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Julie Hesmondhalgh

Feb 25, 1970 (55 years old) in Accrington, Lancashire, England, UK

Julie was born in Accrington, Lancashire in February 1970. A woman with a strong social conscience, she originally wanted to be a social worker. She was an amateur actress with the Oswaldtwistle Players and studied A-level Theatre Studies at Accrington and Rossendale College. Fate took a turn when she took an audition for drama school to be with her friends. It landed her a place at LAMDA, where she studied from 1988-1991. After graduating she set up her own theatre company, Arts Threshold, with a group of friends in Paddington, taking time out for TV roles in The Bill, the Catherine Cookson drama The Dwelling Place, a care home worker in Victoria Wood's comedy film Pat and Margaret and, just prior to Coronation Street, as an animal rights protestor in Dalziel & Pascoe. She was spotted by the casting crew for "Coronation Street" whilst playing in "Much Ado About Nothing" in the Royal Exchange theatre in Manchester, playing the dual roles of a maid and a night watchman!

Known For

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Doctor Who
Judy Maddox
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Coronation Street
Hayley Patterson / Hayley Cropper
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Harry Hill's TV Burp
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Inside No. 9
Kath
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Dalziel & Pascoe
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Happy Valley
Amanda Wadsworth
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Broadchurch
Trish Winterman
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Moving On
Linda
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Cucumber
Cleo Whitaker
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Mr Bates vs The Post Office
Suzanne Sercombe

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