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Julie Hesmondhalgh Biography

Birth Name:

Julie Claire Hesmondhalgh

Birth Place:

Accrington, Lancashire, England

Fast Facts

After graduating from drama school, performed as part of independent theatre Arts Threshold
Is perhaps best known for playing Hayley Cropper in long-running ITV soap opera Coronation Street between 1998 and 2014
In 2014, won the National Television Award for Best Serial Drama Performance for her work on Coronation Street
In 2016, co-founded the Manchester-based grassroots theatre company Take Back, along with Rebekah Harrison and Grant Archer
Is a patron of multiple organisations, including Trans Media Watch, Manchester People's Assembly, and the Sophie Lancaster Foundation