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WP:COPYARTICLE, old revision of Julie Hesmondhalgh, making edits that have since been made to the live article except for some of the following:

In January 2016, she played Vivian Bearing, an American Professor of Poetry dying of ovarian cancer, in Margaret Edson's Wit at The Royal Exchange main stage, directed by Raz Shaw. Hesmondhalgh's performance was unanimously acclaimed by theatre critics. In March 2017 the role earned her the Manchester Theatre Award for Best Actress. From February 2016, Hesmondhalgh appeared in the second series of BBC One thriller Happy Valley. Hesmondhalgh, both a fan of the series and it's creator Sally Wainwright, was offered the role without an audition.

In April 2016, it was announced that Hesmondhalgh was to play a main character in the third and final series of Broadchurch on ITV1. As with Happy Valley, Hesmondhalgh was offered the role without an audition, and was both surprised and delighted to film such a high profile series. Though Hesmondhalgh had reservations about the storyline which depicts the aftermath of a rape suffered by her character, a middle-aged divorcee, she saw the series as an opportunity both to expel myths about rape and challenge elements of both rape culture and porn culture. In preparation for the role she liased with ______. As her hair had not fully regrown from starring in Wit, Hesmondhalgh felt that her stark, short hair - died "divorcee burgundy" - both allowed her features and emotions and conveyed the attiude that rape can happen to anyone regardless of age or attractiveness. role Upon transmission Hesmondhalgh received huge amounts of critical acclaim and the series attracted more than ten million viewers.