Jill Halfpenny Net Worth is $1.4 Million Jill Halfpenny Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Jill Halfpenny (born 15 July 1975) is an English actress, best known for her roles as Rebecca Hopkins in the British soap opera Coronation Street from 1999–2000; as Kate Mitchell (née Morton) in rival soap EastEnders, from 2002–2005, and as the winner of the second series of Strictly Come Dancing.Her career began in 1989 with a regular role in the BBC children's drama serial Byker Grove. She has subsequently appeared in numerous television roles including Wild at Heart, Peak Practice and Waterloo Road, for which she won a Best Actress prize at the TV Quick Awards.Halfpenny also enjoys a successful theatre career with roles ranging from pantomime to high profile West End productions such as Abigail's Party, Calendar Girls and musicals like Chicago. In 2011 she won the Theatregoers' Choice Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical and the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical for her performance in Legally Blonde.She is the aunt of ex-Emmerdale actress Chelsea Halfpenny.
Full Name Leigh Halfpenny Date Of Birth July 15, 1975 Place Of Birth Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England Height 5' 4" (1.63 m) Weight 85 kg Profession Actress, Soundtrack Education Swansea College Nationality British Spouse Craig Conway (actor) Children Harvey-Rhys Halfpenny Parents Estelle Halfpenny, Steve Halfpenny Nominations BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award Star Sign Cancer
# Fact 1 Currently appearing as Paulette in the original West End production of Legally Blonde the Musical. [December 2009] 2 Announced that she had separated from husband Craig Conway after 3 years of marriage (6 December 2010). 3 Won the 2011 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical for "Legally Blonde". 4 Has 2 older sisters; Nicola Halfpenny (b. 1968) and Paula (née Halfpenny) Dunn (b. 1972). 5 Returned to work 8 months after giving birth to her son Harvey-Reece in order to begin competing in "The Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour". 6 Ranked #99 in the 100 Greatest EastEnders (1985) Characters of All Time for her performance as Kate Mitchell (2010). 7 Is one of 20 EastEnders (1985) actors to compete in Strictly Come Dancing (2004). The others, in chronological order, are Christopher Parker (Spencer Moon), Patsy Palmer (Bianca Jackson), Louisa Lytton (Ruby Allen), Letitia Dean (Sharon Rickman), Matt Di Angelo (Deano Wicks), Phil Daniels (Kevin Wicks), Gillian Taylforth (Kathy Mitchell), Jessie Wallace (Kat Moon), Zöe Lucker (Vanessa Gold), Ricky Groves (Garry Hobbs), Natalie Cassidy (Sonia Fowler), Jimi Mistry (Fred Fonesca), Scott Maslen (Jack Branning), Kara Tointon (Dawn Swann), Anita Dobson (Angie Watts), Sid Owen (Ricky Butcher), Jake Wood (Max Branning), Kellie Bright (Linda Carter) and Tameka Empson (Kim Fox-Hubbard). As of 2016 she and Kara Tointon are the only 2 to have won the contest. 8 Gave birth to her 1st child at age 32, a son Harvey-Reece Conway on 3 May 2008. Child's father is her husband, Craig Conway . 9 Aunt of Chelsea Halfpenny . 10 Met her future husband, Craig Conway , at The Live Theatre, Newcastle, while appearing in the stage production of "The Bodies". 11 Friends with Kacey Ainsworth . 12 Her hobbies include roller-skating, ice-skating, fencing, dancing and enjoys traveling. 13 Trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. 14 The youngest daughter of Colin and Maureen (née Mitchelson) Halfpenny, her father died in 1979 and her mother subsequently married his brother Derek in 1981. 15 Although her native accent is Geordie, she can also do Northern Irish and New York accents.
