Hayley Cropper

1. D.O.B: 1966
2. Address: 16a Victoria Street, Weatherfield
3. Work: Waitress at Roy's Rolls

First Appearance

• 26 January 1998: Hayley was reprimanded by Curly Watts, her boss at Firman's Freezers, for showing insufficient authority over the staff she supervised.

Street History

• 1998: Enjoys a courtship with Roy Cropper but shocks him by revealing she is a transsexual and used to be a man called Harold
• Travels to Amsterdam for her final operation and is delighted when Roy arrives and takes her home
• Starts work as a machinist at Underworld
• 1999: ‘Marries’ Roy in the cafe when their church wedding is invaded by press reporters
• Changes her surname to ‘Cropper’ by deed poll (as the marriage isn’t legally recognised)
• 2001: She and Roy become foster parents
• Spends time in prison after going on the run with Roy and their foster child Wayne Hayes
• 2003: Feels a failure as a woman upon learning that Roy spent the night with Tracy Barlow and got her pregnant
• Encourages Roy to marry Tracy to gain rights to his child
• 2004: Pays Tracy £20,000 for her daughter and names her Patience
• Devastated to discover that Roy is not the baby's father and Tracy wants the child back
• 2006: Bumps into former colleague Becky Granger while volunteering to help ex-offenders
• Offers Becky a job at Roy's Rolls
• 2007: Discovers she fathered a son, Christian Gatley, before her sex change operation and decides to track him down
• Distraught when Christian rejects her
• Sets off to Africa to undertake a year's charity work
• 2008: Returns from Africa and briefly questions her marriage to Roy
• 2009: Agrees to be Becky's Matron of Honour at her wedding to Steve McDonald

Likes

• Children     
• Red anoraks

Dislikes

• Dishonesty
• Bullying

Julie Hesmondhalgh

1. D.O.B: 25 February 1970

First TV Appearance

• Catherine Cookson’s The Dwelling Place

Work

• Julie set up and ran Arts threshold Theatre in London in the 1990s.
• Catherine Cookson’s 'The Dwelling Place'. 'The Bill', 'Dalziel and Pascoe', 'Much Ado About Nothing', 'Alan and Jean's Incredible Journey'

Likes

• Summer beaches, big walks, picnics, films, books, her family, music, camper-vanning, festivals, curry, veggie food

Dislikes

• Prejudice
• Dead things

Did You Know?

• Julia is married to Ian Kershaw who used to play the baddie Weatherfield Gazette reporter in Corrie and who now writes for Shameless and Radio 4