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'''Jennifer Hennessy''' (born '''Jennifer Hayes''' in 1970<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehayessisters.com/?page_id=1722 |title=The Hayes Sisters: About Us |last= |first= |date= |website=TheHayesSisters.com |publisher= |access-date=1 November 2015 |quote= }}</ref> ) is an English [[actress]] known for numerous television appearances, most notably as Mrs Brazendale in the [[BBC]] [[TV series]] ''[[Lilies (BBC TV series)|Lilies]]''.


'''Jennifer Hennessy''' (born '''Jennifer Hayes''' in 1970<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehayessisters.com/?page_id=1722 |title=The Hayes Sisters: About Us |last= |first= |date= |website=TheHayesSisters.com |publisher= |access-date=1 November 2015 |quote= }}</ref>) is an English [[actress]]. She has made numerous television appearances, including as Mrs. Brazendale in the [[BBC]] [[TV series]] ''[[Lilies (TV series)|Lilies]]''.
Hennessy trained for three years at the [[Central School of Speech and Drama]], graduating in 1992. She has since appeared in a number of theatrical roles, as well as on [[television]], including the character of Jude in ''[[The Office (UK TV series)|The Office]]''; Julie, the man-hating shop-assistant, in the "Fockin Mokky Bokka" episode of ''[[Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps]]''; and, in 2007, as Valerie Brannigan (the wife of [[Ardal O'Hanlon]]'s character, Thomas Kincade Brannigan) in "[[Gridlock (Doctor Who)|Gridlock]]", an episode of ''[[Doctor Who]]'', playing a vet in the BBC3 comedy "Pulling" (2008) and in the BBC mini-series ''[[South Riding (2011 miniseries)|South Riding]]'' in 2011.


Hennessy trained for three years at the [[Central School of Speech and Drama]], graduating in 1992. She has since appeared in a number of theatrical roles, as well as on [[television]], including the character of Jude in ''[[The Office (British TV series)|The Office]]''; Julie, the man-hating shop-assistant, in the "Fockin Mokky Bokka" episode of ''[[Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps]]''; and, in 2007, as Valerie Brannigan (the wife of [[Ardal O'Hanlon]]'s character, Thomas Kincade Brannigan) in "[[Gridlock (Doctor Who)|Gridlock]]", an episode of ''[[Doctor Who]]'', playing a vet in the BBC3 comedy "Pulling" (2008) and in the BBC mini-series ''[[South Riding (2011 TV series)|South Riding]]'' in 2011.
As a child, Hennessy was a member of the [[St Winifred's School Choir]] which reached number one the [[UK Singles Chart]] in 1980 with the song "[[There's No-one Quite Like Grandma]]".<ref>{{cite journal|last=Jamieson|first=Alastair|date=22 November 2009|title=St Winifred's choir reunites for charity version of 'There's No-one Quite Like Grandma'|journal=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturenews/6622821/St-Winifreds-choir-reunites-for-charity-version-of-Theres-No-one-Quite-Like-Grandma.html|accessdate=24 November 2009}}</ref>


As a child, Hennessy was a member of the [[St Winifred's School Choir]] which reached number one on the [[UK Singles Chart]] in 1980 with the song "[[There's No-one Quite Like Grandma]]".<ref>{{cite journal|last=Jamieson|first=Alastair|date=22 November 2009|title=St Winifred's choir reunites for charity version of 'There's No-one Quite Like Grandma'|journal=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturenews/6622821/St-Winifreds-choir-reunites-for-charity-version-of-Theres-No-one-Quite-Like-Grandma.html|accessdate=24 November 2009}}</ref> She also starred in [[BBC One]] drama ''[[Dickensian (TV series)|Dickensian]]'', a series based on [[Charles Dickens]]' characters. She played the role of Emily Cratchit, a character in ''[[A Christmas Carol]]''. She returned to ''Doctor Who'' in 2017, playing Moira, the foster mother of [[Bill Potts (Doctor Who)|Bill Potts]].
She describes herself as loyal, sociable, caring, volatile and organised.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/seehear/switch/characters/beth.shtml|title=BBC See Hear – Switch}}</ref>

Jennifer made a cameo appearance in ITV's Scott and Bailey Series 1 episode 2 as Mrs Farrall, her son committed murder and she went to prison for "assisting an offender".

