Julie Hesmondhalgh
Acting
Born: 1970-02-25 in Accrington, Lancashire, England, UK
Biography
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
Doctor Who
Judy Maddox
Broadchurch
Trish Winterman
Happy Valley
Amanda Wadsworth
Inside No. 9
Kath
Peterloo
Female Reformer
Would I Lie to You?
Self - Panellist
Coronation Street
Hayley Patterson / Hayley Cropper
Mr Bates vs The Post Office
Suzanne Sercombe
The Pact
Nancy
Cucumber
Cleo Whitaker
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Self - Contestant
Dalziel and Pascoe
Wendy Walker
The Celebrity Traitors
Self - Contestant
Harry Hill's TV Burp
Alma's Not Normal
Aunty Ange
Loose Women
Self
You & Me
Linda
Crookhaven
Sue
Pat and Margaret
Helper in Old Age Home
Tofu
Cleo
Closets
Penny
Moving On
Linda
Boys On Film 15: Time & Tied
Penny (segment "Closets")
Pond Life
Muirel Panks
The Trouble with Maggie Cole
Jill Wheadon
So Graham Norton
Self
Coronation Street: Romanian Holiday
Hayley Cropper
The Dwelling Place
Rose Turnbull
The Frank Skinner Show
Self
Help
The Outing
Nellie
Operation Magpie
Carol Galloway
Black Roses: The Killing of Sophie Lancaster
What Would Julie Do?
Julie
I Told My Mum I Was Going On An RE Trip
Herself (Introduced By)
The National Television Awards Celebrate 25 Years
Self
East Street
Hayley Cropper
La Couchette
Kath
The Best of So Graham Norton
Self (archive footage)