Angela Lonsdale

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Angela Lonsdale (born 1966 in Penrith, Cumbria [1]) is an English actress best known for playing police officer Emma Taylor on Coronation Street. She is a graduate of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. Emma Taylor was married and had a child with veteran character Curly Watts, who was played by Kevin Kennedy. Both actors left the programme in 2003. Recently she has had a regular part in the long-running television series The Bill.

Angela Smith's passion for acting was showcased in the Brewery Youth Theatre, Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal and her talent was nurtured by the then Arts Centre Director, Anne Pierson. Angie worked behind the box office of the Arts Centre for a number of years when she took part in a large number of amateur productions. These included plays by two local playwrights John Newman-Holden and Tim Bull.

Lonsdale is married to actor Perry Fenwick, who plays Billy Mitchell in EastEnders, and is currently appearing as DI Eva Moore in the daytime BBC series "Doctors".