She also starred in [[BBC One]] drama [[Dickensian (TV series)|Dickensian]], a series based on [[Charles Dickens]]' characters. She plays the role of Emily Cratchit, who was a character in [[A Christmas Carol]].

She returned to Doctor Who in 2017, playing a new character known as 'Moria' she is the foster-mother of the new Companion Bill Potts.


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
===Film===
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! colspan="4" style="background: LightSteelBlue;" | Film
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align="center"
! Year
! Year
! Film
! Title
! Role
! Role
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|-
| 1998
| 1998
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|-
| 1999
| 1999
| ''[[Dead End (1999 film)|Dead End]]''
| ''Dead End''
| Dr. Browning's Nurse
| Dr. Browning's Nurse
|
|
|}
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align="center"

! colspan="4" style="background: LightSteelBlue;" | Television
===Television===
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align="center"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Year
! Title
! Title
! Role
! Role
! Notes
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|-
| 1994
| 1994
| ''[[Pauline Calf's Wedding Video]]''
| ''Pauline Calf's Wedding Video''
| Other Pauline
| Other Pauline
|
|
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| ''[[Hetty Wainthropp Investigates]]''
| ''[[Hetty Wainthropp Investigates]]''
| Cheryl Wright
| Cheryl Wright
| '''Episode''': Poison Pen
| '''Episode''': "Poison Pen"
|-
|-
| 1997–1999
| 1997–1999
| ''[[Coronation Street]]''
| ''[[Coronation Street]]''
| D.C. Kay
| D.C. Kay
| 3 episodes
| '''Episode''': No. 1.4270 <br> '''Episode''': No.4271 <br> '''Episode''': No. 1.4536
|-
|-
| rowspan="3"|1998
| 1998
| ''[[The Broker's Man]]''
| ''[[The Broker's Man]]''
| WPC
| WPC
| '''Episode''': Swansong
| '''Episode''': "Swansong"
|-
|-
| 1998
| ''[[Undercover Heart]]''
| ''[[Undercover Heart]]''
| Saffron
| Saffron
|
|
|-
|-
| 1998
| ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]''
| ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]''
| Gemma Fisher
| Gemma Fisher
| '''Episode''': One from the Heart
| '''Episode''': "One from the Heart"
|-
|-
| 1998–2005
| 1998–2005
| ''[[The Bill]]''
| ''[[The Bill]]''
| Julie Houghton <br> Becky Foster <br> Marion Clarke
| Julie Houghton <br /> Becky Foster <br /> Marion Clarke
| 3 episodes
| '''Episode''': The Parent Trap <br> '''Episode''': 035 <br> '''Episode''': 349
|-
|-
| 1999
| 1999
| ''[[People Like Us (mockumentary)|People Like Us]]''
| ''[[People Like Us (mockumentary)|People Like Us]]''
|
|
| '''Episode''': The Solicitor
| '''Episode''': "The Solicitor"
|-
|-
| 2000
| 2000
| ''[[Clocking Off]]''
| ''[[Clocking Off]]''
| Young Doctor
| Young Doctor
| '''Episode''': The Leaches' Story
| '''Episode''': "The Leaches' Story"
|-
|-
| rowspan="4"|2001
| 2001
| ''[[World of Pub]]''
| ''[[World of Pub]]''
| Various
| Various
| 4 episodes
| '''Episode''': Ladies <br> '''Episode''': Caine <br> '''Episode''': Bookshop <br> '''Episode''': Queen
