1. Helen Baxendale is known for her roles as Rachel Bradley in the British comedy drama Cold Feet and Emily Waltham in the American sitcom Friends.
20 Facts About Helen Baxendale
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Helen Baxendale was born on 7 June 1970 in Pontefract, West Riding of Yorkshire.
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Helen Baxendale grew up in Shenstone, Staffordshire, and attended King Edward VI School, Lichfield.
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Helen Baxendale wanted to be a ballet dancer and trained at the Elmhurst School for Dance, until dropping out aged 17 in favour of an acting career.
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Helen Baxendale moved to the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, then worked at the Glasgow Citizens' Theatre from 1992 to 1995.
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Via her work at Glasgow Citizens' Theatre, Helen Baxendale was cast in hospital TV series Cardiac Arrest, though it was not her first television role.
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Helen Baxendale starred in An Unsuitable Job for a Woman, playing Cordelia Gray.
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Aged 27 Helen Baxendale was cast in a recurring role in Friends as Ross Geller's girlfriend, wife and ultimately ex-wife Emily Waltham.
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Helen Baxendale appeared in fourteen episodes throughout Season 4 and early Season 5.
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Helen Baxendale was nominated for another Scottish BAFTA in 1997 for her role as Lorna Johnson.
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Helen Baxendale played Pandora Braithwaite in Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years in 2001 and "Maggie" in the multiple award-winning Bolse Vita.
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Helen Baxendale appeared in Saving Nellie, a physics programme running on Teachers TV.
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In 2010, Helen Baxendale appeared in the pilot episode of Dirk Gently as Susan Harmison.
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Helen Baxendale then appeared in the Inspector George Gently episode "The Lost Child" alongside Mark Gatiss.
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Helen Baxendale starred as Christine in Patrick Marber's After Miss Julie, and in 2005 appeared as Romy, the title role in The Woman Before at the Royal Court alongside Nigel Lindsay, Saskia Reeves, Tom Riley and Georgia Taylor.
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Helen Baxendale played Ophelia in Hamlet alongside Henry Ian Cusick.
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Helen Baxendale was nominated for an Ian Charleson Award for her 1993 performance in Soldiers at the Glasgow Citizens Theatre.
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In 2009 Helen Baxendale played Lara in Amongst Friends alongside Aden Gillett and Emma Cunniffe at Hampstead Theatre.
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In 2008, Helen Baxendale guest starred in episode three of the award-winning BBC radio comedy Cabin Pressure.
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Helen Baxendale appeared in only 14 episodes, despite her character dating, marrying, and divorcing Ross Geller, one of the show's six leads.