Helen Kay

Helen Kay appeared on Coronation Street as Weatherfield Gazette reporter Jo Simpson, who in April 2001 was investigating a mix-up in women's smear testing.

She trained at the Guildford School of Acting and on-screen credits include roles in Cold Feet, Real Men, Emmerdale, Heartbeat, Doctors, The Royal Today, Lunch Monkeys, Shameless, The Syndicate and Prey. On stage she has appeared in productions of Too Much Punch for Judy, Murder on the Nile, Revenge, The Far Corner, Hedda Gabler, Macbeth, Absurd Person Singular, Quixotry, Parlour Song, The Rain King, David Copperfield and Brassed Off.