scots in show business

Fiona and her father, Calum Kennedy in 1989

It’s amazing what we take for granted growing up.

In our household it was normal to have a stream of musicians coming and going, parties late into the night, sing songs, records blaring- and that was just my father!

Fair to say he worked hard and played hard and loved a dram or three of Crawford’s five star whisky mixed with a fresh, unopened bottle of Hay’s lemonade.

Sacrilege I can hear all you whisky connoisseurs saying.

Well that’s what he liked and that’s what he drank.

My Mother liked whisky with milk in it. How weird is that?

However it didn’t strike me as weird, until one day when I was in my early twenties I bumped into Billy Connolly at Heathrow airport

Fiona grew up meeting stars like Billy Connolly

He started reminiscing about coming to ceilidhs at my house in the west end of Glasgow and how he would always remember that my mum enjoyed a whisky with milk which he thought was really odd. He had n