Jill Halfpenny

Known for Acting

7/15/1975(Age 50)

Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, UK

Biography

Jill Halfpenny is a British stage, film and television actress, best known for playing roles in British soap operas "Coronation Street" and "EastEnders" as well as television series' such as "Waterloo Road" and "In The Club".

Known For (40 credits)

4.0

The Feud

2025

Neighbours on an idyllic suburban street have a falling-out over one family's plan to build an extension to their house.

6.8

The Red King

2024

Smart, capable and by the book Grace Narayan was flying high as an inner-city police sergeant before being forced into a 'punishment posting' on the small, antiquated island of St. Jory. Confronted by the forgotten and unsolved case of missing teenage boy Cai, Grace quickly discovers that she must overcome scarce evidence, extraordinary local characters, and the island's strange cult history to uncover the truth.

6.3

The Cuckoo

2024

A family's desire for a fresh start unravels when their lodger's true identity is revealed, sparking a perilous journey to uncover dark family secrets and the cost of maternal love.

7.6

The Long Shadow

2023

Dramatizing one of the most infamously notorious and shocking serial killer cases in the world, the hunt for Peter Sutcliffe, commonly dubbed the Yorkshire Ripper, between October 1975 and January 1981, South Yorkshire police undertook the biggest manhunt in British criminal history. The search for Sutcliffe lasted five years, involved over a thousand officers and changed the way the British police worked forever.

5.7

Everything I Know About Love

2022

In a 2012 London house-share, childhood best friends Maggie and Birdy — now in their 20s — experience bad dates, heartaches and humiliation. With flashbacks to suburban adolescence in the early noughties, the series begs the question: can platonic love survive romantic love as we grow up?

5.2

The Holiday

2022

The story follows Kate, a woman who discovers that her husband is having an affair during a luxurious holiday somewhere in the Mediterranean. The troubled couple are sharing a villa with four of Kate’s closest friends, one of which is the adulterous partner, but she doesn’t realise that the guilty party could be prepared to kill in order to keep their secret safe.

5.4

The Drowning

2021

Since losing her son eight years ago, Jodie has been rebuilding her life but when she catches sight of Daniel, she is convinced she has found her missing son.

5.8

Dark Money

2019

13 year old British film star Isaac Mensah was sexually abused by a producer on the set of a Hollywood film, the family decide to take action after learning the truth and Deal with US Lawyers who offer the family 3 million to stay silent.

7.2

Year of the Rabbit

2019

Set in the dark heart of Victorian London, Detective Inspector Rabbit is a hardened booze-hound who's seen it all. Rabbit's been chasing bad guys for as long as he can remember, but these days his heart keeps stopping at inopportune moments.

6.2

Movie

Walk Like a Panther

2018

A group of 1980s wrestlers are forced to don the lycra once last time when their beloved local pub is threatened with closure.

6.4

Movie

Ghost Stories

2018

Professor Philip Goodman devotes his life to exposing phony psychics and fraudulent supernatural shenanigans. His skepticism soon gets put to the test when he receives news of three chilling and inexplicable cases -- disturbing visions in an abandoned asylum, a car accident deep in the woods and the spirit of an unborn child. Even scarier -- each of the macabre stories seems to have a sinister connection to the professor's own life.

6.6

Liar

2017

A teacher and a surgeon are rocked by scandalous accusations after they enjoy a seemingly innocent date.