Julie Hesmondhalgh
Born: 1970-02-25 in Accrington, Lancashire, England, UK
Known For: Acting
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!
Filmography
2024
- Mr Bates vs The Post Office as Suzanne Sercombe
2023
- Operation Magpie as Carol Galloway
- You & Me as Linda
2022
- Help
- The Outing as Nellie
2021
- The Pact as Nancy
2020
- The National Television Awards Celebrate 25 Years as Self
- The Trouble with Maggie Cole as Jill Wheadon
2019
- Pond Life as Muirel Panks
2018
- Peterloo as Female Reformer
- I Told My Mum I Was Going On An RE Trip as Herself (Introduced By)
2016
- Boys On Film 15: Time & Tied as Penny (segment "Closets")
2015
- Cucumber as Cleo Whitaker
- Closets as Penny
- Tofu as Cleo
- Black Roses: The Killing of Sophie Lancaster
2014
- Inside No. 9 as Kath
- Happy Valley as Amanda Wadsworth
2013
- Broadchurch as Trish Winterman
2009
- Moving On as Linda
- Coronation Street: Romanian Holiday as Hayley Cropper
2007
- Would I Lie to You? as Self - Panellist
2005
- Doctor Who as Judy Maddox
2002
1999
- Loose Women as Self
1998
- So Graham Norton as Self
- Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? as Self - Contestant
1996
1995
- The Frank Skinner Show as Self
1994
- Pat and Margaret as Helper in Old Age Home
- The Dwelling Place as Rose Turnbull
1960
- Coronation Street as Hayley Patterson / Hayley Cropper