Katy Cavanagh in North Shields

North Shields

North Shields is a town on the north bank of the River Tyne, in the metropolitan borough of North Tyneside, in North East England...

, North Tyneside

North Tyneside

The Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside is a metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in North East England and is part of the Tyneside conurbation. Its seat is Wallsend Town Hall....

 and grew up in Bolton

Bolton

Bolton is a town in Greater Manchester, in the North West of England. Close to the West Pennine Moors, it is north west of the city of Manchester. Bolton is surrounded by several smaller towns and villages which together form the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, of which Bolton is the...

, Greater Manchester

Greater Manchester

Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 2.6 million. It encompasses one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom and comprises ten metropolitan boroughs: Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan, and the...

 and educated at Canon Slade School

Canon Slade School

Canon Slade School is a Church of England secondary school on Bradshaw Brow in Bradshaw, in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England.-History:...

 is an English

English people

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 actress, best known for her appearances in Coronation Street in the role of Julie Carp

Julie Carp

Julie Carp is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, Coronation Street, played by actress Katy Cavanagh...

 since 2008.

Cavanagh has been appearing regularly on British television since 1997. She had recurring roles as Mel in the award-winning series The Cops

The Cops (TV series)

The Cops is a British television series made by World Productions for the BBC.The production, set in the fictional town of Stanton in Northern England, was noted for its documentary-style camerawork and uncompromising portrayal of the police force...

and as Detective Sergeant Dawn "Spike" Milligan in Dalziel and Pascoe

Dalziel and Pascoe (BBC TV series)

Dalziel and Pascoe is a popular British television crime drama based on the Dalziel and Pascoe books by Reginald Hill, which was first broadcast in March 1996. It is set in Yorkshire, and is about two detectives...

before taking on the role of Julie Carp

Julie Carp

Julie Carp is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, Coronation Street, played by actress Katy Cavanagh...

 in Coronation Street

Coronation Street

Coronation Street is a British soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Greater Manchester based on Salford. Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960...

, first appearing on screen on 25 April 2008. She has also made appearances in The Bill

The Bill

The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...

, in 2000, 2006 & 2 episodes in 2008.

She also starred in a late 2007 episode of Blue Murder

Blue Murder (UK TV series)

Blue Murder was a British crime drama television series based in Manchester. Shown on ITV from 2003 until 2009 when it was axed by the Network, it starred Caroline Quentin as DCI Janine Lewis.-Outline:...

She is set to feature in her first film in a short cameo in the 2009 film, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra.

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