Tired of appeasing Tracy, the Croppers became more aggressive in their dealings with her by telling Ken and Deirdre about her pregnancy, but Tracy hit back by getting an extra 10,000 out of them in exchange for her marrying Roy and then shaming them in public by telling the neighbours about their financial arrangement. Roy returns without Hayley, who is caring for Sylvia as she isn't well. With Alex threatening to call the police, the Croppers stole Martin's car and, taking with Wayne with them, sought refuge with Hayley's old friend Ruth Audsley in Warwickshire. Becky's stay with the Croppers reached an impasse when Becky went for a joyride in Hayley's car with her friend Slug, and she was subsequently sacked for starting a fire in the cafe which was actually caused by an electrical fault. The couple finally married on 30 August 2010 at a stately home in Cheshire, and almost everyone but the bride arrived by steam train. Hayley caught up with Roy at the airport and returned to Weatherfield with him. Coronation Street Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. They went on to possibly save their group mates' lives by evacuating the first aid tent when a rocket landed on it and started a fire at the local firework display. Her friend and colleague Alma Baldwin (Amanda Barrie) introduced her to Roy Cropper (David Neilson) and they became friends until Hayley told him that she was transgender and used to be called Harold. Roy later proposed to Hayley at a fancy-dress disco on St. Valentine's Day 1999. After her operation, Hayley remained in Amsterdam and rented a houseboat, intending to stay for a while. (The Daily Telegraph, 21st April 1998). Her skill on the sewing machine made her the go-to person when a dress needed making or mending for a wedding or christening, with Hayley going as far as to mend Claire Casey's wedding dress late at night on Christmas Eve. Later that week, Roy proposes to Hayley and she accepts. After rummaging through her things, she finds a prescription for some hormone tablets and assumes Hayley is menopausal until Tracy tells her that Hayley used to be a man. Hayley was played by actress Julie Hesmondhalgh. When Becky heard Hayley admitting to Roy that she didn't know who to believe, she became angry and shoved her. Hesmondhalgh: "Since the scene was broadcast when Hayley told Roy I have personally found that people have been very positive. In September 2007, Hayley was saddened to learn of her Aunt Monica's death. On 20 January 2014, she tells Roy she wants to die that day and whilst Roy is in The Kabin, Hayley irons his best shirt for her funeral. In December 2011, when Tracy Barlow had a miscarriage which she claimed was caused by Becky pushing her down the stairs, Becky defiantly refused to take the blame, claiming that Tracy had lost the babies before the stairs incident and slipped down her staircase of her own accord. She was married to Roy Cropper (David Neilson).Hayley Cropper. Following him along with Linda and Janice Battersby, she saw him meeting a woman, who turned out to be Beryl Freeman, his dancing tutor. In April, Hayley received her father's inheritance and went to Amsterdam for her final operation. Meeting with Christian on the pretence of showing him where Harold's ashes were scattered, Hayley finally told Christian that she was Harold. When Hayley Cropper swallows poison on Coronation Street on Monday night, taking her own life to escape inoperable pancreatic cancer, with her beloved husband, Roy, in pieces at her bedside, it will be the end of a character who, thanks to Hesmondhalgh's performance, has captivated and challenged British TV viewers for The Croppers' problems were forgotten temporarily when the couple discovered that someone had been in the cafe overnight and moved things around, on multiple occasions. Media outlets, noting the programme's usual reluctance to confront soap taboos, predicted "a storm of outrage, particularly from older viewers" (The Star, 16th February 1998). On 1 June 2010, Robbie Sloan (James Fleet) tricks Hayley to go to the factory, telling her that Carla Connor (Alison King) has had an accident, when in reality, Robbie has tied Carla to a chair and duct taped her mouth shut. In 2013, Carla was one of the first people to find out about Hayley's cancer treatment. His bad treatment of her intensified when Roy threw a pint over him in the Rovers Return in retaliation for calling Hayley a freak. Comforted by Roy, she softened and told him that loving him had made her life worthwhile. As the year came to a close, Hayley started her chemotherapy sessions and began planning her funeral. Before meeting Hayley, Roy Cropper led a life very similar to his future wife; he was an only child, whose father St. John