Charlie Hardwick

Claire Elizabeth Hardwick (born 3rd November 1960 in Wallsend, North Tyneside) is an English actress who portrayed Val Pollard in Emmerdale from February 2004 to August 2015, with a guest appearance in December 2017.
==Career==
She also starred in the 2000 comedy film Purely Belter, and won the best actress award at the Monte Carlo International Television Festival in 1998 for her role in the film The Scar, about a Durham pit community in crisis. She also starred as Sian in Byker Grove. Played the part of Mrs Castellino in the BBC Radio 4 production "The Little World of Don Camillo", and Our Mam in "My Uncle Freddie", both alongside fellow Emmerdale actor Shaun Prendergast (Greg Doland). In 2007, Hardwick was an occasional contributor on Grumpy Old Women. 
In 2019, Hardwick was cast as Sue Carp in the Channel 4 comedy-drama Ackley Bridge, a role she portrayed until the shows cancellation in 2022.
Category:Emmerdale actors