It wasn't a politically correct one, but this was back in 1998. When Hayley decided to end her own life when diagnosed with incurable pancreatic cancer, Roy refused to support her, seeing it as selfish on her part to take herself away from him, cherishing every possible second he could spend with her. Hayley is called back to the Medical Centre the following week and the doctor tells Hayley that she has abnormal liver function and needs an ultrasound scan for further investigation. Les was so upset that he attempted suicide, and while driving him to hospital Dennis was killed in a car crash, devastating Janice. Hayley's hen night, planned by Becky, saw her blindfolded and led to the cafe, which had been transformed into a salsa bar, where Sean Tully had hired a friend to pose as a Latin lothario and salsa dance with Hayley. He was collected by his stepfather Alex Swinton and eventually returned to the children's home. Roy gets suspicious when Tracy goes on holiday for 3 weeks and realizing how easy it would be for Tracy to disappear with the cash and the baby, Roy insists she marry him (giving him parental responsibility of the baby) or the deal is off. Hayley was born as Harold Patterson in 1966. (Lancashire Evening Telegraph, 7th March 1998), After her initial two-month stint was deemed a success, Julie Hesmondhalgh was given a new contract and Hayley returned as a permanent character with Episode 4429 on 29th June 1998, beginning with a memorable set of episodes filmed on location in Amsterdam, where Hayley reunited with Roy having completed her transformation into a woman. But we wanted the character to live and breathe a bit so that people could get to know her without prejudice. 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. A small Registry Office ceremony was arranged with Roy signing his assets over to Hayley beforehand in case Tracy tried to get hold of the cafe in the divorce. (Woman's Own, 15th April 1999), Hayley's relationship with Roy was especially well-received by viewers, despite the actors' initial fears about putting two oddball characters together. She wrote to Roy letting him know where she was, and was shocked when, a short time later, he visited her out of the blue. The Croppers struck up an instant bond with Wayne, but although the quiet lad hadn't said why he ran away from home, as Alex left with Wayne, Roy saw him hit the boy through the cafe window. I know you do!" 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. On their return, the Croppers discovered that Sylvia had departed the Street to live with her sister. The actor has played the legendary character on the ITV soap for a number of years and has become a big part of culture but he has appeared to hint that he has made his last appearance on the programme. Driven by his determination to fulfill his promise to Hayley, Roy found (via Emily Bishop) a minister who agreed to perform a ceremony at St. Paul's Church. With the help of Mary Taylor and her wedding dossier, Hayley set about planning her dream wedding. After the baby is born, Tracy admits to Peter that Steve McDonald (Simon Gregson) is the father (they had a one-night stand shortly before she spent the night with Roy). For the duration of. ", On 11th January 2013, it was announced that Julie Hesmondhalgh would be leaving Coronation Street at the end of her contract in early 2014. In 1999, the writers decided that Hayley and Roy would marry. While Tracy felt no guilt over her treatment of the Croppers, Ken and Deirdre forced her to pay back the money and make the Croppers godparents to Patience, whose name was changed to Amy Barlow. Carla is determined to visit Hayley and she is glad that Carla came. After . In May 2010, Hayley and Roy argue when she suggests that they have a lavish wedding, now that the law has changed and their union can now be officially recognised. 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. Hayley gets fed up with people being sympathetic so she and Roy go on holiday before her operation to remove her tumour. Her passion for bowls was passed on by her father. Hayley was wary of Becky's attempts to befriend her but, sensing something in her, decided to cut her a break and gave her a job at the cafe. She is taken care of by paramedics and she and Roy tell one another they love each other before watching the factory blow up, after Tony sets fire to the building, killing himself but Carla manages to untie herself and escapes. Initially helpful, Mary had railroaded Hayley into accepting her suggestions but Hayley had been too polite to tell her to back off. Strange happenings begin occurring in the caf and Roy thinks Beth Tinker (Lisa George) and her family are responsible. [1] She was married to Roy Cropper (David Neilson). Hayley's manner of dress was indicative of a woman older than her years. When Becky heard Hayley admitting to Roy that she didn't know who to believe, she became angry and shoved her. 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. Hayley takes her frustration out on the Christmas tree, wrecking Hope's decoration. In 2007, Hayley discovered that she had a son, Christian Gatley, fathered before her sex change, and admitted to Roy that she'd lied about being a virgin when they met. The decision to hang up Hayley's red anorak was a tough one, but doing the play at the Royal Exchange last year made me realise that there's life in the old dog yet (!) When Jane passed away a short time later, Hayley struggled to cope and became tough on Roy for not supporting her. In 2006, he ignored Hayley in favour of his friend Clifford Ford, who loved trains almost as much as Roy did. Christian was weirded out by her revelation and punched Hayley when she ran after him, leaving her bleeding on the ground. Following the screening of the "wedding" in 1999, the Labour Government announced that a Parliamentary Working Group was being created to assess how the United Kingdom could grant trans people the legal rights for which they had fought for decades. What can I text my friend to make her smile? The Croppers couldn't have children, but they fostered Fiz Brown in 2001, and took in several waifs and strays, most notably Becky Granger. 