|
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'' (1999–2000); as Kate Mitchell (née Morton) in rival soap ''EastEnders'', (2002–05), 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. ==Early life== A native of Leam Lane, Gateshead, she attended St Edmund Campion RC school (now Cardinal Hume RC School) in Wrekenton. She is a former student of the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art (1994–1996) and she also went to drama school First Act Theatre in Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne and to the Reavley Theatre School in Felling, Gateshead, despite claiming on ''Strictly Come Dancing'' that she had received no previous training. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jill Halfpenny」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|