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Julie's surname is pronounced "Hesmondhalsh", with the stress on the first and third syllables.

Is one of five Coronation Street (1960) actresses to have won a Best Actress Award at the British Soap Awards; the others are Suranne Jones, Kate Ford, Katherine Kelly, and Alison King.

Mother, with husband Ian Kershaw, of daughters Martha Mo Kershaw (b. October 2001), and Lyss Keshaw (b. 2004).

She played Ceallach Spellman's mother in both Cucumber (2015) and Closets (2015).