Helen Worth was born on Cathryn Helen Wigglesworth; 7 January 1951 and is a British actress.
16 Facts About Helen Worth
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Helen Worth is best known for portraying the role of Gail Platt in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street for 50 years from 1974 to 2024.
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Helen Worth was born to Alfred and Gladys Wigglesworth in Ossett and grew up in Morecambe, Lancashire.
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Helen Worth was brought up in a middle-class family and attended private school.
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Helen Worth's mother was killed in a hit-and-run road accident in 1971.
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Helen Worth initially stated that she did not plan to leave the series, was happy with her character Gail's never-ending drama and that it was a job she loved.
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In June 2024, ITV announced that Helen Worth had decided to leave Coronation Street after 50 years, with Gail set to make her departure from the soap later in the year.
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Helen Worth married actor Michael Angelis at Chelsea Register Office on 18 January 1991.
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Helen Worth forgave Angelis when he admitted to an affair in 1995, but they divorced in 2001 after he had another affair with model Jennifer Khalastchi.
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Helen Worth married Trevor Dawson, a primary school teacher, on 6 April 2013 at the St James's Church in London.
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Helen Worth is a patron of the Born Free Foundation, an international wildlife charity working throughout the world to stop individual wild animal suffering and protect threatened species in the wild.
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Helen Worth appeared on television fronting campaigns and joined them at the House of Commons in 2006, to speak about the proposed changes to the Animal Welfare Bill and campaign for the retirement of Anne, the UK's last remaining circus elephant.
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Helen Worth is a supporter of the charity ActionAid and has visited Sierra Leone in support of its work there.
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Helen Worth has been honoured twice with the Outstanding Achievement Award at awards ceremonies for her performance as Gail in Coronation Street.
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In September 2006, Helen Worth won the "Outstanding Achievement Award" at the Inside Soap Awards.
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Helen Worth received the British Soap Award for Scene of the Year in 2019 for a monologue she performed, which was nominated for a BAFTA TV Award.