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