Julie Hesmondhalgh
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
- Acting
- Born
- 1970-02-25 · Accrington, Lancashire, England, UK
Known for
- Doctor Who (2005) — Judy Maddox
- Broadchurch (2013) — Trish Winterman
- Happy Valley (2014) — Amanda Wadsworth
- Inside No. 9 (2014) — Kath
- Peterloo (2018) — Female Reformer
- Would I Lie to You? (2007) — Self - Panellist
- Coronation Street (1960) — Hayley Patterson / Hayley Cropper
- Mr Bates vs The Post Office (2024) — Suzanne Sercombe
- The Pact (2021) — Nancy
- Cucumber (2015) — Cleo Whitaker
- Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (1998) — Self - Contestant
- The Celebrity Traitors (2025) — Self - Contestant
- Dalziel and Pascoe (1996) — Wendy Walker
- Harry Hill's TV Burp (2002)
- Alma's Not Normal (2020) — Aunty Ange
- Loose Women (1999) — Self