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. Her character Hayley took her own life - with the help of beloved husband Roy - after a hellish battle with pancreatic cancer. Alma Baldwin was Hayley's first close friend following her sex change. Shortly after this storyline was transmitted, Hesmondhalgh took a year off to concentrate on family. He had a very analytical, literal mind, and abhorred lying. [10] After a brief period of resettlement, she resumed her more familiar temperament of being generally supportive and friendly to the other characters. She usually wore a shirt and cardigan with a skirt, short hair, and for all of her sixteen years in the Street, she wore the same red anorak. Hesmondhalgh also won "Best On-screen partnership" and "Best Storyline" both alongside David Neilson at the ceremony. Hayley enjoyed talking to Christian about Harold, but while she plucked up the courage to tell him the truth, her lies became more elaborate, much to Roy's disapproval, whose one piece of advice on the matter was that she couldn't build a meaningful relationship on a lie. Mary realised she wasn't wanted when she didn't receive an invite to the wedding, and in revenge she disconnected the rear carriage, stranding the bridal party. Jane shocked the couple by making jokes about her pancreatic cancer, but while Roy found her attitude inappropriate, Hayley was inspired and befriended the couple. In February 1999, Hayley became suspicious of Roy's movements when he put on his best clothes to go for a walk. 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. Hayley Cropper (also Hayley Patterson) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera Coronation Street, played by Julie Hesmondhalgh. Two months after her arrival, Sylvia's attentions turned to grandchildren. Coronation Street's handling of transgender issues, the uncertainty of whether her partner would accept her gender identity and the inability of transgender people to adopt children or marry, has been praised by transgender groups. After her operation, Hayley remained in Amsterdam and rented a houseboat, intending to stay for a while. [15] The official LGBT History Month website includes Hayley as one of the important famous LGBT people in their history, even though she is a fictional character.[16]. *Disclosure: Some of the links above are affiliate links, meaning, at no additional cost to you, Fandom will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase. The concept is simple: Turn on your shower, grab an orange, get in and start peeling and eating the fruit, enjoying all that citrusy . Hayley is shocked when Christian turns violent and starts pushing her for the money. However, Hayley's insecurity over how Roy saw her occasionally cropped up, in particular her fear that he didn't find her attractive, but it was never mentioned again after his near-suicide in 2003 when he thought he'd been unfaithful to Hayley with Tracy Barlow. Most just want Roy and Hayley to get together." The Croppers usually played a supportive role in her dramas, even those which were of her own making; in 2011, they convinced Dev and Sunita Alahan not to press charges against her for robbing the Corner Shop. He decides to call her but she left her phone behind. Hayley gets a message from Christian, wanting to meet in a caf in Bury. Making her character pregnant when Julie fell pregnant in real life wasn't possible for the Corrie script team for obvious reasons - Hayley Cropper was born a man. Stuart then confronted Roy and Hayley in the cafe and called them freaks. With the support of friends, Hayley gained in confidence and her bubbly personality emerged. They decide to go camping in a bid to mend their issues. 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. Hayley is heartbroken when Becky decides to leave Weatherfield in January 2012 but gets a call a few months later, telling her that she is engaged to her new boyfriend. She shares a very ordinary family life in Derbyshire with her husband, screenwriter and actor Ian Kershaw (they met on the soap, when he played a reporter on the Weatherfield Gazette) and their two daughters, aged 13 and 10. Maisie, however, tells her that she hopes she gets better soon and that she would love to come again. According to Roy, he had got drunk at Peter and Shelley Barlow's wedding reception and woke up the next morning in bed with Tracy. In her sixteen years as Hayley, Hesmondhalgh wore the same red anorak. Hayley is thrilled but Christian demands Hayley give him money in return as he is in a lot of debt. Though she asked only for his friendship, Roy took the news badly and asked her to leave him alone. Hayley Anne Cropper (ne Patterson) was the late wife of Roy Cropper. In 2013, Carla was one of the first people to find out about Hayley's cancer treatment. Worse still, her position at Firman's was one of authority, and Hayley was too afraid of her colleagues to discipline them. On 30 August 2010, the train carriage that Hayley and bridesmaids Fiz and Becky (Katherine Kelly) decouples from the steam train that is transporting the groom and wedding guests to the venue, due to Mary's meddling. 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. Spurred on by a nightmare in which she was still Harold and had never met Roy, she decided to try and make amends with Christian. When she met Roy in 1998, a kinship was developed as they were both lonely, introspective people. As a surprise for Roy, Hayley arranged for the wedding bus to stop at the train station and for Roy to drive a steam engine to the venue, with the bridal party in the rear carriage. