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Julie May Peasgood (born 28 May 1956 in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire) is an English people actress, television presenter, author and voiceover artist known for her distinctive voice.
She is best known for her role as Fran Pearson in the television soap Brookside (1991–93). She later played Jo Steadman in Emmerdale in 1997 and Jacqui Hudson in Hollyoaks from 2001 to 2002.
Peasgood was educated at Grimsby's Wintringham Grammar School, leaving at age 16. She had two elder sisters, who became teachers. Grimsby Evening Telegraph Friday 14 June 1974, page 10 She lived at 12 Lyndhurst Avenue. Grimsby Evening Telegraph Saturday 1 June 1974, page 6
After leaving school she worked in a fish and chip shop in Cleethorpes before training at the Arts Educational School in Golden Lane, London. She left the school shortly before her course finished to take the title role in 'Cherryripe and the Lugworm Digger', which was the first in the series 'Seven Faces of Woman' for ITV. Julie Peasgood CV
On television she is probably most recognised for the roles of Fran Pearson in Brookside and Jo Steadman in Emmerdale. However, she has appeared in numerous other television series. Among her other credits include appearances in Hollyoaks where she played Jacqui Hudson, First Born, September Song, Taggart, A Woman's Guide to Adultery, Cherryripe and the Lugworm Digger, Carla Lane's Luv, Doctors, The Bill, Holby City, 4 Play, Spender, Ruth Rendell's Simisola, Dancers, This Year, Next Year, the original 1970s series of Survivors, Boon and Small World.
She appeared in the 1983 horror film House of the Long Shadows, which starred Peter Cushing, Vincent Price and Christopher Lee. In 1985 she featured in the dialogue-free television comedy series The Optimist.
She started to do voice overs in the 1980s, and has voiced several hundred television and radio commercials. She is perhaps most well known in this role for a 1990s advert for Bird's Eye Frozen Peas. In 2003, Peasgood was known as the "queen of the ad voice overs".
On radio she has appeared in Galton and Simpson's Impasse on BBC Radio 2, in which she played Mrs Spooner, opposite Mitchell and Webb. She also played the leading role of Shirley in Venus to Go on BBC Radio 4.
Her first book, The Greatest Sex Tips in the World, was launched at the London Book Fair on 16 April 2007 and went on to earn her Best Sex Writer Award from Scarlet Magazine. She currently has two regular magazine columns, is Contributing Editor of Cruise International magazine and writes about travel for a number of newspapers, magazines and websites.
Peasgood is also a public speaker and events host.
| 1975 | New Nanny | ||
| 1978 | Barbara | Short | |
| 1983 | House of the Long Shadows | Mary Norton | |
| 2001 | Jacqui Hudson (voice) | Video | |
| 2018 | Verity Metcalfe | Completed |
| 1974 | Seven Faces of Woman | Gaye Kingdom | "Cherryripe and the Lugworm Digger" |
| 1974 | Sadie, It's Cold Outside | Cashier | "Pilot" |
| 1975 | Miss Betty Headpiece | TV film | |
| 1975 | Fenella Strachan | TV miniseries | |
| 1976 | Survivors | Judy | "By Bread Alone" |
| 1976 | Clayhanger | Ada | TV series |
| 1977 | This Year Next Year | Kath Shaw | TV miniseries |
| 1978 | Play of the Month | Cherry | "The Beaux Stratagem" |
| 1978 | Sheila Mitchell | TV series | |
| 1979 | Everyday Maths | "Try It for Size" | |
| 1982 | Play for Today | Kath | "Whistling Wally" |
| 1985 | The Optimist | Mimi | "The Brush Off" |
| 1986 | Jenny | TV film | |
| 1987 | Imaginary Friends | Joanna Onland | TV miniseries |
| 1988 | Small World | Cheryl Summerbee | TV miniseries |
| 1988 | First Born | Anne Forester | TV miniseries |
| 1988 | Brush Strokes | Jane | "3.3" |
| 1989 | 4 Play | Hazel | "Chains of Love" |
| 1989 | Alas Smith and Jones | "The Unprepared Version" | |
| 1990 | Boon | Sue Harper | "Burning Ambition" |
| 1991 | Van der Valk | Christina Molders | "Dangerous Games" |
| 1991 | Spender | Booney | "Iced" |
| 1991 | Perfect Scoundrels | Nelly | "No Thanks for the Memory" |
| 1991 | 2point4 Children | Pauline | "Love and Marriage" |
| 1991–1993 | Brookside | Fran Matthews / Fran Pearson | Recurring role |
| 1993 | Trudy | "Pilot" | |
| 1993 | September Song | Roxy | Recurring role |
| 1993 | Taggart | Michelle Duncan | "Death Without Dishonour" |
| 1993 | Sandra | "1.1", "1.2", "1.3" | |
| 1993–94 | Luv | Eden | Main role |
| 1994 | Chandler & Co. | Carmen Talbot | "On the Job" |
| 1994 | Murder Most Horrid | Waitress | "Smashing Bird" |
| 1995 | Bugs | Lena | "Pulse" |
| 1995 | Men of the World | Mandy | "The Girl I Love" |
| 1995 | Mrs. Parsons | "Have a Go Hero" | |
| 1996 | Cookie Dix | "Simisola: Parts 2 & 3" | |
| 1997 | Emmerdale | Jo Steadman | TV series |
| 1999–2001 | Hollyoaks | Jacqui Hudson | Regular role |
| 2000 | Harroway (voice) | Video game | |
| 2000 | Holby City | Maddy Moorcroft | "Faith" |
| 2001 | Doctors | Mel | "Face Value" |
| 2004 | Holby City | Julie Sweeny | "When Lightning Strikes" |
| 2004 | Can't Buy Me Love | Janice | TV film |
| 2006 | Doctors | Ruth Farrell | "Second Best" |
| 2007 | Dawn Collins | "480: The Good Old Days" | |
| 2008 | Doctors | Eleanor Warden | "The Watcher" |
| 2014 | Casualty | Kayleigh French | "First Impressions" |
| 2016 | Casualty | Martha Cheney | "The Fear" |
| 2019 | Years and Years | Julie Peasgood | 4 episodes |
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