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!
Filmography (39 titles)
8.8ShowCrookhaven
Sue · 2026
8.2ShowThe Celebrity Traitors
Self - Contestant · 2025
8.0ShowMr Bates vs The Post Office
Suzanne Sercombe · 2024
MovieOperation Magpie
Carol Galloway · 2023
5.4ShowYou & Me
Linda · 2023
9.0MovieHelp
2022
MovieThe Outing
Nellie · 2022
7.1ShowThe Pact
Nancy · 2021
Coronation Street: Queens of the Street
Herself · 2020
7.3ShowAlma's Not Normal
Aunty Ange · 2020
6.4ShowThe Trouble with Maggie Cole
Jill Wheadon · 2020
MovieThe National Television Awards Celebrate 25 Years
Self · 2020
6.4MoviePond Life
Muirel Panks · 2019
6.8MoviePeterloo
Female Reformer · 2018
MovieI Told My Mum I Was Going On An RE Trip
Herself (Introduced By) · 2018
7.4MovieBoys On Film 15: Time & Tied
Penny (segment "Closets") · 2016
MovieBlack Roses: The Killing of Sophie Lancaster
2015
5.6MovieClosets
Penny · 2015
MovieLa Couchette
Kath · 2015
7.3ShowCucumber
Cleo Whitaker · 2015
5.4ShowTofu
Cleo · 2015
7.9ShowHappy Valley
Amanda Wadsworth · 2014
8.1ShowInside No. 9
Kath · 2014
7.9ShowBroadchurch
Trish Winterman · 2013
MovieEast Street
Hayley Cropper · 2010
5.8MovieCoronation Street: Romanian Holiday
Hayley Cropper · 2009
7.3ShowMoving On
Linda · 2009
7.8ShowWould I Lie to You?
Self - Panellist · 2007
7.6ShowDoctor Who
Judy Maddox · 2005
6.3ShowHarry Hill's TV Burp
2002