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. Shared exclusively by Hypebae, the visual is . In 2003, Tracy Barlow fooled everyone into thinking she'd slept with Roy, and extorted money from Roy and Hayley in exchange for her baby before revealing that Steve McDonald was the real father of Roy's "daughter" Patience Cropper. In 1999, Alma was Matron of Honour at their wedding. Wayne later returned and stayed the night, feeling safe with the Croppers. After Roy, Carla provided the most support to Hayley in her final months, and in fact often acted as a counterbalance to Roy by encouraging Hayley to stay active and trying to boost her spirits, which was much appreciated by her ailing friend. "I know. Blackburn: "This is a very sensitive issue and we will be exploring the effects of her decision on husband Roy who has a huge emotional and moral dilemma over her choice to die this way." A baby girl was born on 9th February 2004, with Tracy stalling the Croppers for a few days before handing the baby over. Fiz tried her usual tricks to skive off school, only to be caught in the Corner Shop by Hayley when she was supposed to be ill. After setting the cooker on fire, Fiz was berated by Roy and retaliated by reporting him for hitting her. Their relationship was tested by various storylines including Tracy Barlow's (Kate Ford) deceit, Hayley's secret son and Hayley's absence from the street. Hayley was the first transgender character in a British soap opera and was the first permanent transgender character in the world of serialised drama. When she returns to Weatherfield, she starts work at Underworld. Roy regretted his harshness with Hayley and asked her to be his friend again, which she gratefully accepted, but despite liking her as a person, her sex change still made him uncomfortable and their relationship stalled. On hearing from her friend Tilly Eaves, with whom she had shared a tent in Mozambique, that their project leader Olaf was a womaniser, Hayley confessed to Roy that she had a crush on Olaf and he was part of the reason she wanted to return, but, coming to her senses, she opted to remain in Weatherfield and apologised to Roy for her heartless behaviour. Roy initially rejected her, but missed their friendship and three months later, followed her to Amsterdam where she was living on a houseboat, recuperating from her surgery. Hesmondhalgh has insisted that it was a "right to die" storyline not 'an assisted suicide' storyline. She is told she needs an operation and chemotherapy to get rid of the cancer. Hayley's volunteer work lasted longer than expected; she didn't return to the UK until November 2008. His offer came with a proposal of marriage, but Hayley had to decline, reminding him that they couldn't marry under UK law. She passed away with Roy at her side, but she left behind a husband who felt betrayed and abandoned, who was now without his soulmate. Killer Tony Gordon (Gray O'Brien) arrives, takes the gag off Carla's mouth and threatens them, revealing that Hayley is there as revenge against Roy, who convinced Tony to confess his crimes to the police, and says he will kill her and Carla. However, she did not want to sleep apart from Roy anyway, and as she moved into Roy's flat, they cemented their relationship, although Hayley lied to Roy by telling him that, like him, she was a virgin. And of course we had to plaster on tons of make-up." Hayley had respect for her father but he didn't understand her problems. Hesmondhalgh won numerous awards for her portrayal of Hayley, but announced her departure from the show on 11 January 2013. On hearing that Hayley didn't have anyone else in her life, Alma and Mike Baldwin held a dinner party with Hayley, Curly, Audrey Roberts and Roy Cropper as guests, but the intention to matchmake Hayley and Curly was obvious and embarrassed the pair. In an interview with Hesmondhalgh in August 2015, it was revealed that in tribute to Wallace, the writers gave Hayley's middle name as Anne, and gave her the same birthday, as well as a mutual love for rock music, especially Queen. When her family moved to Coronation Street in 2002, they were known as the Nelsons due to being in the witness protection programme. Much of the drama in Hayley's final months concerned Roy's refusal to accept her plans. She was a kind woman who always put others first, at times such that she could be seen as a pushover, as evidenced by doing her colleagues work for them to meet quotas. Roy became obsessed with catching the prankster, suspecting Beth Tinker, but the mystery was solved when Deirdre Barlow, walking her dog Eccles, found Roy sleepwalking on the Red Rec. Following this, in October 2007, Hayley leaves the Street to go on volunteer work in Mozambique for a year. 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. Hayley chooses not to disclose her transgender status, but she is forcibly outed when Alma's husband and factory boss Mike discovers a Tax Office error, showing her deadname. Roy is devastated when the consultant tells Roy and Hayley that her cancer is terminal. She works in the caf and then becomes supervisor at the factory in 2009. With her troubled past, Becky's aggressive and thieving behaviour was a hard habit to break, but she was spurred on by her loyalty to the Croppers. Hayley remained there longer than Roy, returning on 9th January 2013. Over time, Hayley came to better understand her feelings about her mind and body and she decided to become physically a woman. Enjoying making a difference to people's lives, Hayley decided to do voluntary work at the church, although restrictions were placed on her due to her being a transsexual and she was only allowed to work with ex-offenders. Hayley did so, but was very troubled by deciding to get involved, and told the police about the fake letter when Angela was arrested for her husband's murder. Calling out, Anna and Carla go to the bedroom and, to their shock, find a deceased Hayley on the bed, with Roy's arm around her. What do you think about that?' The Croppers were relieved when they were informed that Fiz had done similarly before, and there would be no action taken. Hayley and Sylvia go but is devastated when Roy tells everyone that she has pancreatic cancer. 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