Julie Hesmondhalgh

Julie Hesmondhalgh

Born: February 25, 1970
in Accrington, Lancashire, England, UK
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!

Movies for Julie Hesmondhalgh...

Title: Mr Bates vs The Post Office
Character: Suzanne Sercombe
Released: January 1, 2024
Type: TV
One of the greatest miscarriages of justice in British legal history where hundreds of innocent sub-postmasters and postmistresses were wrongly accused of theft, fraud and false accounting due to a defective IT system.
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Operation Magpie
Title: Operation Magpie
Character: Carol Galloway
Released: December 1, 2023
Type: Movie
Two Detectives are staking out the property of a notorious criminal mastermind but all is not as it seems.
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Title: You & Me
Character: Linda
Released: February 23, 2023
Type: TV
Three people experience tragedies they feel they will never overcome. They attempt to find hope and love again in the future, but worry that the past always hold them back.
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Help
Title: Help
Released: November 27, 2022
Type: Movie
She needs help now, and only the young are listening.
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The Outing
Title: The Outing
Character: Nellie
Released: September 9, 2022
Type: Movie
1970's: A lonely divorcee, Nellie, meets widower Frank on a trip to the seaside. Nellie lets herself be swept away by the hope of connection. But as the seagulls circle overhead and Frank begins to ask too many questions, Nellie realises she will never be able to escape a monstrous family secret ...
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Title: The Pact
Character: Nancy
Released: May 17, 2021
Type: TV
Anna, Nancy, Louie and Cat have had enough of their tyrannical young boss Jack Evans, and make a drunken snap decision at a work function that has shocking repercussions.
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Title: The Trouble with Maggie Cole
Character: Jill Wheadon
Released: March 4, 2020
Type: TV
What happens when idle gossip escalates out of control and starts to affect people’s lives. Set in a picturesque fishing village, the series centres on Maggie Cole, the self- appointed oracle of this close-knit community.
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The National Television Awards Celebrate 25 Years
Title: The National Television Awards Celebrate 25 Years
Character: Self
Released: January 7, 2020
Type: Movie
This one-hour special documentary celebrates 25 star-studded years of the National Television Awards, with contributions from stars including Graham Norton and Simon Cowell.
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Pond Life
Title: Pond Life
Character: Muirel Panks
Released: April 26, 2019
Type: Movie
A group of young friends and neighbours come together for a fishing expedition after rumours spread of a giant carp in the area. In a world of broken families, cassette tapes and rumbling political fever, these friends, each with their own struggles to bear, share a moment of harmony.
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Peterloo
Title: Peterloo
Character: Female Reformer
Released: November 1, 2018
Type: Movie
An epic portrayal of the events surrounding the infamous 1819 Peterloo Massacre, where a peaceful pro-democracy rally at St Peter’s Field in Manchester turned into one of the bloodiest and most notorious episodes in British history. The massacre saw British government forces charge into a crowd of over 60,000 that had gathered to demand political reforms and protest against rising levels of poverty.
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I Told My Mum I Was Going On An RE Trip
Title: I Told My Mum I Was Going On An RE Trip
Character: Herself (Introduced By)
Released: January 20, 2018
Type: Movie
With 1 in 3 women having had an abortion "I told my Mum I was going on an R.E. trip…" explores what seems to be one of society's last taboos using verbatim voices, music, beats and rhyme.
