Quiet and kind-hearted, Hayley has found herself in more than one tricky situation throughout the years from her inability to turn down any plea for help. Hayley caused a stir when she first came to the Street as she is a transsexual and was born Harold.
I had to say yes 'cos I didn't know how to say no.
1998 Firman’s Freezers co-worker Alma Baldwin gets her a job at Underworld. Falls for Roy Cropper but it comes out that she used to be a man. Heads to Amsterdam for final stages of her sex-change op. Roy declares his love for her.
1999 Hayley and Roy ‘marry’ at a blessing in April, but turns into chaos when Les Battersby calls the local rag.
2001 Becomes a foster parent with Roy and takes in young Wayne. ‘Kidnaps’ Wayne to protect him from his violent stepdad and has a brief spell in prison.
2003 Has a rough time with Roy after Tracy makes out she slept with him. The couple agree to ‘buy’ the resulting baby when Tracy threatens to abort it.
2004 Takes home baby ‘Patience’ but has to give her back to Tracy when the scheming new mum reveals that the baby is Steve’s, not Roy’s. Tracy changes her name to Amy.
Born in Accrington, Lancashire in 1970, Julie grew up with her mother, Maureen, and her father, John, a retired office manager. Julie wanted to be a social worker before she got bitten by the acting bug and she was persuaded into auditioning for London drama college LAMDA by her brother, Dave.
After she graduated in 1991, Julie set up a theatre company and worked on and off on TV in programmes like The Bill. Unable to get much paid acting work, she also supported herself as a cleaner. Julie now has one daughter, Martha Mo, with her partner Ian Kershaw.
