Fiona Hendley (born 1959) is a British actress and latterly Christian speaker, married to the former

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singer and actor Paul Jones.

Career

Stage

She has appeared in a number of musical theatre productions. In 1982, she played Jenny Driver in ''A Beggar's Opera'' at the National Theatre having been part of the original cast of its highly successful production of ''Guys and Dolls''. Both were directed by the Theatre's future artistic director Richard Eyre. She later played Bianca in ''Kiss Me Kate'', opposite Jones, in the Royal Shakespeare Company's 1987 production. She performed in the 1988 production of the play ''Woman Overboard'' at the Palace Theatre, Watford. She played Mary Magdalene in a 1990 concert version of ''Jesus Christ Superstar'' at the Barbican Centre, London. In 1993, she appeared in the original production of the musical ''City of Angels''.

Television

Hendley played Shirley in both series of Lynda La Plante's ITV television drama series ''

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'' in 1983 and 1985.

Recording

During the early 1990s, Hendley was featured alongside Jones on the

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''The Shows Collection'' series of albums featuring music from musical theatre.

Christian speaker

Hendley ended her career as an actress to spend more time touring as a Christian speaker, including presenting gospel shows alongside Jones in which they testified to their finding faith.

Personal life

Hendley was born in Surrey. She and Jones both became Christians after being invited by

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to a large-scale evangelistic event led by

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in the early 1980s. They had until that point been living together but as a result, decided to move into separate houses until they married. The couple married on 15 December 1984 at

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hendley, Fiona British television actresses British musical theatre actresses Living people English Christians English musical theatre actresses 1959 births