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Boys On Film 15: Time & Tied
Title: Boys On Film 15: Time & Tied
Character: Penny (segment "Closets")
Released: August 22, 2016
Type: Movie
Embark on a magical journey through time with Boys On Film 15: Time & Tied — featuring a brand new selection of sensational gay British short films that showcase some of the UK's best emerging talent. This compilation features nine complete films: Lloyd Eyre-Morgan's "Closets" starring Tommy Knight and Ceallach Spellman; Brian Fairbairn & Karl Eccleston's "Putting On The Dish" starring Steve Wickenden and Neil Chinneck; Mitchell Marion's "G O'Clock" starring Marc Rovira Cenar and Phillip Weddell; Charlie Parham's "Nightstand" starring Nicholas Gleaves and Amrou Al-Kadhi; Simon Anderson's "Morning Is Broken" starring Matthew Tennyson, Nigel Allen and Jack Hawkins; Tom Frederic's "Sauna The Dead: A Fairy Tale" starring himself and Kumar Muniandy; Leon Lopez's "CrossRoad" starring Marc Rovira Cenar, Ashley Campbell, and Calum Ewan Cameron; Jake Graf's "Dawn" starring Nicole Gibson and Harry Rundle; and Kristen Bjorn's "Trouser Bar" starring Denholm Spurr, Scott Hunter, and Zac Renfree.
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Black Roses: The Killing of Sophie Lancaster
Title: Black Roses: The Killing of Sophie Lancaster
Released: October 11, 2015
Type: Movie
In 2007, Sophie Lancaster was beaten to death because of her appearance. Her story is told through a sequence of poems by Simon Armitage and through the interviews made by her mother in the wake of the tragedy. Adapted for television from the poetry anthology/stage production and radio adaptation.
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Closets
Title: Closets
Character: Penny
Released: October 9, 2015
Type: Movie
It's 1986, tormented teenager Henry is struggling with his sexuality and abusive home life. Henry sits in his closet contemplating suicide. In a flash of light he is transported to 2016 where he meets teenager Ben — now occupying his room 30 years later.
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Title: Tofu
Character: Cleo
Released: January 22, 2015
Type: TV
YouTuber Benjamin Cook explores modern sex in all its variety, interviewing members of the public and the cast of dramas Cucumber and Banana.
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Title: Cucumber
Character: Cleo Whitaker
Released: January 22, 2015
Type: TV
Original drama series from Russell T Davies exploring the passions and pitfalls of 21st century gay life, beginning with the most disastrous date night in history.
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Title: Happy Valley
Character: Amanda Wadsworth
Released: April 29, 2014
Type: TV
Happy Valley is a dark, funny, multi-layered thriller revolving around the personal and professional life of Catherine, a dedicated, experienced, hard-working copper. She is also a bereaved mother who looks after her orphaned grandchild.
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Title: Inside No. 9
Character: Kath
Released: February 5, 2014
Type: TV
An anthology of darkly comic twisted tales, each one taking place behind a door marked 'number 9'.
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Title: Broadchurch
Character: Trish Winterman
Released: March 4, 2013
Type: TV
The murder of a young boy in a small coastal town brings a media frenzy, which threatens to tear the community apart.
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Coronation Street: Romanian Holiday
Title: Coronation Street: Romanian Holiday
Character: Hayley Cropper
Released: October 26, 2009
Type: Movie
What could be better? A footballer's wedding, a week in the sun, a luxury villa in historic Transylvania. It’s the trip of a lifetime for Coronation Street's favourite café owners Roy and Hayley Cropper, until the brash Glen and Verity appear... Opposites don't attract in this chaotic comic caper as the unlikely foursome embark on an adventure neither couple will ever forget. And when Weatherfield hell-raiser Becky McDonald jets in from her honeymoon, the stage is set for mountain mayhem deep in the heart of Dracula Country.
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Title: Moving On
Character: Linda
Released: May 18, 2009
Type: TV
Moving On is a British television series set in contemporary Britain consisting of standalone dramas all sharing the theme of someone going through some kind of change in their life and moving on.
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Title: Doctor Who
Character: Judy Maddox
Released: March 26, 2005
Type: TV
The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who mastered time travel. The Doctor saves planets for a living—more of a hobby actually, and the Doctor's very, very good at it.