Cropper had walked out on the family, and his mother Sylvia found him a disappointment due to his oddness. So I went away to this great bookshop in Manchester and said I need every book you've got on transgender. (Fifty Years of Coronation Street, Headline Publishing Group, 2010) At 27, Hesmondhalgh was four years younger than her character. Strange happenings begin occurring in the caf and Roy thinks Beth Tinker (Lisa George) and her family are responsible. Christian repeatedly makes inappropriate remarks unintentionally so Roy shouts at him, before taking Hayley home. The concept is simple: Turn on your shower, grab an orange, get in and start peeling and eating the fruit, enjoying all that citrusy . In September, having recently become closer to thirteen-year-old Sarah Platt and become godmother of her daughter Bethany, Hayley's thoughts turned to children and she suggested to Roy that they adopt. In December, Roy and Hayley go to a hospital appointment where she tells the nurse that her pain is getting worse and she is prescribed with stronger painkillers. Over time, Hayley came to better understand her feelings about her mind and body and she decided to become physically a woman. Hayley's only romantic relationship was with Roy Cropper. As a wedding present to Roy, Hayley officially changed her name by deed poll to Hayley Anne Cropper. Hayley gave Becky her job back at the cafe and from then on there was more trust in their relationship. Hayley continued to work throughout, insisting on giving herself a sense of normality and asking Roy not to mention the word cancer in her presence. She decides to tell Fiz about Christian, confusing Roy but he comes round to the idea of Hayley contacting Christian, so she leaves a message on his mobile. Rejected by Roy, Hayley confided her troubles in Alma, also revealing her sex change to her. Hayley is delighted to learn that Roy has booked a day off so they can go to Blackpool. On her return to the caf, she makes it clear that she blames Roy and this causes problems. However, when Hayley discovered that Roger's death had left Sylvia bereft and living in a care home, she persuaded Roy to take her in. As a child, she was lonely due to having no friends or siblings, and felt out of place among the other boys. [6] Actor Julie Hesmondhalgh first came to the attention of the casting director while dressed in drag in a production of 'Much Ado About Nothing'. This drew the attention of Tracy Barlow, who let the cat out of the bag that Hayley was a transsexual. Roy and his late wife Hayley fostered Wayne back in 2001 in a bid to get him away from his abusive stepfather, but he was eventually returned home leaving the couple devastated. For their on-screen partnership, Julie Hesmondhalgh and David Neilson received a British Soap Award in 1999 and 2004. In 1999, Alma was Matron of Honour at their wedding. Long-serving Coronation Street star Julie Hesmondhalgh is leaving the soap after 15 years as TV favourite Hayley Cropper. Their reunion was cemented when Hayley was taken hostage at the factory by a maniacal Tony Gordon, escaping after her fellow hostage Carla Connor appealed to Tony's better side and persuaded him to let Hayley go. In order to know that Christian's feelings were genuine, Hayley didn't tell him about the cancer, and he delighted her by expressing his regret over hitting her six years prior and informing her that she had two grandchildren, Sam and Maisie. Hayley made her own dress, while the train was made by the other girls and presented to her at her hen party at No.5, with Janice Battersby selling Les's records to pay for it. Before auditioning, the actress was given sketchy details about the character, with one glaring omission: All I knew at first was there's a part going in Coronation Street, she's called Hayley, she's going to work in the factory and she's fun. "Hayley Cropper was one of the most important characters in the world, as far as I'm concerned." Sometimes you have to go in with that attitude. While there, Christian returns to the street and winds Fiz up about Hayley so she tells him that Hayley has cancer in an angry outburst. With Carla's support, Hayley told Roy and Sylvia about the cancer. This was incorporated into scripts, with Curly Watts finding a vicar who would carry out a blessing ceremony which was then treated like a wedding, with Hayley changing her name by deed poll to Hayley Cropper. In 2007, she assaulted Christian Gatley due to his violent reaction to Hayley's revelation about being his father, causing Christian to flee the area and lose touch with Hayley. Hayley was born as Harold Patterson in 1966. Fiz takes Hayley and Roy to The Rovers and Hayley tells them that she gave Christian the money. Roy and Hayley take Fiz's daughter, Hope, and Tyrone Dobbs' (Alan Halsall) baby girl Ruby to the park, Christian arrives and asks Anna where Hayley is. In particular, she never felt right in her body, especially after puberty which she described as "like sores breaking out". She briefly left him and went to stay with Alma, before deciding to forgive him. But a particularly interesting one that's caught hold on social media is eating an orange in the shower. When she learned Hayley would be transgender, she was nervous, but "then it dawned on me that this was actually my 'dream job' and I desperately wanted it. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. The actor was born in Loughborough on March 13 1949. Hayley felt the strain of everyone watching her and contemplated leaving Weatherfield, but Roy pleaded with her to stay and together they braved the Rovers. Finding her manner odd, Carla investigated and persuaded Anna Windass to let her into the flat, where they found Roy with a lifeless Hayley, who had passed away moments before. Roy agrees but he is more concerned with inheritance law, upsetting Hayley, so she moves in with friend Anna Windass (Debbie Rush). Roy and Hayley Cropper were a much-loved couple on the Street (Picture: ITV) She may have been one of the most loved characters on the cobbles, but it turns out Coronation Street's Hayley. Hayley is delighted when asked by Carla to make her wedding dress. I keep my chin tucked in and my head down and my hands in front of me or under the table, because she would want to conceal her masculine hands. Although appreciative of her friends' support, Hayley got fed up with the barrage of sympathy and decided to take up Mary's offer of borrowing her motor home for a holiday with Roy. The baby's true paternity is revealed at Steve's wedding to Karen (Suranne Jones), when Tracy demands that baby Patience be returned to her and the Croppers, heartbroken, do so and Tracy repays the cash to Roy and Hayley. Mary Taylor (Patti Clare) intervenes in the wedding preparations and, after weeks of muscling in, Hayley and Roy tell her they do not want her to be a part of the wedding, despite Hayley wearing her vintage wedding dress. On the value of the couple: "I've said this before, but they are, despite how unusual they are as people, they are the most conservative couple on the Street really. ", The decision to kill Hayley off came from incoming producer Stuart Blackburn, who described it as the "easiest decision [he'd made]". A minority of people expressed their concern at having such "bizarreness" brought into their homes on a prime-time show. Following the death of her aunt Monica in September 2007, Hayley discovers that she has a son, Christian Gatley (Andrew Turner). On being a woman playing the role: "I know a lot of the transsexual community were upset that it was a woman playing the part of Hayley, and not a transsexual. I did think that people might be angry about it because a lot of people don't want to be watching Corrie and to be seeing this sort of thing, especially with a character that's likable like Hayley. As Hayley had yet to update her passport, they took their honeymoon in York. However, when interviewed the Hayes family and Alex denied any abuse was taking place, and the Croppers were suspended from fostering for good measure. It was an emotional time for an emotionally vulnerable woman, which was reflected in her somewhat needy and naive manner in her interactions with her co-workers such as Alma Baldwin. Roy and Hayley decided to start an affair and shared their first kiss at the boating lake on the Red Rec. Feeling Christian would have responded better if she had told him the truth in her own time, Hayley blamed Roy everything and went to stay with Becky, although once she'd calmed down she returned to Roy. Later that week, Roy and Hayley go to a hospital appointment following her scan and learn that the cancer is a lot more aggressive than anticipated, meaning Hayley only has weeks left to live. The issue hung in the air for a few weeks until, frustrated with Roy's stiffness and insensitivity, Hayley went to stay with the Windasses. Hayley and Roy return a couple of weeks later and learn that Sylvia has gone to live with her sister, Roy's aunt Jean. On getting home, Hayley is stunned to see Christian and tells him that she is too tired but will see him another time. While teaching a literacy class, Hayley came into contact with Becky Granger, with whom she had previously worked at Underworld. Hayley's volunteer work lasted longer than expected; she didn't return to the UK until November 2008. Brian Park: We had hoped for her to be a sympathetic character and we didn't want to make her big and blowsy and looking like Pete Burns." This