Hayley hangs up her Red Anorak

[alan45]

Coronation Street star Julie Hesmondhalgh was among the major winners at the Royal Television Society North West Awards.

Hesmondhalgh was given the 'Best Performance in a Continuing Drama' prize for her portrayal of Hayley Cropper over the weekend.



Julie Hesmondhalgh - The Coronation Street favourite is 42 on Saturday.
© Ian West/PA Archive/Press Association Images


The award ceremony came only hours after Hesmondhalgh's co-stars threw her a leaving party.

The actress is exiting Coronation Street after almost 16 years on the series.

"I'm so chuffed to have won, especially at the end of nearly 16 years as playing Hayley," she told those in attendance at the awards do, according to the Manchester Evening News.

"It's definitely ensured that I'm leaving on a high now.

[alan45]

Coronation Street star Julie Hesmondhalgh was among the major winners at the Royal Television Society North West Awards.

Hesmondhalgh was given the 'Best Performance in a Continuing Drama' prize for her portrayal of Hayley Cropper over the weekend.



Julie Hesmondhalgh - The Coronation Street favourite is 42 on Saturday.
© Ian West/PA Archive/Press Association Images


The award ceremony came only hours after Hesmondhalgh's co-stars threw her a leaving party.

The actress is exiting Coronation Street after almost 16 years on the series.

"I'm so chuffed to have won, especially at the end of nearly 16 years as playing Hayley," she told those in attendance at the awards do, according to the Manchester Evening News.

"It's definitely ensured that I'm leaving on a high now.

[swmc66]

Hayley is now getting on my nerves and I feel so sorry for Roy. Having been a cancer patient and knowing terminally ill cancer patients they have got her attitude all wrong.

[Perdita]

Coronation Street star Julie Hesmondhalgh has revealed details of Roy and Hayley Cropper's last Christmas together, confirming that there will be "ups and downs" for the much-loved couple.

The Croppers will be among the characters taking centre stage over the festive season as Roy (David Neilson) tries to give terminally-ill Hayley the perfect Christmas, knowing that their time together is running out.

While Roy wants a quiet and private Christmas, he gets more than he bargained for when he and Hayley are bombarded by a string of well-wishers on December 25.

Hesmondhalgh explained: "Because it's what Roy wants to do, Hayley agrees they'll have a quiet one, but then it all just gets completely out of hand and everyone ends up in Roy's Rolls.

"Later, everyone leaves and Hayley is absolutely knackered, but she still gets her coat on to go to the pub. She doesn't manage to stay for long, though. You'll also see that she falls asleep a lot over Christmas. That's really sad - she'll just be in a gathering and all of a sudden they'll see that she's nodded off."

She continued: "The residents also have a snowball fight. It's all going on around Hayley, but she loves it. It's life and joy all around her. Then when they look out that night, there's a snow Roy and Hayley on the street that have been built for them."

Hayley throws a snowball at Roy.
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Hayley throws a snowball at Roy.

Hayley is on an increased dose of medication over Christmas as the impact of her illness is beginning to take its toll.

"She doesn't tell Roy much about that until the nurse comes," Hesmondhalgh revealed. "He's quite shocked when Hayley says to the nurse that she's in a lot of pain.

"They decide to up her medication, which is obviously the thing that they've been dreading. Hayley doesn't want to be on the medication because it causes confusion for her, but she needs it by that point. So there are ups and downs over Christmas."

Hesmondhalgh also warned that there will be no tidy conclusion to many of the Croppers' storylines, as illustrated this week when Roy fails his long-awaited driving test.

Roy and Hayley sit outside in the snow.
© ITV
Roy and Hayley sit outside in the snow.

She said: "This is what I've loved about this story - it hasn't been neatly sewn up. Roy doesn't pass his driving test, which I think is brilliant because everything is leading up to him passing that test!

"You see Roy doing the test and you don't know how well he's done, but then he comes back and he says, 'I failed', and Hayley says, 'Oh well, never mind'. That's literally the end of that storyline and it's just like real life. There are lots of unfinished strands like that."


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[lizann]

Hayley is now getting on my nerves and I feel so sorry for Roy. Having been a cancer patient and knowing terminally ill cancer patients they have got her attitude all wrong.

she is looking far too healthy to me for her storyline

[lizann]

Hayley is now getting on my nerves and I feel so sorry for Roy. Having been a cancer patient and knowing terminally ill cancer patients they have got her attitude all wrong.

she is looking far too healthy to me for her storyline

[Perdita]

Maybe they don't want to make her look really ill to spare the feelings of viewers that are either ill too or have family or friends very ill and my friend's sister has got again for 3rd time now but has the same attitude as Hayley, positive most ofl the time

[angel-emm]

My dad has got cancer for the 6th time and he has the same attitude. The other times apart from bone cancer they have been able to operate but this time they can't they are trying chemo so the story is quite close to home for me and everyone has a different attitude to cancer but to look at him you wouldn't think he was ill at all and he just gets on with it. They have got the Hayley sforyline right in my opionion.

[Perdita]

Sorry to hear about your dad, angel-emm

[sarah c]

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