Jane Hazlegrove
Sarah Jane Hazlegrove (born 17 July 1968) is an English actress, known for playing Kathleen "Dixie" Dixon in the BBC medical drama Casualty. She has also appeared as Rosie in Making Out, Rosemary Mason in Silent Witness, Yvonne Bradley in London's Burning, and roles in Jonathan Creek, The Bill, Doctors, Families, Lovejoy, Coronation Street, and Holby City. A lesbian whose character in Casualty is also gay, Hazlegrove was listed as one of the 100 most influential LGBT people of the year in 2012's World Pride Power List.
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Jane Hazlegrove
- Name
- Jane Hazlegrove
- Birth Name
- Sarah Jane Hazlegrove
- Born
- 17 July 1968
- Birthplace
- Manchester, Lancashire, England
- Spouse
- Isobel Middleton (m. 2015)
- Occupation
- Actress
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
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Sarah Jane Hazlegrove (born 17 July 1968) is an English actress, known for playing Kathleen "Dixie" Dixon in the BBC medical drama Casualty. She has also appeared as Rosie in Making Out, Rosemary Mason in Silent Witness, Yvonne Bradley in London's Burning, and roles in Jonathan Creek, The Bill, Doctors, Families, Lovejoy, Coronation Street, and Holby City. A lesbian whose character in Casualty is also gay, Hazlegrove was listed as one of the 100 most influential LGBT people of the year in 2012's World Pride Power List.
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Hazlegrove is married to actress Isobel Middleton. On 30 January 2016, Hazlegrove left Casualty after playing the role of Dixie for 10 years. She reprised the role of Dixie in a guest appearance as a Hems paramedic on 7 September 2019. She appeared at the Royal Exchange, Manchester in Queens of the Coal Age, written by Maxine Peake. On 1 May 2019, it was announced that Hazlegrove had joined the cast of Coronation Street as Bernie Winter, the mother of established characters Gemma Winter and Paul Foreman. In 2019, Hazlegrove also played PO Janine Dolan in the 5Star prison drama Clink.
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Key facts
• Name — Jane Hazlegrove • Birth Name — Sarah Jane Hazlegrove • Born — 17 July 1968 • Birthplace — Manchester, Lancashire, England • Spouse — Isobel Middleton (m. 2015) • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 1984–present
Television
Television
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1984 — Threads — Alison Kemp — TV film • How We Used to Live — Maggie Selby — Recurring role (4 episodes) • 1985 — Summer Season — Episode: "Picture Friend" • Coronation Street — Sue Clayton — Main role (27 episodes) • Albion Market — Debbie Taylor — Soap opera • Travelling Man — Episode: "Hustler" • 1987 — How We Used to Live — Dorothy Clegg — Episode: "1954: Land of Plenty" • First Sight — Janice — Episode: "Who's Our Little Jenny Lind?" • 1988 — Screen Two — Michelle — Episode: "Love Birds" • 1989–1991 — Making Out — Rosie — Recurring role (11 episodes) • 1990 — Families — Lisa Shepherd — Episode 1.1 • 1990–1991 — Waterfront Beat — WPC Madeline Forrest — Main role (12 episodes) • 1992 — A — Maureen Shelby — Episode: "Conclusions" • Heartbeat — Maggie — Episode: "Playing with Fire" • 1993 — Lovejoy — Yvonne — Episode: "Dainty Dish" • Just a Gigolo — Sandy — Episode 1.7 • Heidi — Dete — TV film • 1994 — The — Mrs. Chestney — TV film • 1995 — Heartbeat — Marion — Episode: "Toss Up" • The — Lisa Powell — Episode: "Hard Cases" • 1996 — Band of Gold — DC Turner — Episode: "Hurt" • 1996 — Casualty — Jane Macguire — Episode “Trapped” • 1997 — The — Nicola Cooper — Episode: "Rolling in It" • Jonathan Creek — Katrina Toplis — Episode: "The Wrestler's Tomb" • 1998 — The — Minnie Hobson — Episode 2.9 • London's Burning — Yvonne — Recurring role (11 episodes) • Dinnerladies — Lisa — Episode: "Monday" • The — Rosamund — Episode: "You Can't Be Too Careful" • 2000 — Without Motive — WPC Margaret Walkinshaw — TV series • Hero to Zero — Miss Horsborough — TV series • Where the Heart Is — Zoe Price — Episode: "Getting Better" • 2001 — People Like Us — Episode: "The Mother" • 2002 — Silent Witness — Rosemary Mason — Recurring role (6 episodes) • 2003 — Buried — DD Burridge — Main role (8 episodes) • Holby City — Anne Fryer — Episode: "Never Can Say Goodbye" • 2004 — The — Janice Cooke — Episode: "If Wishes Were Horses" • Heartbeat — Diane Critchard — Recurring role (4 episodes) • 2005 — Judge John Deed — Margaret Tredaway — Episodes: "Lost and Found", "Above the Law", "In Defence of Others" • Dalziel and Pascoe — Kay Simms — Episodes: "The Dig: Parts 1 & 2" • The — Trina — Episode: "289a" • Faith — Paula — TV film • 2006 — Doctors — Sara Faulkner — Episode: "Daddy Cool" • Casualty — Angela Regis — Episode: "The Things We Do for Love" • Holby City — Kathleen 'Dixie' Dixon — Episode: "The Unforgiven" • 2006–2016, 2019 — Casualty — Main role (401 episodes) • 2012 — Casualty: The Kids Aren't Alright — Red button special • 2015 — Holby City — Episode: "Homecoming" • 2018 — Father Brown — Hermione Harvey — Episode: "The Flower of the Fairway" • 2018 — Flowers — Sylvia • 2019 — Clink — Janine Dolan — Supporting role • 2019–present — Coronation Street — Bernie Winter — Series regular
Film
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1990 — Shooting Stars — Alison • 2003 — Cheeky — Fanny
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