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Title: Harry Hill's TV Burp
Released: November 14, 2002
Type: TV
Harry Hill's TV Burp is a British television comedy programme that ran for 11 years from 2001 to 2012. It was produced by Avalon Television for ITV and hosted by comedian Harry Hill. The show presents a look at the week's television, including extracts from TV shows with added sketches, observational voice-overs, and guest appearances. The show is based on clips of the previous week of programming on television, frequently reinterpreting actions or lines of dialogue in a humorous way, or pointing out how views of props or sets amusingly resemble other objects, and often lightheartedly or sarcastically commenting on the actual intended content of the programme. To produce the show, Hill and his programme associate writing team, including Brenda Gilhooly, Paul Hawksbee, Dan Maier, Joe Burnside and David Quantick, watch significant amounts of television, much on preview tapes. Clips from a variety of shows across most channels are included in the show, with soaps, dramas and popular-factual series being the most commonly represented genres. The clips are shown outside of the context of their original programme and only limited information about the scene is given, as the focus of the show's treatment is on the often unintentional humour which can be derived from the scene. The show was filmed at Teddington Studios, Greater London, in Studio 1 for series 1 to 8. From series 9 to 11, the studio has been the BBC Television Centre in London.
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Title: So Graham Norton
Character: Self
Released: July 3, 1998
Type: TV
So Graham Norton was a British television programme, hosted by Irish personality Graham Norton. It ran from 3 July 1998 to 1 March 2002.
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Title: Dalziel & Pascoe
Released: March 16, 1996
Type: TV
British crime drama based on the "Dalziel and Pascoe" series of books by Reginald Hill, set in the fictional Yorkshire town of Wetherton. The unlikely duo of politically incorrect elephant-in-a-china-shop-copper Detective Superintendent Andrew Dalziel (pronounced Dee-ell) and his more sensitive and university educated sidekick Detective Sargent, later Detective Inspector, Peter Pascoe is always on hand to solve the classic murder mystery, while maintaining a down to earth wit and humour.
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Title: The Frank Skinner Show
Character: Self
Released: September 10, 1995
Type: TV
The Frank Skinner Show was a television chat show hosted by comedian Frank Skinner, which lasted nine series on British television between 1995 and 2005. As well as celebrity interviews, the shows included an initial stand-up routine, various sketches throughout the episode and usually concluded with a comedic song featuring Frank and the guest stars. The Frank Skinner Show became notorious over the years for the unconventional nature of the interviews, including some shocking revelations from the guests. The programme ended in 2005 after nine series. It was screened on BBC One from its first episode on 10 September 1995 until 3 June 1999. In 2000, the show moved to ITV. The programme was nominated for a Royal Television Society Award in 2001.
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Pat and Margaret
Title: Pat and Margaret
Character: Helper in Old Age Home
Released: September 11, 1994
Type: Movie
Unexpected events occur when Pat, a glamorous British-born star of American soaps, returns home to plug her auto-biography on television and meets, for the first time since they were teenagers, Margaret her plain and frumpy younger sister. The meeting is painful for both women highlighting the vast differences in their lives and resurrecting painful memories of their unhappy childhood with an uncaring, errant mother. The tabloid press smell a juicy story and a race ensues to trace the whereabouts of the long lost parent.
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Title: The Dwelling Place
Character: Rose Turnbull
Released: May 8, 1994
Type: TV
Set in the 1830s, the story of 16-year-old Cissie Brodie after the death of parents and the repossession of the family home. She finds a barren place to live and care for her younger brothers and sisters with the help of Matthew, a local carpenter, but her life becomes complicated when the aristocratic Fischel family take an unwelcome interest.
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Title: Coronation Street
Character: Hayley Patterson / Hayley Cropper
Released: December 9, 1960
Type: TV
The residents of Coronation Street are ordinary, working-class people, and the show follows them through regular social and family interactions at home, in the workplace, and in their local pub, the Rovers Return Inn. Britain's longest-running soap.
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Coronation Street: Queens of the Street
Title: Coronation Street: Queens of the Street
Character: Herself
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
We mark 60 glorious years of Coronation Street, the world’s longest-running soap, with a celebration of the women who have ruled the roost in Weatherfield since the very first episode in December 1960.