Curiosidades

Although her native accent is Geordie, she can also do Northern Irish and New York accents.

The youngest daughter of Colin and Maureen (née Mitchelson) Halfpenny, her father died in 1979 and her mother subsequently married his brother Derek in 1981.

Aunt of Chelsea Halfpenny.

Gave birth to her 1st child at age 32, a son Harvey-Reece Conway on 3 May 2008. Child's father is her husband, Craig Conway.

Returned to work 8 months after giving birth to her son Harvey-Reece in order to begin competing in "The Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour".

Won the 2011 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical for "Legally Blonde".

Ranked #99 in the 100 Greatest EastEnders (1985) Characters of All Time for her performance as Kate Mitchell (2010).

Announced that she had separated from husband Craig Conway after 3 years of marriage (6 December 2010).

Trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.

Met her future husband, Craig Conway, at The Live Theatre, Newcastle, while appearing in the stage production of "The Bodies".

Has 2 older sisters; Nicola Halfpenny (b. 1968) and Paula (née Halfpenny) Dunn (b. 1972).

Is one of 21 EastEnders (1985) actors to compete in Strictly Come Dancing (2004). The others, in chronological order, are Christopher Parker (Spencer Moon), Patsy Palmer (Bianca Jackson), Louisa Lytton (Ruby Allen), Letitia Dean (Sharon Rickman), Matt Di Angelo (Deano Wicks), Phil Daniels (Kevin Wicks), Gillian Taylforth (Kathy Mitchell), Jessie Wallace (Kat Moon), Zöe Lucker (Vanessa Gold), Ricky Groves (Garry Hobbs), Natalie Cassidy (Sonia Fowler), Jimi Mistry (Fred Fonesca), Scott Maslen (Jack Branning), Kara Tointon (Dawn Swann), Anita Dobson (Angie Watts), Sid Owen (Ricky Butcher), Jake Wood (Max Branning), Kellie Bright (Linda Carter), Tameka Empson (Kim Fox-Hubbard) and Davood Ghadami (Kush Kazemi). As of 2016 she and Kara Tointon are the only 2 to have won the contest.

Played her first grandmother role at age 42 on Three Girls (2017).

Currently appearing as Paulette in the original West End production of Legally Blonde the Musical. (dezembro de 2009)

Her hobbies include roller-skating, ice-skating, fencing, dancing and enjoys traveling.

Friends with Kacey Ainsworth.