|-
|-
| 2001
| ''[[Swallow (TV series)|Swallow]]''
| ''Swallow''
| Jenny Lawler
| Jenny Lawler
|
|
|-
|-
| 2001
| ''[[Buried Treasure (2001 TV film)|Buried Treasure]]''
| ''Buried Treasure''
| Jill Hellings
| Jill Hellings
| [[Television film|TV-film]]
| [[Television film|TV-film]]
|-
|-
| 2001
| ''[[Micawber (TV series)|Micawber]]''
| ''[[Micawber (TV series)|Micawber]]''
| Rebecca Rideout
| Rebecca Rideout
|
|
|-
|-
| rowspan="3"|2002
| 2002
| ''[[Barbara (TV series)|Barbara]]''
| ''[[Barbara (TV series)|Barbara]]''
| Melanie
| Melanie
| '''Episode''': Crime
| '''Episode''': "Crime"
|-
|-
| 2002
| ''[[Flesh and Blood (TV series)|Flesh and Blood]]''
| ''Flesh and Blood''
| Vicky
| Vicky
|
|
|-
|-
| 2002
| ''[[The Office (UK TV series)|The Office]]''
| ''[[The Office (British TV series)|The Office]]''
| Jude
| Jude
| 3 episodes
| '''Episode''': No. 2.3 <br> '''Episode''': No. 2.4 <br> '''Episode''': No. 2.6
|-
|-
| rowspan="7"|2003
| 2003
| ''[[The Second Coming (TV serial)|The Second Coming]]''
| ''[[The Second Coming (TV serial)|The Second Coming]]''
| Female Reporter
| Female Reporter
|
|
|-
|-
| 2003
| ''[[Loving You (2003 film)|Loving You]]''
| ''[[Loving You (2003 film)|Loving You]]''
| Mrs. Smithson
| Mrs. Smithson
|
|
|-
|-
| 2003
| ''[[William and Mary]]''
| ''[[William and Mary (TV series)|William and Mary]]''
| Sal Jordan
| Sal Jordan
| '''Episode''': No. 1.1
| '''Episode''': No. 1.1
|-
|-
| 2003
| ''[[Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps]]''
| ''[[Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps]]''
| Julie
| Julie
| '''Episode''': Fockin Mokky Bokka
| '''Episode''': "Fockin Mokky Bokka"
|-
|-
| 2003
| ''[[Danielle Cable: Eyewitness]]''
| ''[[Danielle Cable: Eyewitness]]''
| DS Libby Marks
| DS Libby Marks
|
|
|-
|-
| 2003
| ''[[Emmerdale]]''
| ''[[Emmerdale]]''
| Juanita Taylor
| Juanita Taylor
| 3 episodes
| '''Episode''': No. 1.3518 <br> '''Episode''': No. 1.3519 <br> '''Episode''': No. 1.3520
|-
|-
| 2003
| ''[[A Touch of Frost]]''
| ''[[A Touch of Frost]]''
| Elizabeth Drew
| Elizabeth Drew
| '''Episode''': Held in Trust
| '''Episode''': "Held in Trust"
|-
|-
| rowspan="5"|2004
| 2004
| ''[[Fat Friends]]''
| ''[[Fat Friends]]''
| Lorraine Frost
| Lorraine Frost
| '''Episode''': Food of Love <br> '''Episode''': Eat Your Heart Out
| '''Episodes''': "Food of Love" and "Eat Your Heart Out"
|-
|-
| 2004
| ''[[In Denial of Murder]]''
| ''[[In Denial of Murder]]''
| Jackie Dunn
| Jackie Dunn
|
|
|-
|-
| 2004
| ''[[The Lenny Henry Show]]''
| ''[[The Lenny Henry Show]]''
|
|
| '''Episode''': No. 1.1
| '''Episode''': No. 1.1
|-
|-
| 2004
| ''[[Blue Murder (UK TV series)|Blue Murder]]''
| ''[[Blue Murder (British TV series)|Blue Murder]]''
| Mary Hunt
| Mary Hunt
| '''Episode''': Up in Smoke
| '''Episode''': Up in Smoke
|-
|-
| 2004
| ''[[Conviction]]''
| ''[[Conviction (2004 TV series)|Conviction]]''
| Judy Fairley
| Judy Fairley
| 3 episodes
| '''Episode''': No. 1.1 <br> '''Episode''': No. 1.2 <br> '''Episode''': No. 1.6
|-
|-
| 2005
| 2005
| ''[[Holby City]]''
| ''[[Holby City]]''
| Moira Roberts
| Moira Roberts
| '''Episode''': No Pain No Gain
