Coronation Road star Julia Haworth performed Claire Peacock on the ITV cleaning soap for a number of years – however the place is the actress now?

Coronation Road’s Claire Peacock departed the cleaning soap 15 years in the past this week – however what has develop into of actress Julia Haworth since then?

Claire first graced the long-running ITV cleaning soap again in 2003, arriving as Ashley Peacock’s (Steven Arnold) contemporary nanny for his son Joshua. Earlier than lengthy, Claire had fallen head over heels for her boss and have become a part of the Peacock clan by marriage, securing her place on the well-known cobbles.

All through her time on the programme, she featured in quite a few main storylines, together with her devastating wrestle with postnatal melancholy following the start of their son Freddie. Claire was additionally pressured to deal with Ashley’s tragic demise in 2010, when he perished through the cleaning soap’s fiftieth anniversary spectacular that includes the infamous tram catastrophe, experiences the Mirror.

Nonetheless, in January 2011, Claire bid farewell to the road as she traded Weatherfield for a brand new life in France. However what has occurred to the actress behind the character since then?

Why did Julia depart Coronation Road?

In 2010, Coronation Road’s then-new producer Phil Collinson selected to not lengthen Steven and Julia’s contracts, leading to Ashley and Claire’s departure from screens. In a press release, Phil defined: “Ashley and Clare Peacock have been a part of the material of Weatherfield for a few years however like all group, folks come and go.

“Each actors and myself felt that we had reached a crossroads with the characters, to the purpose that as actors they weren’t being fulfilled and tales have been more durable to seek out.

“We mutually determined to start out working in direction of an exit for the Peacock household, giving the actors the prospect to discover new alternatives and for us to plot a dramatic exit storyline. I want Steven and Julia, and naturally the younger boys who play [sons] Josh and Freddie, all the most effective for the longer term.”

What has Julia been as much as since departing Corrie?

Following her departure from Coronation Road, Julia has maintained a thriving appearing profession, that includes in quite a few tv productions. She portrayed Laura Wade on rival cleaning soap BBC’s Docs between 2018 and 2019, and likewise secured a component within the ITV drama The Bay throughout its second collection.

Julia additionally appeared alongside Liz Hurley in American drama The Royals and took on the position of Doris Owen in collection 10 of cherished BBC drama Name the Midwife in 2021. Extra lately, she introduced Pamela Parks to life within the BBC programme A Variety Of Spark.

Julia and husband Jon

The cleaning soap actress is wed to accountant Jon Wormald. The couple first crossed paths in 2003, and in accordance with Julia, it was immediate attraction.

“I keep in mind taking a look at Jon and pondering he was beautiful and that I may marry him. I would by no means skilled that earlier than, however I simply knew it was completely proper,” she revealed to Folks in 2008.

Their romance flourished, and Julia and Jon exchanged vows in 2006 at St Stephen’s Church in Burnley. Julia’s Coronation Road colleagues have been current on the ceremony, together with Steven, Kate Ford – who portrays Tracy Barlow – and Leanne Battersby actress Jane Danson. In 2008, Julia welcomed a daughter, with their second daughter arriving in 2013.

Julia’s inspiring instructing position

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In 2018, Julia determined to utilise her appearing expertise and data, asserting plans to achieve a instructing qualification at Bolton School to encourage future actors.

“As an actor nonetheless working professionally inside the leisure trade, the data and abilities I’m instructing to the Performing Arts college students right here at Bolton School are 100 per cent updated, correct and related,” she shared with The Bolton Information.

Julia additional acknowledged: “That is crucial in a quickly altering trade and in serving to the learners with their future employability.”

In her position, Julia assisted aspiring actors in honing their appearing abilities, in addition to guiding them in producing their very own present reels and offering recommendation on auditions and life on a TV set.

Coronation Road airs Monday to Friday at 8:30pm on ITV1 and ITVX