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Corrie's Hayley Cropper star now - co-star hubby, set accident and cobbles return hint
Coronation Street’s Hayley Cropper passed away back in January 2014 with her husband Roy by her side, after drinking a lethal cocktail of drugs. The devastating storyline came after Hayley was diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer, and raised debates about the right to die in the UK.But it wasn’t the only hard-hitting storyline actress Julia Hesmondhalgh found herself part of during her 16-year stint on the cobbles, as her character also had to deal with rampant transphobia when she outed herself as a transgender woman to her future husband Roy.Since quitting her role on the show in 2014, Julie has herself gotten involved in trans activism.But what else has she been up to since leaving the soap? Eight years after Corrie bade farewell to Hayley Cropper, Daily Star takes a look.While filming BBC One crime drama The Pact, Julie was haunted by a spate of on-set accidents which left her with "bruises on her face".Speaking to Express.co.uk, Anna actress Laura Fraser said that there was hardly any opportunity for on-set pranks, as Julie just kept getting hurt.She explained: "There was a lot of unintentional pranks by Julie because she was extremely accident-prone."She kept literally running into iron bars and coming in with bruises on her face.