| '''Episode''': "No Pain No Gain"
|-
|-
|2006
| 2006
| ''[[Green Wing]]''
| ''[[Green Wing]]''
| Suzie
| Suzie
| '''Episode''': No. 2.5
| '''Episode''': No. 2.5
|-
|-
|2006–2007
| 2006–2007
| ''[[Drop Dead Gorgeous (TV series)|Drop Dead Gorgeous]]''
| ''[[Drop Dead Gorgeous (TV series)|Drop Dead Gorgeous]]''
| Kerry Willis
| Kerry Willis
| 9 episodes
| '''Episode''': No. 1.1 <br> '''Episode''': No. 1.2 <br> '''Episode''': No. 1.3 <br> '''Episode''': No. 2.1 <br> '''Episode''': No. 2.2 <br> '''Episode''': No. 2.3 <br> '''Episode''': No. 2.4 <br> '''Episode''': No. 2.5 <br> '''Episode''': No. 2.6
|-
|-
| rowspan="3"|2007
| 2007
| ''[[Dead Clever]]''
| ''[[Dead Clever]]''
| Gaynor
| Gaynor
|
|
|-
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Lilies]]''
| ''[[Lilies (TV series)|Lilies]]''
| Mrs. Brazendale
| Mrs. Brazendale
| 7 Episodes
| 7 episodes
|-
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Doctor Who]]''
| ''[[Doctor Who]]''
| Valerie
| Valerie
| [[Gridlock (Doctor Who)|Episode: Gridlock]]
| Episode: "[[Gridlock (Doctor Who)|Gridlock]]"
|-
|-
| 2008
| 2008
| ''[[The Cup (TV series)|The Cup]]''
| ''[[The Cup (TV series)|The Cup]]''
| Janice McConnell
| Janice McConnell
| 6 episodes
| '''Episode''': No. 1.1 <br> '''Episode''': No. 1.2 <br> '''Episode''': No. 1.3 <br> '''Episode''': No. 1.4 <br> '''Episode''': No. 1.5 <br> '''Episode''': No. 1.6
|-
|-
|2009
| 2009
| [[Coronation Street]]
| ''[[Coronation Street]]''
| [[Bernie Sayers]]
| [[Bernie Sayers]]
| Recurring role
| '''Episode''': No. 1.7211 <br> '''Episode''': No. 1.7212 <br> '''Episode''': No. 1.7220 <br> '''Episode''': No. 1.7222 <br> '''Episode''': No. 1.7223 <br> '''Episode''': No. 1.7224 <br> '''Episode''': No. 1.7225 <br> '''Episode''': No. 1.7226 <br> '''Episode''': No. 1.7227 <br> '''Episode''': No. 1.7228 <br> '''Episode''': No. 1.7229
|-
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2010
| 2010
| ''[[Marchlands]]''
| ''[[Marchlands]]''
| Liz Runcie
| Liz Runcie
|
|
|-
|-
| 2010
| ''[[Waterloo Road (TV series)|Waterloo Road]]''
| ''[[Waterloo Road (TV series)|Waterloo Road]]''
| Clare Evans
| Claire Evans
| '''Episode''': No. 6.3
| '''Episode''': No. 6.3
|-
|-
|rowspan="5"| 2011
| 2011
| ''[[Hollyoaks]]''
| ''[[Hollyoaks]]''
| Registrar
| Registrar
|
|
|-
|-
| ''[[South Riding (2011 miniseries)|South Riding]]''
| 2011
| ''[[South Riding (2011 TV series)|South Riding]]''
| Mrs. Holly
| Mrs. Holly
| 2 episodes
| '''Episode''': No. 1.1 <br> '''Episode''': No. 1.2
|-
|-
| 2011
| ''[[Psychoville]]''
| ''[[Psychoville]]''
| Rachel Groves
| Rachel Groves
| 3 episodes
| '''Episode''': Survivors <br> '''Episode''': Hancock <br> '''Episode''': Sunnyvale
|-
|-
| 2011
| ''[[Scott & Bailey]]''
| ''[[Scott & Bailey]]''
| Mrs Farell
| Mrs Farell
| '''Episode''': No. 1.2
| '''Episode''': No. 1.2
|-
|-
| 2011
| ''[[The Body Farm]]''
| ''[[The Body Farm (TV series)|The Body Farm]]''
| Eleanor Garrick
| Eleanor Garrick
| '''Episode''': No. 1.1
| '''Episode''': No. 1.1
|-
|-
|rowspan="4"|2012
| 2012
| ''[[Holby City]]''
| ''[[Holby City]]''
| Pam Barker
| Pam Barker
| '''Episode''': Butterflies
