Sarah Jane Hazlegrove (born 17 July 1968) is an English actress, known for portraying the role of
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
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'', ''
Doctors'', ''
Families'', ''
Lovejoy'', ''
Coronation Street
''Coronation Street'' is an English soap opera created by ITV Granada, Granada Television and shown on ITV (TV network), ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres around a cobbled, terraced street in Weatherfield, a fictional town based ...
'', and ''
Holby City''.
A
lesbian whose character in ''Casualty'' is also gay, Hazlegrove was listed as one of the 100 most influential
LGBT
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people of the year in 2012's World Pride Power List. 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
''Coronation Street'' is an English soap opera created by ITV Granada, Granada Television and shown on ITV (TV network), ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres around a cobbled, terraced street in Weatherfield, a fictional town based ...
'' 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''.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
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1968 births
Living people
English lesbian actresses
English television actresses
English soap opera actresses
Actresses from Manchester
English LGBT actors
20th-century LGBT people
21st-century LGBT people