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Helen Baxendale (Helen Victoria Baxendale) was born on 7 June, 1970 in Pontefract, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, is an English actress. Discover Helen Baxendale's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 53 years old?

Popular As Helen Victoria Baxendale
Occupation Actress · film producer
Age 53 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 7 June 1970
Birthday 7 June
Birthplace Pontefract, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Nationality United Kingdom

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Helen Baxendale Height, Weight & Measurements

At 53 years old, Helen Baxendale height is 168 cm .

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Height 168 cm
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She is currently single. She is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about She's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, She has no children.

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Children 3; including Nell Williams

Helen Baxendale Net Worth

Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Helen Baxendale worth at the age of 53 years old? Helen Baxendale’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actress. She is from United Kingdom. We have estimated Helen Baxendale's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
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Source of Income Actress

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1970

Helen Victoria Baxendale (born 7 June 1970) is an English actress of stage and television, known for her roles as Rachel Bradley in the British comedy drama Cold Feet (1997–2003) and Emily Waltham in the American sitcom Friends (1998–1999).

Baxendale was born on 7 June 1970 in Pontefract, West Riding of Yorkshire.

Baxendale's parents were teachers at a comprehensive school.

Her sister is the screenwriter Katie Baxendale.

She grew up in Shenstone, Staffordshire, and attended King Edward VI School, Lichfield.

She wanted to be a ballet dancer and trained at the Elmhurst School for Dance, until dropping out aged 17 in favour of an acting career.

1992

She moved to the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, then worked at the Glasgow Citizens' Theatre from 1992 to 1995.

Via her work at Glasgow Citizens' Theatre, Baxendale was cast in hospital TV series Cardiac Arrest, though it was not her first television role.

1993

Baxendale's early stage credits include The Soldiers at Glasgow's Citizens Theatre, which earned her a 1993 Ian Charleson Award nomination.

She was nominated for an Ian Charleson Award (best classical actor under 30) for her 1993 performance in Soldiers at the Glasgow Citizens Theatre.

1994

Her other television credits include Cardiac Arrest (1994–1996), An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (1997–1999), Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years (2001), Cuckoo (2012–2019) and Noughts + Crosses (2020).

1995

Her performance as Dr Claire Maitland earned her a Scottish BAFTA nomination in 1995.

Her role as Rachel Bradley in the TV series Cold Feet garnered her a British Comedy Award nomination.

She starred in An Unsuitable Job for a Woman, playing Cordelia Gray.

The Independent stated: "her early roles were defined by icy cool, sleek bobs and ironic detachment."

Aged 27 Baxendale was cast in a recurring role in Friends as Ross Geller's girlfriend, wife and ultimately ex-wife Emily Waltham.

She appeared in fourteen episodes throughout Season 4 and early Season 5.

Speaking to The Independent in 2022, Baxendale said "I saw those people in Friends, for example, and thought: I don't think that life is really what I want. They were hounded. They weren't able to walk into a supermarket and buy something..."

On the attention she received for being in Friends, she said, "This thing… this programme that I happened to be in for a few episodes. The whole thing was bonkers."

Director James Burrows said Baxendale "...was nice but not particularly funny. Schwimmer had no one to bounce off. It was like clapping with one hand."

Other notable roles include Lorna Johnson in Truth or Dare alongside John Hannah, Caroline Meagher in The Investigator alongside Laura Fraser, and Julie Matthews in Curt Truninger's Dead by Monday.

1997

She was nominated for another Scottish BAFTA in 1997 for her role as Lorna Johnson.

2001

She played Pandora Braithwaite in Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years in 2001 and "Maggie" in the multiple award-winning Bolse Vita.

She appeared in Saving Nellie, a physics programme running on Teachers TV.

2003

Dead by Monday won the Angel Award for Best Film at the Monaco International Film Festival in 2003 and the Portland Festival of World Cinema award for best feature film in 2001.

2005

Baxendale starred as Christine in Patrick Marber's After Miss Julie, and in 2005 appeared as Romy, the title role in The Woman Before at the Royal Court alongside Nigel Lindsay, Saskia Reeves, Tom Riley and Georgia Taylor.

She played Ophelia in Hamlet (the Marovitz Hamlet) alongside Henry Ian Cusick.

2007

From 2007 to January 2008 she starred in Swimming with Sharks alongside Christian Slater at London's Vaudeville Theatre.

2008

In 2008, Baxendale guest starred in episode three of the award winning BBC radio comedy Cabin Pressure.

Baxendale has been with her boyfriend David L. Williams since her Glasgow days.

Together they have three children.

Her first pregnancy was written into An Unsuitable Job for a Woman and her second was written into the fourth series of Cold Feet.

2009

In 2009 Baxendale played Lara in Amongst Friends alongside Aden Gillett and Emma Cunniffe at Hampstead Theatre.

2010

In 2010, Baxendale appeared in the pilot episode of Dirk Gently as Susan Harmison.

2011

In January 2011, she co-starred with Trevor Eve in the three-part ITV drama Kidnap and Ransom, filmed on location in South Africa.

Later in 2011, she starred as DCI Marion Bettany in Val McDermid's radio crime drama Village SOS.

2012

In 2012 she reprised her role in the second episode.

She then appeared in the Inspector George Gently episode "The Lost Child" alongside Mark Gatiss.

From 2012 to 2019, she starred in Cuckoo as Lorna, the mother in-law of the titular Dale 'Cuckoo' Ashbrick.

2020

In 2020 she played housekeeper Meggie McGregor in Noughts + Crosses.