| '''Episode''': "Butterflies"
|-
|-
| 2012
| ''[[Starlings (TV series)|Starlings]]
| ''[[Starlings (TV series)|Starlings]]''
| WPC
| WPC
| '''Episode''': No. 1.5
| '''Episode''': No. 1.5
|-
|-
| 2012
| ''[[Shameless (UK TV series)|Shameless]]
| ''[[Shameless (British TV series)|Shameless]]''
| Louise
| Louise
| '''Episode''': No. 10.5
| '''Episode''': No. 10.5
|-
|-
| 2012
| ''[[Monroe (TV series)|Monroe]]
| ''[[Monroe (TV series)|Monroe]]''
| Sally Indale
| Sally Indale
| '''Episode''': No. 2.4
| '''Episode''': No. 2.4
|-
|-
| 2012–2013
|2012–13
| ''[[Wizards vs Aliens]]''
| ''[[Wizards vs Aliens]]''
| Helen Clarke
| Helen Clarke
| 4 episodes
| '''Episode''': The Last Day Part 1 and 2 <br> '''Episode''': All Out War Part 1 and 2
|-
|-
|rowspan="2"|2013
| 2013
| ''[[Death Comes to Pemberley]]''
| ''[[Death Comes to Pemberley]]''
| Mrs Bidwell
| Mrs Bidwell
| 3 episodes
| '''Episode''': No. 1.1 <br> '''Episode''': No. 1.2 <br> '''Episode''': No. 1.3
|-
|-
| 2013
| ''[[All at Sea (TV series)|All at Sea]]''
| ''[[All at Sea (TV series)|All at Sea]]''
| Cynthia Brice
| Cynthia Brice
| '''Episode''': Biscuits
| '''Episode''': "Biscuits"
|-
|-
|rowspan="3"|2014
| 2014
| ''[[Utopia (UK TV series)|Utopia]]''
| ''[[Utopia (British TV series)|Utopia]]''
| Coach Station Mum
| Coach Station Mum
| '''Episode''': No. 2.6
| '''Episode''': No. 2.6
|-
|-
| 2014
| ''[[The Village (2013 TV series)|The Village]]''
| ''[[The Village (2013 TV series)|The Village]]''
| Charity Winkworth
| Charity Winkworth
| '''Episode''': No. 2.6
| '''Episode''': No. 2.6
|-
|-
| 2014
| ''[[The Passing Bells]]''
| ''[[The Passing Bells]]''
| Susan
| Susan
| 5 episodes
| '''Episode''': No. 1.1 <br> '''Episode''': No. 1.2 <br> '''Episode''': No. 1.3 <br> '''Episode''': No. 1.4 <br> '''Episode''': No. 1.5
|-
|-
|rowspan="4"| 2015
| 2015
| ''[[4 O'Clock Club]]''
| ''[[4 O'Clock Club]]''
| Mrs. Hazel
| Mrs. Hazel
| '''Episode''': Poem
| '''Episode''': "Poem"
|-
|-
| 2015
| ''[[Vera (TV series)|Vera]]''
| ''[[Vera (TV series)|Vera]]''
| Deirdre Reeves
| Deirdre Reeves
| '''Episode''': Muddy Waters
| '''Episode''': "Muddy Waters"
|-
|-
| 2015
| ''The Violators''
| ''The Violators''
| Helen
| Helen
| [[Television film|TV-film]]
| [[Television film|TV-film]]
|-
|-
| 2015
| ''Rough and Ready''
| ''Rough and Ready''
| Dr. Winter
| Dr. Winter
| [[Television film|TV-film]]
| [[Television film|TV-film]]
|-
|-
| 2015–2016
|2015–16
| ''[[Dickensian]]''
| ''[[Dickensian (TV series)|Dickensian]]''
| Emily Cratchit
| Emily Cratchit
| 15 Episodes
| 15 episodes
|-
|-
|2017
| 2017
| ''[[Doctor Who]]''
| ''[[Doctor Who]]''
| Moira
| Moira
| [[The Pilot (Doctor Who)|Episode: The Pilot]]
| '''Episodes''': "[[The Pilot (Doctor Who)|The Pilot]]" and "[[Extremis (Doctor Who)|Extremis]]"
|-
| 2019
| ''[[Father Brown (2013 TV series)|Father Brown]]''
| Sally Clegg
| '''Episode''': "The Blood of the Anarchists"
|-
| 2020
| ''[[Doctors (2000 TV series)|Doctors]]''
| [[List of Doctors characters (2020)#Lou Staunton|Lou Staunton]]
| '''Episode''': "Too Proud"
|-
| 2020
| ''[[Roadkill (TV series)|Roadkill]]''
| Bryony Beckett
| 1 episode
|}
|}


