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Jill Halfpenny on ‘brutal’ premature death of her long-term partner at the age of just 43

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Jill Halfpenny recently portrayed a grief-stricken mum onscreen and, at the time, she admitted that she’d channeled her real life grief from the death of her partner into the role. Talking to Line of Duty actor Craig Parkinson on The Two Shot Podcast, Jill revealed her boyfriend had died in a horribly similar way to her beloved dad years before. Jill began her acting career at the age of 14, when she played Nicola Dobson in the BBC One children’s drama Byker Grove.

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