Jill Halfpenny is an English actress. Her notable roles include Rebecca Hopkins in Coronation Street and Kate Mitchell in BBC One soap opera EastEnders. She won the second series of the television dance contest Strictly Come Dancing in 2004. In 2014 she starred in BBC drama In Club, which returned for a second series in 2016.
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Jill Halfpenny is an English actress. Her notable roles include Rebecca Hopkins in ITV soap opera Coronation Street and Kate Mitchell in BBC One soap opera EastEnders. She won the second series of the television dance contest Strictly Come Dancing in 2004. She is a former student of the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. She also went to drama school First Act Theatre in Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne, and to the Reavley Theatre School in Felling, Gateshead. She began her acting career at age 14 in the BBC television children’s drama series Byker Grove, filmed in the Benwell area of Newcastle. Her other work has included appearances in Dalziel and Pascoe, Barbara and Coronations Street for television and theatre with the acclaimed Hull Truck Theatre Company.
In 2014 she starred in BBC drama In Club, which returned for a second series in 2016. She has also appeared in The Sound of Musicals, Shameless and Legally Blonde in the West End. She was the guest presenter for and performed in the first show of the BBC four-part series The Sound Of Musicals in January 2006 and played Roxy Ball in Shameless in an episode broadcast on 31 January 2006. In December, it was announced that she would take the role of Roxie Hart in West End musical, Chicago.
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