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Jennifer Hennessy
Born
Jennifer Hayes

1970 (age 53–54)
Stockport, England
Alma materRoyal Central School of Speech and Drama

Jennifer Hennessy (born Jennifer Hayes in 1970[1]) is an English actress. She has made numerous television appearances, including as Mrs. Brazendale in the BBC TV series Lilies.

Hennessy trained for three years at the Central School of Speech and Drama, graduating in 1992. She has since appeared in a number of theatrical roles, as well as on television, including the character of Jude in The Office; Julie, the man-hating shop-assistant, in the "Fockin Mokky Bokka" episode of Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps; and, in 2007, as Valerie Brannigan (the wife of Ardal O'Hanlon's character, Thomas Kincade Brannigan) in "Gridlock", an episode of Doctor Who, playing a vet in the BBC3 comedy "Pulling" (2008) and in the BBC mini-series South Riding in 2011.

As a child, Hennessy was a member of the St Winifred's School Choir which reached number one on the UK Singles Chart in 1980 with the song "There's No-one Quite Like Grandma".[2] She also starred in BBC One drama Dickensian, a series based on Charles Dickens' characters. She played the role of Emily Cratchit, a character in A Christmas Carol. She returned to Doctor Who in 2017, playing Moira, the foster mother of Bill Potts.

