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Julie Hesmondhalgh

Acting
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55 Years Old

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!

Born

Accrington, Lancashire, England, UK on 25th February 1970

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Coronation Street
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Doctor Who
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The Frank Skinner Show
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Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
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Inside No. 9
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Harry Hill's TV Burp
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So Graham Norton
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Broadchurch
Trish Winterman
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Loose Women
Self - Presenter
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Loose Women
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Moving On
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Happy Valley
Amanda Wadsworth
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Mr Bates vs The Post Office
Suzanne Sercombe
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Cucumber
Cleo Whitaker
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You & Me
Linda
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Dalziel & Pascoe
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The Pact
Nancy
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The Trouble with Maggie Cole
Jill Wheadon
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Tofu
Cleo
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The Dwelling Place
Rose Turnbull
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Peterloo
Female Reformer
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Coronation Street: Queens of the Street
Herself
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Pat and Margaret
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The National Television Awards Celebrate 25 Years
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Pond Life
Muirel Panks
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Boys On Film 15: Time & Tied
Penny (segment "Closets")
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Coronation Street: Romanian Holiday
Hayley Cropper
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Closets
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Black Roses: The Killing of Sophie Lancaster
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Help
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I Told My Mum I Was Going On An RE Trip
Herself (Introduced By)
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What Would Julie Do?
Julie
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The Outing
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Operation Magpie
Carol Galloway