Carmen Pieraccini

Carmen Pieraccini (born 28 November 1979) is a Scottish actress, who has appeared in the BBC Scotland soap opera River City since 2003 until her departure in 2007, She returned full-time to the Soap in 2010. Her other screen appearances include the BBC comedy Dear Green Place (2006–08), and the films Small Faces (1996) and Late Night Shopping (2001).

Carmen Pieraccini was born in Paisley, Scotland, and attended Castlehead and Johnstone High Schools. She has worked in Glasgow's South Side. Her family owns a well known business in Paisley. She attended Scottish Youth Theatre.

Pieraccini appeared briefly in the 1996 Gillies MacKinnon film Small Faces, the 2001 Saul Metzstein film Late Night Shopping, and the 2001 music video for the Belle and Sebastian single "Jonathan David", before taking on the role of Kelly Marie Adams in River City from 2003. She also played Tina in the comedy series Dear Green Place (2006–08), opposite Ford Kiernan. On stage, she appeared as an army private in the 2008 play An Advert For The Army.

Her father Joe is also an actor. Her sister Sita sang in the Scots ElectroPop band Futuristic Retro Champions.