Esther Jane Hall (born 28 August 1970) is an English actress who has appeared in a number of television dramas.
Early life
Born in
Manchester
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in 1970 and brought up in
Cheshire, she took
A levels in Manchester before training in theatre arts for three years at the
University of Leeds
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's
Bretton Hall College
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, where she gained a
Bachelor of Arts
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Career
Hall's first high-profile role was as Romey Sullivan in the television drama ''
Queer as Folk'' (1999–2000), in which she played one half of a lesbian couple who conceive a baby with the help of their gay best friend. In 2001 she appeared in the award-winning TV drama ''Men Only'' as Katie, the wife of Mac (
Marc Warren
Marc Warren (born 20 March 1967) is an English actor, known for his British television roles. His roles have included Albert Blithe in '' Band of Brothers'', Danny Blue in '' Hustle'', Dougie Raymond in ''The Vice'', Dominic Foy in '' State ...
). Roles in ''
Always and Everyone
''Always and Everyone'' (later known as ''A&E'') is a British television medical drama, broadcast on ITV, that ran for four series between 7 June 1999 and 22 August 2002. Set in the Accident and Emergency department of Saint Victor's city hospi ...
'' (2000–01), ''Serious and Organised'' (2003) and an adaptation of
D.H. Lawrence
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's ''Sons and Lovers'' (2003) followed. Hall played Ellie Simm, the girlfriend of main character
Tom Quinn in ''
Spooks'' from 2002 to 2003. In 2004 Hall starred in the second episode of the seventh series of ''
Midsomer Murders'' ("Bad Tidings") as Cassie Woods, a school friend of
Cully Barnaby
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. In 2005 Hall joined the main cast of ''
Waking the Dead'' as Felix Gibson, replacing
Holly Aird
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in the cast as the resident team pathologist, but the character lasted only one series. Subsequent roles included
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'' (2007).
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from 2005 to 2011, in which she played a single mother with two children who started a relationship with Marshall's character and later moved in with and married him. In the summer of 2014, Hall joined the cast of the BBC daytime soap ''
'' playing the part of Toni Macpherson.
In 2014 she appeared as Lady Macbeth in ''
''. In 2017 she played Cindy Watson (editor of ''The Weatherfield Gazette'') in ''
'' (a role she later reprised in February 2020), and also appeared in rival soap ''
'' in 2019 playing the role of Dr Elinor Waters. Her most recent roles have been as Cat Barling in BBC drama ''
''.