Jill Halfpenny

Jill Halfpenny: Biography in Details

Who is Jill Halfpenny?

Jill Halfpenny is an English actress.

Her remarkable roles include Rebecca Hopkins in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street (1999-2000); Kate Mitchell in the BBC one soap opera Eastenders (2000-2005); Izzie Redpath in Waterloo Road (2000-2007); and Diane Manning in The Club (2014-2016).

Jill Halfpenny: Net Worth 2024, Income

Jill Halfpenny is a famous British Actress who has an estimated net worth of $18 million as of 2024.

There is no further information about her income and salary.

Jill Halfpenny: Age, Parents, Siblings, Ethnicity, Nationality

Jill Halfpenny was born on 15th July 1975 in New Castle, UK. Her father’s name is Collin Halfpenny he died in 1979 when she was only four.

Her mother’s name is Maureen Mitchelson. She has two siblings, Nicola Halfpenny and Paula Halfpenny (Older Sister), and one niece Chelsea Halfpenny.

Jill belongs to English nationality and her ethnicity is unknown.

She enjoys traveling and her hobbies are roller skating, ice skating, fencing, and dancing.

Education, School/College University

Jill Halfpenny went to the St.Edmund Campion Roman Catholic School and trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art (1994-1996).

Moreover, she has studied at the First Act Theatre, a drama school in Gosforth.

Likewise, she also went to the Reavley Theatre School in Felling, Gateshead to polish her stage skills.

Jill Halfpenny: Professional Life, Career

At the age of 14, Jill Halfpenny began her acting career in the BBC television children’s drama series.

She is best known for her TV role as Rebecca Hopkins in Coronation Street, and Kate Mitchell in Eastenders. Moreover, she was recently involved in Izzie Redpath in Waterloo Road.

Additionally, she participated in the BBC1 show 2004 ’Strictly Come Dancing with professional dancer Darren Bennett.

She won the competition and scored the best score of 40 in the final round.

In 2005 she started the role of Roxie Hart in the West End musical, Chicago. She played a new role adapted from an Emile Zola novel by Peter Flannery at Newcastle.

In January 2006 Jill Halfpenny was the guest presenter and performed in the first show of the BBC four-part series’ The Sound of Musicals’.

Later on, she played Roxy Ball in Shameless in an episode broadcast on 31 January 2006.

She won the award for best actress, a role for which she appeared in the BBC One series Waterloo Road as teacher Izzie Redpath.

Similarly, in 2007 she seemed like the narrator of Freaky Eaters for BBC three and Fat Man’s Warning for Channel 4.

As a part of the competition of Beamish School, she narrated a short film advertising how the National Lottery helps the North East, created by a student at Lord Lawson.

Career after 2008

From the start of February 2008, she played Spike Milligan’s long-suffering manager, Norma Farnes, next to Michael Barrymore in Surviving Spike at the Theatre Royal, Windsor.

In addition, from 28 July to 31 October 2009, she starred in the West End production of Calendar Girls.

She played the part of Paulette Bonafonte in the West End Company of Legally Blonde, which was exposed in January 2010 with previews beginning in December 2009.

She won the Whatsonstage.com, which she played the part of until late October 2010, and was succeeded by Denise Van Outen.

In March 2012, along with Abigail’s party at the Menier Chocolate Factory in London, she played a revival of Mike Leigh’s in 1997.

Before the show played at the Theatre Royal, Bath was transferred to the East End at Wyndham’s Theatre where it ran from May to September.

In September 2014, as a part of the ceremony for the Great North Run, she narrated the history of North East England with Tim Healy.

In 2015 she starred at Chichester Festival in Way Upstream by Alan Ayckbourn. She starred in the first series of Humans in a similar year.

Since 2017, she has been working alongside Sara Cox a radio broadcaster for BBC Radio 2. In 2018, she insulated the show Good Morning Sunday for August.

Awards, Nominations

In 2011, she won the Theatregoer’s Choice Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical. She was awarded “the Freedom of Gateshead”.

Also, she has won the Laurence Olivier Award for best performance in a supporting role in a musical for “Legally Blonde”.

Jill Halfpenny: Rumors and Controversy/Scandal

She has been successful in keeping herself far from rumors and controversies in his personal and professional life.

However, it was claimed that Jill is currently in a love affair with one guy but his name is still unknown to us.

Body Measurements: Height, Weight, Body Size

Jill Halfpenny has a perfect body structure with an attractive face and a Sparkling smile.

Furthermore, she belongs to a slim body figure and she stands at a height of 5 feet 4 inches tall and her weight is 60 kg.

She has got blue eyes and dark brown hair color.

Social Media

Jill Halfpenny has around 40.6k followers on Twitter. But this actress is not active on Instagram and Facebook.

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