Donnaleigh Bailey

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Donnaleigh Bailey
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Bailey at the Inside Soap Awards in 2010
Born (1983-01-17) 17 January 1983 (age 40)
Balsall Heath, Birmingham, England
OccupationActress
Years active1996–present
Television Doctors

Donnaleigh Bailey (born 17 January 1983) is an English actress, known for portraying the role of Michelle Corrigan in the BBC soap opera Doctors . For her role as Michelle, she received two nominations for the British Soap Award for Best Actress. Since 2015, she has played the part of Jess Heywood in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street .

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Life and career

Bailey was born in Balsall Heath, Birmingham, on 17 January 1983. [1] She attended Bishop Challoner School and the Central Junior Television Workshop. The minimum entry age for the latter was eleven, but wanting to join sooner, she lied about her age when she was nine. [2] Bailey's professional acting debut came in 1996 when she appeared in an episode of Dangerfield . She also made appearances in Crossroads and Holby City . [1] Shortly after leaving drama school, she was cast as Michelle Corrigan in the BBC soap opera Doctors . Bailey revealed on her BBC profile for Doctors that when she was shopping with co-star Martha Howe-Douglas who played Donna Parmar, the two were stopped by a man who showed them a cut on his arm. Bailey said that the man "wouldn't believe that they didn't work in a surgery". [1] This happened in another instance, this time with co-star Diane Keen: "one day Diane and I were going for lunch and saw a cyclist knocked off his bike. We ran towards him to see if we could help, but when we got to him I said, 'What can we do?'. I thought, 'This is serious, we can't pretend'. So I just rang for an ambulance. [3] In 2010, Bailey announced her decision to leave Doctors. She felt that since she had been cast on the series straight after leaving drama school, she wanted to explore other career opportunities. On the decision to leave, she said: "It was so sad, and filming the last episode was awful. I sobbed from the first scene of the day to the very end!" [3]

In 2011, Bailey set up a kids drama workshops in Kings Heath. [2] In 2015, she became a semi-regular in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street , playing the role of Jess Heywood. [4] Bailey's stage credits include the role of Leah in Beautiful Thing, Nikki in Redundant and Colleen in Martha Loves Michael. [1] In 2019, Bailey appeared in Casualty , [5] as well as an episode of The Reluctant Landlord . [6]

Bailey is a mother of three boys and resides in Nottingham. She is also an Open Door tutor, supporting disadvantaged students with preparation for drama school. [7]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1996 Dangerfield SarahEpisode: "Treasure"
2002 Doctors Jessica CollinsEpisode: "Carry That Weight"
2002 Crossroads Jenny1 episode
2004 Holby City Debbie AllenEpisode: "One Is the Loneliest Number"
2005One Way LoveSara GayleFilm
2006–2010Doctors Michelle Corrigan Regular role
2015–present Coronation Street Nurse (2015)
P.C. Woodruff (2016)
Jess Heywood (2017–present)		Recurring roles
2019 Casualty Trina Frazier1 episode
2019 The Reluctant Landlord SandraEpisode: "Couples Amnesty"

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2007 British Soap Awards Best Actress DoctorsNominated [8]
2007British Soap AwardsSexiest FemaleDoctorsNominated [8]
2008British Soap AwardsSexiest FemaleDoctorsNominated [9]
2009British Soap AwardsSexiest FemaleDoctorsNominated [10]
2010British Soap AwardsBest ActressDoctorsNominated [11] [12]
2010 Inside Soap Awards Best Daytime StarDoctorsNominated [13]

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