Filmography

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Film

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Year Titel Role Notes
1998 The Tichborne Claimant Cousin Alicia
1999 Dead End Dr. Browning's Nurse

Television

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Year Titel Role Notes
1994 Pauline Calf's Wedding Video Other Pauline
1996 Hetty Wainthropp Investigates Cheryl Wright Episode: "Poison Pen"
1997–1999 Coronation Street D.C. Kay 3 episodes
1998 The Broker's Man WPC Episode: "Swansong"
1998 Undercover Heart Saffron
1998 Casualty Gemma Fisher Episode: "One from the Heart"
1998–2005 The Bill Julie Houghton
Becky Foster
Marion Clarke 		3 episodes
1999 People Like Us Episode: "The Solicitor"
2000 Clocking Off Young Doctor Episode: "The Leaches' Story"
2001 World of Pub Various 4 episodes
2001 Swallow Jenny Lawler
2001 Buried Treasure Jill Hellings TV-film
2001 Micawber Rebecca Rideout
2002 Barbara Melanie Episode: "Crime"
2002 Flesh and Blood Vicky
2002 The Office Jude 3 episodes
2003 The Second Coming Female Reporter
2003 Loving You Mrs. Smithson
2003 William and Mary Sal Jordan Episode: No. 1.1
2003 Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps Julie Episode: "Fockin Mokky Bokka"
2003 Danielle Cable: Eyewitness DS Libby Marks
2003 Emmerdale Juanita Taylor 3 episodes
2003 A Touch of Frost Elizabeth Drew Episode: "Held in Trust"
2004 Fat Friends Lorraine Frost Episodes: "Food of Love" and "Eat Your Heart Out"
2004 In Denial of Murder Jackie Dunn
2004 The Lenny Henry Show Episode: No. 1.1
2004 Blue Murder Mary Hunt Episode: Up in Smoke
2004 Conviction Judy Fairley 3 episodes
2005 Holby City Moira Roberts Episode: "No Pain No Gain"
2006 Green Wing Suzie Episode: No. 2.5
2006–2007 Drop Dead Gorgeous Kerry Willis 9 episodes
2007 Dead Clever Gaynor
2007 Lilies Mrs. Brazendale 7 episodes
2007 Doctor Who Valerie Episode: "Gridlock"
2008 The Cup Janice McConnell 6 episodes
2009 Coronation Street Bernie Sayers Recurring role
2010 Marchlands Liz Runcie
2010 Waterloo Road Claire Evans Episode: No. 6.3
2011 Hollyoaks Registrar
2011 South Riding Mrs. Holly 2 episodes
2011 Psychoville Rachel Groves 3 episodes
2011 Scott & Bailey Mrs Farell Episode: No. 1.2
2011 The Body Farm Eleanor Garrick Episode: No. 1.1
2012 Holby City Pam Barker Episode: "Butterflies"
2012 Starlings WPC Episode: No. 1.5
2012 Shameless Louise Episode: No. 10.5
2012 Monroe Sally Indale Episode: No. 2.4
2012–2013 Wizards vs Aliens Helen Clarke 4 episodes
2013 Death Comes to Pemberley Mrs Bidwell 3 episodes
2013 All at Sea Cynthia Brice Episode: "Biscuits"
2014 Utopia Coach Station Mum Episode: No. 2.6
2014 The Village Charity Winkworth Episode: No. 2.6
2014 The Passing Bells Susan 5 episodes
2015 4 O'Clock Club Mrs. Hazel Episode: "Poem"
2015 Vera Deirdre Reeves Episode: "Muddy Waters"
2015 The Violators Helen TV-film
2015 Rough and Ready Dr. Winter TV-film
2015–2016 Dickensian Emily Cratchit 15 episodes
2017 Doctor Who Moira Episodes: "The Pilot" and "Extremis"
2019 Father Brown Sally Clegg Episode: "The Blood of the Anarchists"
2020 Doctors Lou Staunton Episode: "Too Proud"
2020 Roadkill Bryony Beckett 1 episode

References

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  1. ^ "The Hayes Sisters: About Us". TheHayesSisters.com. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  2. ^ Jamieson, Alastair (22 November 2009). "St Winifred's choir reunites for charity version of 'There's No-one Quite Like Grandma'". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 24 November 2009.
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