Lesley Jane Dunlop was born on 10 March 1956 and is an English actress, known for her role as Brenda Walker in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale.
11 Facts About Lesley Dunlop
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Lesley Dunlop studied at the Arts Educational Schools Her transition to adult roles began by playing Lizzie Hexam in a BBC version of Charles Dickens' Our Mutual Friend in 1976 and featuring in the very first series of the long-running hospital drama Angels.
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Lesley Dunlop was cast alongside Diana Rigg and Elizabeth Taylor in the film version of Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music, and appeared in Roman Polanski's Tess.
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Lesley Dunlop appeared in the horror anthology film The Monster Club as Luna.
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In 1995, Lesley Dunlop starred in the two part Gurinder Chadha directed drama Rich Deceiver as Ellie Freeman, a Liverpudlian housewife who secretly wins the pools and uses the money to covertly help her husband's career.
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Lesley Dunlop starred in the ITV series Wokenwell and the same year was in the BBC serial The Phoenix and the Carpet.
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Lesley Dunlop appeared in a long-running series of television adverts for Kleenex directed by Mike Leigh and played Moira Pridwell in "Something to Treasure," S4:E1 of "Hetty Wainthropp Investigates".
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In 2000, Lesley Dunlop joined the cast of the ITV series Where the Heart Is playing Anna Kirkwall.
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In 2013, after Brenda was diagnosed with a brain tumour, Lesley Dunlop shaved her head especially for the part.
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In 2024, it was announced that Lesley Dunlop would be quitting her role as Brenda.
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Lesley Dunlop has two daughters, Rosie and Daisy Guard, both with actor Christopher Guard.