Julie Hesmondhalgh
Acting
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Acting Credits
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...
Known For
Filmography
Crookhaven
2026
as Sue
Call the Midwife: Sisters in Arms
2026
as Sister Alice
The Celebrity Traitors
2025
as Self - Contestant
Mr Bates vs The Post Office
2024
as Suzanne Sercombe
Operation Magpie
2023
as Carol Galloway
You & Me
2023
as Linda
The Outing
2022
as Nellie
Help
2022
The Pact
2021
as Nancy
The National Television Awards Celebrate 25 Years
2020
as Self
Coronation Street: Queens of the Street
2020
as Herself
The Trouble with Maggie Cole
2020
as Jill Wheadon
Alma's Not Normal
2020
as Aunty Ange
Pond Life
2019
as Muirel Panks
I Told My Mum I Was Going On An RE Trip
2018
as Herself (Introduced By)
Peterloo
2018
as Female Reformer
Boys On Film 15: Time & Tied
2016
as Penny (segment "Closets")
Black Roses: The Killing of Sophie Lancaster
2015
Closets
2015
as Penny
La Couchette
2015
as Kath
Cucumber
2015
as Cleo Whitaker
Tofu
2015
as Cleo
Inside No. 9
2014
as Kath
Happy Valley
2014
as Amanda Wadsworth
Broadchurch
2013
as Trish Winterman
East Street
2010
as Hayley Cropper
Coronation Street: Romanian Holiday
2009
as Hayley Cropper
Moving On
2009
as Linda
Would I Lie to You?
2007
as Self - Panellist
Doctor Who
2005
as Judy Maddox
The Best of So Graham Norton
2004
as Self (archive footage)
Harry Hill's TV Burp
2002
Loose Women
1999
as Self
So Graham Norton
1998
as Self
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
1998
as Self - Contestant
Dalziel and Pascoe
1996
as Wendy Walker
The Frank Skinner Show
1995
as Self
Pat and Margaret
1994
as Helper in Old Age Home
The Dwelling Place
1994
as Rose Turnbull
Coronation Street
1960
as Hayley Patterson / Hayley Cropper