Julie Hesmondhalgh

Julie Claire Hesmondhalgh ( ;) is an English actress and narrator. She is known for her role as Hayley Cropper in the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'' between 1998 and 2014. For this role, she won "Best Serial Drama Performance" at the 2014 National Television Awards and "Best Actress" at the 2014 British Soap Awards.

Hesmondhalgh's other regular television roles include ''Cucumber'' (2015), ''Happy Valley'' (2016), ''Broadchurch'' (2017) and ''The Pact'' (2021). Her stage credits include ''God Bless the Child'' at the Royal Court Theatre in London (2014), and ''Wit'' at the Royal Exchange, Manchester (2016). Provided by Wikipedia