Lucy Dixon

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Lucy Dixon
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Born
Lucy Jane Dixon

(1989-08-09) 9 August 1989 (age 34)
OccupationActress
Years active2007–present
Spouse
James Stockdale
(m. 2022)

Lucy Jane Dixon (born 9 August 1989) [1] is an English actress, best known for her roles as Danielle Harker in the BBC One school-based drama series Waterloo Road and Tilly Evans in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks . [2]

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Early life

Dixon is from Gee Cross, Hyde and described in an Manchester Evening News interview how she loved acting from the earliest age. She recalled how a role in her school nativity as “shepherd number one” had been what sparked her love for the stage. [3]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2007–2010 Waterloo Road Danielle Harker Regular role; 53 episodes
2009 Doctors Leanne TaylorEpisode: "Innocence"
2011 Waterloo Road Reunited [4] Danielle HarkerAll 6 webisodes
2011–2014 Hollyoaks Tilly Evans [5] Regular role; 144 episodes
2014 Scott & Bailey Chloe MichaelsEpisode: "A Matter of Rank"
2015 Casualty Chloe WilkinsonEpisode: "Estranged"
2016 Birds of a Feather EmmaEpisode: "Abandoned Love"
2020Doctors [6] Jen Taylor Episode: "Untying the Knot"
2021 Coronation Street Danielle 5 episodes

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryResultRef.
2012 TV Choice Awards Best Soap NewcomerNominated [7]
2013 18th National Television Awards Serial Drama PerformanceNominated [8]

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References

  1. "OK! Magazine: First For Celebrity News :: Lifestyle :: Interview: Scarlett Bowman, Lucy Dixon and Laurie Duncan". Ok.co.uk. 8 November 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
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