Acting · Accrington, Lancashire, England, UK · Born February 25, 1970
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!
TVCrookhaven
2026
as Sue
TVThe Celebrity Traitors
2025
as Self - Contestant
TVMr Bates vs The Post Office
2024
as Suzanne Sercombe
MovieOperation Magpie
2023
as Carol Galloway
TVYou & Me
2023
as Linda
MovieHelp
2022
MovieThe Outing
2022
as Nellie
TVThe Pact
2021
as Nancy
Coronation Street: Queens of the Street
2020
as Herself
TVAlma's Not Normal
2020
as Aunty Ange
TVThe Trouble with Maggie Cole
2020
as Jill Wheadon
MovieThe National Television Awards Celebrate 25 Years
2020
as Self
MoviePond Life
2019
as Muirel Panks
MoviePeterloo
2018
as Female Reformer
MovieI Told My Mum I Was Going On An RE Trip
2018
as Herself (Introduced By)
MovieBoys On Film 15: Time & Tied
2016
as Penny (segment "Closets")
MovieBlack Roses: The Killing of Sophie Lancaster
2015
MovieClosets
2015
as Penny
MovieLa Couchette
2015
as Kath
TVCucumber
2015
as Cleo Whitaker
TVTofu
2015
as Cleo
TVHappy Valley
2014
as Amanda Wadsworth
TVInside No. 9
2014
as Kath
TVBroadchurch
2013
as Trish Winterman
MovieEast Street
2010
as Hayley Cropper
MovieCoronation Street: Romanian Holiday
2009
as Hayley Cropper
TVMoving On
2009
as Linda
TVWould I Lie to You?
2007
as Self - Panellist
TVDoctor Who
2005
as Judy Maddox
TVHarry Hill's TV Burp
2002
TVLoose Women
1999
as Self
TVWho Wants to Be a Millionaire?
1998
as Self - Contestant
TVSo Graham Norton
1998
as Self
TVDalziel and Pascoe
1996
as Wendy Walker
TVThe Frank Skinner Show
1995
as Self
MoviePat and Margaret
1994
as Helper in Old Age Home
TVThe Dwelling Place
1994
as Rose Turnbull
TVCoronation Street
1960
as Hayley Patterson / Hayley Cropper
MovieWhat Would Julie Do?
as Julie
