Zoë Henry (born 3 September 1973) is an English actress, known for her roles in four soap operas on British television; ''

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'', '' Doctors'', ''

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'', and '' EastEnders''. She has also made appearances in various other television series including ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Career

Henry won the ''Manchester Evening News'' 'Best Actress in a leading role' title in the Manchester Metropolitan University School of Theatre's production of '' Pygmalion'' for Eliza Doolittle in 2002. Henry's early career began with a small role in the first episode of ''

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'', as well as playing the character Emma in ''

''. She also starred in ''

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'', before securing a role in as the new vet,

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in ITV soap ''

''. She also starred in the film ''Seeing Red'' alongside Sarah Lancashire. Henry played the character for a month in 2001, before returning for eight months in 2002. After her departure from ''Emmerdale'', Henry she was able to get minor roles in dramas, including ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Casualty'', and '' Doctors''. She landed a leading role, of Beth Caffrey, in the BBC drama ''

''. After this, Henry appeared between March and September 2007 in another ITV soap, ''

''. In this she played Casey Carswell, the child-abducting friend of

Claire Peacock Claire Jane Peacock (also Casey) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street''. Portrayed by Julia Haworth, the character first appeared onscreen during the episode airing on 9 April 2003, as the new nanny of est ...

. She had previously played

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, a friend of Spider Nugent's, for six episodes in 1998. She later went on to appear in '' EastEnders'' in 2009 as police officer Detective Constable

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, investigating the discovery of character

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's corpse. It was announced in early 2010 that Henry would be reprising her role of

in ''Emmerdale''. The character returned, and immediately rekindled her relationship with character

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. However, as the character has developed, it was revealed that Rhona would give birth to a child born with

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. Henry stated she was really looking forward to this storyline, stating "over the years, I worked with adults and children with Down syndrome. It was great fun and I'm sure it will help with filming".

Personal life

Henry married her ''Emmerdale'' co-star,

Jeff Hordley Jeff Hordley (born 7 March 1970) is an English actor, best known for portraying the role of Cain Dingle in the ITV soap opera, ''Emmerdale''. For his portrayal of Cain, he has been nominated for the British Soap Award for Best Actor at three c ...

, in 2003. They have two children, 15 cats, 8 dogs and a large collection of pigeons.

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Henry, Zoe 1973 births Alumni of Manchester Metropolitan University Actresses from Essex English television actresses English soap opera actresses Living people