Actress Title Year Status Character Maisie 2016 Short Louise Ordinary Lies 2016 TV Series Belinda In the Club 2014-2016 TV Mini-Series Diane Death in Paradise 2016 TV Series Naomi Walker Humans 2015 TV Series Jill Drummond Beautality 2014 TV Movie Pam St. Clair Babylon 2014 TV Mini-Series Davina Vera 2013 TV Series Maggie Warnock Turn Your Bloody Phone Off: The Second Batch 2013 Short Mummy (Segment - "Shush Mummy") Lightfields 2013 TV Mini-Series Martha Felwood Wild at Heart 2012 TV Series Fiona Murdoch Mysteries 2012 TV Series Elizabeth Bryant Walk Like a Panther 2011 TV Series Lara Anderson How to Stop Being a Loser 2011 Christina Mount Pleasant 2011 TV Series Emma Inspector George Gently 2009 TV Series Cora Davidson Blue Murder 2007 TV Series Jackie Holroyd Waterloo Road 2006-2007 TV Series Izzie Redpath Shameless 2006 TV Series Roxy Benson The Catherine Tate Show 2005 TV Series Gina EastEnders 2002-2005 TV Series Kate Barbara 2003 TV Series Kirsty Breeze Block 2002 TV Series Dalziel and Pascoe 2001 TV Series Tara Connolly Command Approved 2000 Chopper pilot Coronation Street 1999-2000 TV Series Rebecca Hopkins Peak Practice 1999 TV Series Kelly Dangerfield 1999 TV Series Shelley Touching Evil 1998 TV Series Annie Jordan Heartbeat 1998 TV Series Mitzi Wyler The Round Tower 1998 TV Series Rosie Cotton The Lakes 1997 TV Series Tina Birds of a Feather 1997 TV Series Brittany The Bill 1997 TV Series Lisa Collett Byker Grove 1989-1992 TV Series Nicola
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Nicola Dobson
Soundtrack Title Year Status Character Byker Grove 1989 TV Series performer - 1 episode
Thanks Title Year Status Character Broken 2016/XIV special thanks
Self Title Year Status Character Strictly Come Dancing 2004-2016 TV Series Herself - Contestant / Herself / Herself - Audience Member / ... Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 2004-2016 TV Series documentary Herself Loose Women 2000-2016 TV Series Herself Britain's Horror Homes 2015 TV Series documentary Herself - Narrator All Star Family Fortunes 2015 TV Series Herself Shut-ins: Britain's Fattest People 2015 TV Special documentary Narrator (voice) This Morning 2008-2014 TV Series Herself Sunday Brunch 2014 TV Series Herself - Guest Shoplife 2013 TV Series documentary Narrator What's Cooking? From the Sainsbury's Kitchen 2013 TV Series Herself - Guest Dispatches 2012 TV Series documentary Narrator Daybreak 2010-2011 TV Series Herself The Laurence Olivier Awards 2011 2011 TV Special Herself - Winner: Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical The Wright Stuff 2010 TV Series Herself - Guest Panelist Breakfast 2008-2009 TV Series Herself - Actress / Herself Angela and Friends 2009 TV Series Herself Something for the Weekend 2009 TV Series Herself I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! NOW! 2008 TV Series Herself The Strictly Come Dancing Story 2007 TV Movie documentary Herself The Omid Djalili Show 2007 TV Series Herself Fat Man's Warning 2007 TV Movie documentary Narrator (voice) The Prince's Trust 30th Birthday: Live 2006 TV Movie documentary Herself The Paul O'Grady Show 2005-2006 TV Series Herself Davina 2006 TV Series Herself Richard & Judy 2003-2006 TV Series Herself Comic Relief Does Fame Academy 2005 TV Series Herself Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway 2005 TV Series Herself Celebrate the Sound of Music 2005 TV Movie documentary Herself - Performer Strictly Ice Dancing 2004 TV Movie documentary Herself EastEnders: Christmas Party 2004 TV Movie Performer Today with Des and Mel 2004 TV Series Herself Inside Soap Awards 2004 2004 TV Special Herself GMTV 2004 TV Series Herself Making It at Holby 2004 TV Movie documentary Herself EastEnders: Christmas Party 2003 TV Movie Performer T4 2003 TV Series Herself Children in Need 2003 TV Series Herself
Won Awards Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie 2007 TV Quick Award TV Quick Awards, UK Best Actress Waterloo Road (2006)
Known for movies EastEnders (2002-2005) as Kate
Byker Grove (1989-1992) as Nicola / Nichola / Nicola Dobson
Waterloo Road (2006-2007) as Izzie Redpath
Babylon (2014) as Davina