Kimberley Jane Tiddy (born 3 September 1977) is an English actress, known for her roles as PC
Honey Harman
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in the
ITV
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procedural drama ''
The Bill
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The programme focused on ...
'' and
Heidi Costello
Heidi Costello (also Blissett) is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', played by Kim Tiddy. She made her first on-screen appearance on 20 July 2010 and made her final appearance in the series on 1 November 201 ...
in the
Channel 4
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soap opera ''
Hollyoaks
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''.
Life and career
The daughter of John Tiddy and his wife Roza Raymond, Tiddy was born in 1977 in
Kingston-upon-Thames
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,
Surrey
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, and brought up in
Surbiton
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,
Greater London
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, by her mother after her father left. She trained at the
Arden School of Theatre
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History
The school was founded jointly by the Royal Exchange Theatre and South ...
in
Manchester
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, afterwards acting at
Salisbury Playhouse
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. Later, she set up a cleaning company and for two years undertook unpaid short film work. After working in Spain for one summer she returned to England, receiving an offer of a role on ''The Bill''; her last appearance on ''The Bill'' was on 25 January 2007, when her character, Honey Harman, was killed off. In April 2010, it was announced that Tiddy had joined the cast of
Channel 4
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soap ''
Hollyoaks
''Hollyoaks'' is a British soap opera which began airing on Channel 4 on 23 October 1995. It was created by Phil Redmond, who had previously conceived the soap opera ''Brookside (TV series), Brookside''. Since 2005, episodes have been aired on ...
'' as
Heidi Costello
Heidi Costello (also Blissett) is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'', played by Kim Tiddy. She made her first on-screen appearance on 20 July 2010 and made her final appearance in the series on 1 November 201 ...
; she left the soap on 31 October 2011 after her character, Heidi Costello, was also killed off. In 2016, she appeared in an episode of the
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