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Jill Halfpenny

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Biography

Jill is an experienced soap actress, having played Rebecca Hopkins (Martin's lover) in Coronation Street, and Phil Mitchells wife Kate in BBC1 soap Eastenders.…more

Born

7/15/1975, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, County Durham, England

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Gender

Female

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Star (7)

Role
- Wild at Heart (UK)
  Fiona
  - S 7: Ep 10 Episode Ten
    3/11/12
  - S 7: Ep 9 Episode Nine
    3/4/12
- Strictly Come Dancing
  Series 2 - Celebrity Dancer
  - S 6: Ep 30 Christmas Special 2008
    12/25/08
  - S 2: Ep 2 Series 2, Week 2
    11/2/04
  - S 2: Ep 1 Series 2, Week 1
    10/23/04
- Waterloo Road
  Izzie Redpath
  - S 2: Ep 12 Series 2 Episode 12
    4/26/07
  - S 2: Ep 11 Series 2 Episode 11
    4/19/07
  - S 2: Ep 10 Series 2 Episode 10
    4/12/07
  - S 2: Ep 9 Series 2 Episode 9
    4/5/07
  - S 2: Ep 8 Series 2 Episode 8
    3/29/07
  - + 15 More Credits
- EastEnders
  Kate Mitchell (2002-2005)
  - S 20: Ep 87 Friday 3rd June
    6/3/05
  - S 20: Ep 86 Thursday 2nd June
    6/2/05
  - S 20: Ep 85 Tuesday 31st May
    5/31/05
  - S 20: Ep 84 Monday 30th May
    5/30/05
  - S 20: Ep 83 Friday 27th May
    5/27/05
  - + 366 More Credits
- Strictly Come Dancing
  contestant - series two
  - S 2: Ep 9 Strictly Come Dancing Champion of Champions
    12/14/04
- Byker Grove
  Nicola Dobson (Season 1-4)
  - S 4: Ep 14 Episode 56
    12/10/92
  - S 4: Ep 13 Episode 55
    12/8/92
  - S 4: Ep 12 Episode 54
    12/3/92
  - S 4: Ep 11 Episode 53
    12/1/92
  - S 4: Ep 10 Episode 52
    11/26/92
  - + 20 More Credits
- Byker Grove
  Nicola Dobson
  - S 3: Ep 14 Episode 42
    12/19/91
  - S 3: Ep 13 Episode 41
    12/17/91
  - S 3: Ep 12 Episode 40
    12/12/91
  - S 3: Ep 6 Episode 34
    11/21/91
  - S 3: Ep 5 Episode 33
    11/19/91
  - + 24 More Credits
Guest Star (30)

Role
- Wild at Heart (UK)
  Fiona
  - S 7: Ep 8 Episode Eight
    2/26/12
- The Wright Stuff
  Herself
  - S 10: Ep 116 Monday 15th February
    2/15/10
- Children in Need
  Performance [Cast of 'Legally Blonde']
  - S 15: Ep 9 2009 [2 Parts]
    11/20/09
- Strictly Come Dancing
  Series 2 - Celebrity Dancer
  - S 7: Ep 10 708
    11/7/09
  - S 6: Ep 29 614 Results
    12/21/08
- Loose Women
  Herself
  - S 14: Ep 26 Tuesday 6th October
    10/6/09
  - S 2: Ep 14 Friday 21st January
    1/21/00
- Inspector George Gently
  Cora Davidson
  - S 2: Ep 1 Gently with the Innocents
    5/3/09
- Blue Murder (UK)
  Jackie Holroyd
  - S 4: Ep 3 Crisis Management
    12/17/07
- Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 29 The Sixth Thursday
    11/16/06
  - S 1: Ep 20 The Fourth Friday
    11/11/05
  - S 1: Ep 1 The First Monday
    10/17/05
- Big Brother's Little Brother
  Herself
  - S 9: Ep 33 Episode 305
    6/29/06
- The Paul O'Grady Show
  Herself
  - S 4: Ep 15 Episode 15
    4/14/06
  - S 2: Ep 32 Episode 32
    4/26/05
- Davina
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 6 Episode 6
    3/29/06
- GMTV Today
  Herself
  - S 7: Ep 48 Wednesday 8th March
    3/8/06
  - S 5: Ep 154 Friday 30th July
    7/30/04
- GMTV
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 84 Wednesday 8th March
    3/8/06
- Shameless (UK)
  Roxy Ball
  - S 3: Ep 5 Season 3 - Episode 5
    1/31/06
- The Catherine Tate Show
  Woman
  - S 2: Ep 2 Series 2, Episode 2
    7/28/05
- Comic Relief Does Fame Academy
  Herself | Kim's former EastEnd Cast Mate
  - S 2: Ep 6 Sunday Gina Expelled
    3/6/05
- Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
  Herself
  - S 5: Ep 3 Series 5, Episode 3
    2/26/05
- Xchange
  Studio Guest
  - S 7: Ep 346 15 October 2004
    10/15/04
- T4
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 30 30th November 2003
    11/30/03
- The Saturday Show Extra
  Studio Guest
  - S 2: Ep 34 30th August 2003
    8/30/03
- The Saturday Show
  Studio Guest
  - S 3: Ep 50 30th August 2003
    8/30/03
- Barbara
  Kirsty
  - S 5: Ep 4 Kirsty
    3/16/03
- Dalziel and Pascoe
  Tara Connolly
  - S 6: Ep 2 Home Truths
    11/5/01
- Coronation Street
  Rebecca Hopkins
  - S 41: Ep 212 Mon 25 Dec, 2000
    12/25/00
- Dangerfield
  Shelley
  - S 6: Ep 12 Tying the Knot
    11/19/99
- Touching Evil (UK)
  Annie Jordan
  - S 2: Ep 6 Paedophile Ring, Part 2
    5/28/98
  - S 2: Ep 5 Paedophile Ring, Part 1
    5/21/98
- Heartbeat
  Mitzi Wyler
  - S 7: Ep 20 Local Knowledge
    1/25/98
- Birds of a Feather
  Brittany
  - S 7: Ep 6 Rising Damp
    6/30/97
- The Bill
  Lisa Collett
  - S 13: Ep 3 Mantrap
    1/9/97
- EastEnders
  Herself

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Trivia
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- In May 2008, Jill gave birth to her son Harvey Reece.
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- Jill is 5'4" tall.
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- Jill attended St. Edmund Campion School in Gateshead.
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- Jill (on staying in touch with her dance partner): Hopefully me and my boyfriend will meet up with Darren and Lilia really soon. They're going to come and see Chicago so that's really nice.
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- Jill: Every Saturday was like a little adventure. You never knew what to expect. One of my favourite parts was choosing the costumes — we were given designs at the start and you could adapt them to what you thought would suit you. It was brilliant — like being in a sweet shop!
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- Jill: The first four weeks before the programme started were probably the least intense, because we only had one dance — we learned a few other bits and bobs but there was just the Waltz to concentrate on and it was all new. It was really when the show started that the pressure kicked in. We trained for 25 hours a week once the show had started.
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