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Lesley Dunlop is an English actress best known for her roles in the television series The Bill, Casualty, and EastEnders. She has also appeared in films such as The Full Monty and The World Is Not Enough.
Dunlop was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, and trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. She began her career in the theatre, appearing in productions such as The Taming of the Shrew and The Merchant of Venice.
Dunlop's television career began in the 1980s, with roles in shows such as The Bill, Casualty, and EastEnders. She has also appeared in films such as The Full Monty and The World Is Not Enough.
Dunlop is married to actor and director David Threlfall, with whom she has two children. She is also an ambassador for the charity Age UK.
Popular As |
Lesley Jane Dunlop |
Occupation |
Actress |
Age |
68 years old |
Zodiac Sign |
Pisces |
Born |
10 March 1956 |
Birthday |
10 March |
Birthplace |
Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England |
Nationality |
United Kingdom |
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She is a member of famous Actress with the age 68 years old group.
Lesley Dunlop Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Lesley Dunlop's Husband?
Her husband is Christopher Guard (divorced)
Chris Chittell (m. 2016)
Family |
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Husband |
Christopher Guard (divorced)
Chris Chittell (m. 2016) |
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Children |
Daisy Dunlop, Rosy Guard |
Lesley Dunlop Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Lesley Dunlop worth at the age of 68 years old? Lesley Dunlop’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actress. She is from United Kingdom. We have estimated
Lesley Dunlop's net worth
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Dunlop has two daughters, Rosie and Daisy Guard, both with actor Christopher Guard. In 2016, she married her Emmerdale co-star Chris Chittell who plays Eric Pollard.
Since 2008, she has played the role of Brenda Walker in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale. In 2013, after Brenda was diagnosed with a brain tumour, Dunlop shaved her head especially for the part.
In 2000, she joined the cast of the ITV series Where the Heart Is playing Anna Kirkwall.
In 1995, Dunlop starred in the two part Gurinder Chadha directed drama Rich Deceiver as Ellie Freeman, a Liverpudlian housewife who secretly wins the pools and uses the money to covertly help her husband's career. She also starred in the ITV series Wokenwell (1997) and appeared in a long-running series of television adverts for Kleenex directed by Mike Leigh. She played Moira Pridwell in "Something to Treasure," S4:E1 of "Hetty Wainthropp Investigates" (1998).
Dunlop was cast alongside Diana Rigg and Elizabeth Taylor in the film version of Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music (1977), and appeared in Roman Polanski's Tess (1979). The following year she played Nora, the nurse who is at first terrified by The Elephant Man and then befriends John Hurt's character in David Lynch's 1980 Oscar nominated film. She also appeared in the horror anthology film The Monster Club (1981) as Luna, the human ghoul who befriends Stuart Whitman.
Throughout this time and indeed throughout her career, she has regularly appeared on British TV including Murder Most English (1977), Red Shift (1977) and Deadly Game (1982), as well as two guest appearances in Doctor Who, playing roles in Frontios in 1984 and The Happiness Patrol in 1988. She starred opposite Oliver Tobias in Smuggler (1981), and Peter Ustinov in the TV film Thirteen at Dinner (1985). In 1986, she appeared as the pregnant Pattie in the TV version of the Alan Ayckbourn play Seasons Greetings. In the 1990s she starred in the long-running BBC sitcom May to December as Zoe Callender alongside on-screen husband Anton Rodgers.
Her transition to adult roles began by playing Lizzie Hexam in a BBC version of Charles Dickens' Our Mutual Friend in 1976 and featuring in the very first series of the long-running hospital drama Angels.
Daughter of television writer Pat Dunlop, she began as a child actress in the 1970s featuring in a BBC version of the classic A Little Princess and as Lydia Holly in the ITV adaptation of South Riding. She studied at the Arts Educational Schools
Lesley Jane Dunlop (born 10 March 1956) is an English actress. She is best known for her roles as Norna in the Doctor Who serial Frontios, Anna Kirkwall in Where the Heart Is and Zoë Angell in May to December. Her current role is Brenda Walker in the ITV Yorkshire based soap opera Emmerdale.