culminated in Tony nearly drowning Roy in the canal before turning himself over to the police and confessing to his crimes. When Hayley was fourteen, her mother walked out on the family and she was raised by her father thereafter. When Hayley Cropper swallows poison on Coronation Street on Monday night, taking her own life to escape inoperable pancreatic cancer, with her beloved husband, Roy, in pieces at her bedside, it will be the end of a character who, thanks to Hesmondhalghs performance, has captivated and challenged British TV viewers for . Hayley returns in November 2008; it is clear that she is not entirely happy, appearing evasive and she tells Roy that she wants to return to her charity work, as she has fallen for Olaf, the project team leader. [7] Making her debut appearance on the show in January 1998, she played the first transgender character in a British soap opera. Hayley and Roy were something of an odd couple; they were not overtly romantic with each other, their bond being an emotional rather than physical one. Traumatised by the incident, Roy's sleepwalking episodes intensified, and on one occasion the cafe smoke alarm went off when Roy cooked in his sleep. 27-year-old Julie Hesmondhalgh was born in Accrington, Lancashire. Hayley Cropper (also Hayley Patterson) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera Coronation Street, played by Julie Hesmondhalgh. After the funeral, Roy tells Hayley that he thinks he can accept her suicide plot. "[7][8] The character of Hayley Cropper is around four years older than Hesmondhalgh. But a lot of people have said because it's been so true to Roy and Hayley, they've found it moving. This liaison continued for eighteen months. Hayley thought the day ruined but to her great surprise, Roy hastily re-organised the day's events, moving the ceremony to the cafe. The following day, Hayley collapses and Fiz calls an ambulance to take Hayley to hospital. In April, they fostered Fiz Brown, a headstrong and somewhat rebellious young woman. During Ben's adolescence and childhood, he was. However, Hayley refused to be defined by her illness and remained as active as usual. Hayley is thrilled but Christian demands Hayley give him money in return as he is in a lot of debt. Hayley was so glad to have a friend that she started following Alma around and bought her an expensive sweater. The Lancashire-born actress, 42, admitted she has had "the most wonderful . Becky grew very attached to Royston and Hayles. Hayley is inspired by Jane's strength and confidence, despite dying from pancreatic cancer, but Roy tells Hayley that he found her highly inappropriate and inconsiderate. They are arrested for kidnap and Hayley is held on remand for objecting to her bail conditions but is released when Wayne's mother makes a statement about her marriage. Hayley has a nightmare about being "Harold" again, making her regret the way things ended with her son, Christian. When she saw Mike kissing Linda Sykes, Hayley didn't tell Alma to avoid hurting her, but when Alma found out that Mike had a girlfriend, she came clean. The following year was relatively quiet for the Croppers. The manner of Hayley's send-off was entirely appropriate for a woman who always looked to the positive; a woman who had lit up people's lives with her boundless enthusiasm and kindness. Heather gives birth in hospital, she is surprised to be told she has had a boy. Given the level of fame Hayley has achieved, anonymity in everyday life has been a blessing for the actress. Hayley joined Firman's Freezers after years of looking after her father, and in the midst of a sex change. A short time later, Roy surprised Hayley by changing the habit of a lifetime and being spontaneous by booking a trip to Blackpool. As a boy, Roy had found his mother cold and unsympathetic, and as an adult she still instilled fear in him. With Hayley behind him, Roy bought a new unit in Victoria Street, No.16, and the flat above, and moved the cafe there. Most just want Roy and Hayley to get together." Carla is determined to visit Hayley and she is glad that Carla came. The doctor revealed to the couple that the chemotherapy was proving ineffective due to the cancer being more aggressive than expected, and Hayley's life expectancy was revised to mere weeks. In April 2011, Roy's mother Sylvia Goodwin turned up at the cafe demanding an explanation for Roy's no-show at her husband Roger's funeral, in the process meeting Hayley for the first time. Born as a male named Harold Patterson in 1966, Hayley started treatment to physically become female when she was in her twenties. She hires a private investigator to track him down and introduces herself as his aunt. 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