Emer Kenny

Emer Kenny: ‘Filming sex scenes at 16, I was shaking with terror’

• Emer Kenny’s first acting job involved her simulating sex with a 35-year-old man in a tattoo parlour while wearing only a T-shirt, pants and a pair of cowboy boots. “I was 16, and hadn’t had much sexual experience,” says Kenny, recalling the shoot for the BBC’s 2007 Mark Haddon drama Coming Down the Mountain. “All the crew were standing watching and I was shaking with terror.” A female assistant director came to her rescue. “She noticed how nervous I was and offered to rehearse the scene herself