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Lesley Dunlop (born 10 March 1956 in Newcastle upon Tyne) is an English actress. She is best known for her roles as Anna Kirkwall in ''Where the Heart Is'' and her current role as Brenda Walker in ''Emmerdale''. ==Career== Daughter of the television writer Pat Dunlop, she began as a child actress in the 1970s featuring in a BBC version of the classic ''A Little Princess'' and as Lydia Holly in the ITV adaptation of ''South Riding''.〔(2 April 2000). (Interview: Lesley Dunlop - My daughters are where my heart is ), ''Daily Mirror'', Retrieved 17 December 2010〕 Her transition to adult roles began by playing Lizzie Hexam in a BBC version of Charles Dickens' ''Our Mutual Friend'' in 1976 and featuring in the very first series of the long-running hospital drama ''Angels''. She was cast alongside Diana Rigg and Elizabeth Taylor in the film version of Stephen Sondheim's ''A Little Night Music'' (1977), and appeared in Roman Polanski's ''Tess'' (1979). The following year she played Nora, the nurse who is at first terrified by ''The Elephant Man'' and then befriends John Hurt's character in David Lynch's 1980 Oscar nominated film. She also appeared in the horror anthology film ''The Monster Club'' (1981) as Luna, the human ghoul who befriends Stuart Whitman. Throughout this time and indeed throughout her career, she has regularly appeared on British TV including ''Murder Most English'' (1977) and the film ''Deadly Game'' (1982), and made two guest appearances in Doctor Who - in ''Frontios'' in 1984 and ''The Happiness Patrol'' in 1988. She also starred opposite ''Oliver Tobias'' in ''Smuggler'' (1981), and Peter Ustinov in the TV film ''Thirteen at Dinner'' (1985). In 1986 she appeared as the very pregnant Pattie in the TV version of the Alan Aykbourn play "Seasons Greetings". In the 1990s she starred in the long-running BBC sitcom ''May to December''〔(21 February 1996). (Prison Left Me Drained ), ''Daily Mirror'', Retrieved 17 December 2010〕 as Zoe Callender alongside screen husband Anton Rodgers. In 1995, she starred in the two part Gurinder Chadha directed drama ''Rich Deceiver'' as Ellie Freeman, a Liverpudlian housewife who secretly wins the pools and uses the money to covertly help her husband's career. She also starred in the ITV series ''Wokenwell'' (1997) and appeared in a long-running series of TV commercials for Kleenex directed by Mike Leigh. In 2000, Lesley joined the cast of the ITV series ''Where the Heart Is'' playing Anna Kirkwall. Since 2008, she has played the role of Brenda Walker in the ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale''. In 2013 after her character on Emmerdale was diagnosed with a Brain tumour, Dunlop shaved her head especially for the part. 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「Lesley Dunlop」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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