Kate Anthony (born 11 April 1964) is an English actress best known for her role as Pam Hobsworth on the

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Coronation Street ''Coronation Street'' is an English soap opera created by Granada Television and shown on ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres around a cobbled, terraced street in Weatherfield, a fictional town based on inner-city Salford. Origi ...

''.

Career

She has appeared in ''

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'' playing Ellen Murray, ''

Sparkhouse ''Sparkhouse'' is a BBC drama, originally shown on BBC One from 1 to 8 September 2002. Written by Sally Wainwright, it is a modern take on Emily Brontë's 1847 novel ''Wuthering Heights''. Synopsis Two young lovers battle against the odds to be ...

'' playing Jenny Bullock, ''

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'' playing Angela Phillips and '' As Time Goes By''. More recently she has appeared in ''

Totally Frank ''Totally Frank'' is a comedy drama series with a real-life band as its stars on Channel 4. It follows a band, Frank, who were struggling to make it in the music industry. Frank The band on the show consisted of lead singer Tasha (Lauren Blak ...

'', Heartbeat and ''

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'' playing Annie Grey. She played the role of

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in the

soap ''

'' from July 2008 to December 2010. She also had a small role in ''

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'' as the Inspector Mrs. Morris. She has had numerous theatrical roles including ''

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'' with

Judi Dench Dame Judith Olivia Dench (born 9 December 1934) is an English actress. Regarded as one of Britain's best actresses, she is noted for her versatile work in various films and television programmes encompassing several genres, as well as for her ...

and prior to taking the role in Coronation Street, she toured Scotland in ''

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'' with her closest friend

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. Anthony starred in Northern Broadsides' production of Rutherford and Son with Barrie Rutter,

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production of Untold Stories and the main role in

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' production of ''Queen Coal''. In 2015 Anthony appeared as Ethel Davies in the BBC TV series ''

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'' episode 3.14 "The Deadly Seal". In 2016, she portrayed a Braavosi woman in the

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series ''

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'' in

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. She starred in the UK and Irish touring production of ''

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'' as Evangeline Harcourt and then once again toured in the

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hit ''

When We Are Married ''When We Are Married'' is a comedy by the English dramatist, J. B. Priestley, written in 1934. It was first performed in London at the St. Martin's Theatre, London on 11 October 1938, and transferred to the larger Prince's Theatre in March 1 ...

'', as Clara Soppitt, which was directed by and starred

Barrie Rutter Barrie Thomas Rutter OBE (born 12 December 1946) is an English actor and the founder and former artistic director of the Northern Broadsides theatre company based in Dean Clough complex, Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. Biography Rutter was ...

. Anthony has also recently been in the comedy series ''Boomers'' and is regularly on BBC Radio 4 in ''

Tom Wrigglesworth Thomas James Wrigglesworth is an English comedian. He was born and raised in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. In 2009 he was nominated for the main Edinburgh Comedy Award (formerly the Perrier awards) at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Early life W ...

's Hang Ups'', playing Tom's mother. In 2018 she appeared at the

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in ''Queens of The Coal Age'', written by

Maxine Peake Maxine Peake (born 14 July 1974) is an English actress and narrator. She is known for her roles as Twinkle in the BBC One sitcom ''dinnerladies'' (1998–2000), Veronica Ball in the hit Channel 4 comedy drama '' Shameless'' (2004–2007), Marth ...

. In November 2021 she appeared as Hazel in

Emmerdale ''Emmerdale'' (known as ''Emmerdale Farm'' until 1989) is a British soap opera that is broadcast on ITV1. The show is set in Emmerdale (known as Beckindale until 1994), a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, '' ...

as Andrea Tate's mother, to take legal guardianship of Jamie and Andrea's daughter Millie.

Personal life

Anthony studied drama at the

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. Anthony is married to former actor and racing driver Gary Barak, who is now better known as an automotive & motorsport PR man. They have two children.

Filmography

Television

References

External links

* English television actresses English soap opera actresses Living people 1964 births Actresses from Leeds {{England-tv-actor-stub