Julia Mallam (born 1 August 1982) is an English actress. She is best known for the roles of

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in the ITV

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'' and Tracy Trickster in the

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series '' Captain Mack''.

Career

Mallam made her professional acting debut in 2001 as Jane Greenwood in ''

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''. She appeared as Dawn Hope in ''Emmerdale'' between 2003 and 2006, when her character died of

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after being injured in a house explosion. She appeared in ''

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'' with

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in 2007. They reached the final, losing to

Hayley Tamaddon Hayley Soraya Tamaddon (born 24 January 1977) is a British actress. She is known for her roles in the ITV (TV network), ITV soap operas as Del Dingle in ''Emmerdale'' and Andrea Beckett in ''Coronation Street''. Tamaddon won the Dancing on Ice ...

and

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. later that year, she appeared in an episode of the

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''. In 2008, she played various characters in the children's television series '' Captain Mack''.

Filmography

References

External links

* 1982 births Living people English television actresses Actresses from Doncaster English soap opera actresses Schoolteachers from Yorkshire {{UK-tv-prog-stub