Zoë Henry

Zoë Henry
Born (1973-09-03) 3 September 1973 (age 51)
Essex, England
OccupationActress
Years active1997–present
Known forCoronation Street
Emmerdale
EastEnders
Spouse
(m. 2003)
Children2

Zoë Henry (born 3 September 1973) is a British actress, known for her roles in four soap operas on British television; Emmerdale, Doctors, Coronation Street, and EastEnders. She has also made appearances in various other television series including Grafters and Conviction.

Career

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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.[1]

Henry's early career began with a small role in the first episode of Cold Feet, as well as playing the character Emma in Grafters. She also starred in Dalziel and Pascoe, before securing a role in as the new vet, Rhona Goskirk in ITV soap Emmerdale. 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 The Bill, A Touch of Frost, Casualty, and Doctors. She landed a leading role, of Beth Caffrey, in the BBC drama Conviction. After this, Henry appeared between March and September 2007 in another ITV soap, Coronation Street. In this she played Casey Carswell, the child-abducting friend of Claire Peacock. She had previously played Log Thwaite, 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 Deanne Cunningham, investigating the discovery of character Trina Johnson's corpse.[2]

It was announced in early 2010 that Henry would be reprising her role of Rhona Goskirk in Emmerdale. The character returned, and immediately rekindled her relationship with character Marlon Dingle. However, as the character has developed, it was revealed that Rhona would give birth to a child born with Down syndrome. 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".[3]

Personal life

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Henry married her Emmerdale co-star, Jeff Hordley, in 2003.[4] They have two children.

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Result Ref.
2013 Inside Soap Awards Best Actress Nominated [5]
2014 19th National Television Awards Serial Drama Performance Nominated [6]
2016 The British Soap Awards Best Actress Nominated [7]
2016 Inside Soap Awards Best Actress Nominated [8]
2016 TV Choice Awards Best Soap Actress Nominated [9]
2017 The British Soap Awards Best Actress Nominated [10]
2017 Inside Soap Awards Best Actress Shortlisted [11]
2019 The British Soap Awards Best Actress Nominated [12]
2020 TV Choice Awards Best Soap Actress Nominated [13]
2022 Inside Soap Awards Best Actress Nominated [14]
2022 Inside Soap Awards Best Romance (shared with Mark Charnock) Won [15]

References

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  1. ^ "Cain ready and able for wedded bliss". Manchester Evening News. 16 February 2007. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  2. ^ Green, Kris (8 September 2009). "Which soapy face is to guest in 'EastEnders'?". Digital Spy. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Zoe Henry: 'No baddie in Emmerdale plot'". Digital Spy. 20 January 2011.
  4. ^ "Cain ready and able for wedded bliss". 16 February 2007.
  5. ^ Dainty, Sophie (22 July 2013). "Inside Soap Awards 2013 - longlist nominees in full". Digital Spy. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  6. ^ Kilkelly, Daniel (17 September 2013). "Corrie, EastEnders, Emmerdale, Hollyoaks stars up for NTAs - full list". Digital Spy. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
  7. ^ Kilkelly, Daniel (4 April 2016). "British Soap Awards 2016 nominations: Which Corrie, EastEnders, Emmerdale and Hollyoaks stars are up?". Digital Spy. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  8. ^ Sandwell, Ian (21 June 2016). "Inside Soap Awards 2016 longlist revealed". Digital Spy. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  9. ^ "TVChoice Awards 2016: Emmerdale nominated!". ITV. 18 May 2016. Archived from the original on 5 March 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  10. ^ Dainty, Sophie (18 April 2017). "British Soap Awards 2017: the longlist is revealed". Digital Spy.
  11. ^ Kilkelly, Daniel (31 October 2017). "Inside Soap Awards 2017 shortlist revealed – which Corrie, EastEnders, Emmerdale and Hollyoaks stars are up for prizes?". Digital Spy. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  12. ^ Dainty, Sophie. "British Soap Awards 2019 nominations revealed: Which Coronation Street, EastEnders, Emmerdale, Hollyoaks and Doctors stars are up?". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on 3 August 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  13. ^ "TV Choice Awards Voting Open". digitalspy.co.uk. 27 May 2020.
  14. ^ Harp, Justin (18 July 2022). "Inside Soap Awards announces nominations and new category for 2022 event". Digital Spy. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  15. ^ "EastEnders and Emmerdale win big at the Inside Soap Awards 2022". Digital Spy. 17 October 2022.
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