Angela Harris was one of Hayley's colleagues from the factory. In 2012, he failed to take an interest in Hayley's ballroom dancing due to being caught up in his chess games with Mary Taylor. However, Hayley was impressed with Roy, whose stories at the dinner table had bored everyone but her, and they went out for a drink afterwards. She left Weatherfield immediately, with Liam Connor agreeing to keep her job open at the factory. 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 was the first Street resident to find out their secret, learning the truth when Angela confided in her, after Hayley took her to casualty when Angela hurt her finger on the sewing machine. Hayley was the more open emotionally of the two, with Roy wearing a constant stone face. You can push the envelope later. She'd never do it. 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. She is told she needs an operation and chemotherapy to get rid of the cancer. They successfully applied and were taken on as foster parents. At work, Hayley had to live with Mike's constant ribbing. On her last day, Hayley prepared a lethal cocktail, instructing Roy not to touch it, and ironed Roy's best shirt for the funeral. 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. Worried about staff morale should the girls find out, Mike sacked Hayley, but without knowing the reason behind it, the girls demanded her reinstatement and threatened to strike. Angela claimed to be doing it so that the police would take the threat from the Morgan brothers - the cause of their relocation to Weatherfield seriously. What do you expect to happen for her to wake up 1 day and decide she wants to be a man? ", On 11th January 2013, it was announced that Julie Hesmondhalgh would be leaving Coronation Street at the end of her contract in early 2014. 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. In revenge, Les tipped off a reporter about the wedding between "two blokes". A week after the birth, Hayley was serving as a bridesmaid to Karen McDonald at her and Steve's second wedding. 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. Roy then assures Hayley that he is not angry, and she confides in Carla before going to the hospital, preparing for her operation. In the following weeks, Hayley had two operations, the first to unblock her bile duct and the next to remove the tumour. He says she could live up to about six months to a year. Roy is devastated when the consultant tells Roy and Hayley that her cancer is terminal. She subsequently writes him a cheque. I'm happy as I am. The result of this was the tabling, in 2004, of the Gender Recognition Act, granting trans people full legal status in their acquired sex. She was married to Roy Cropper and together they were devoted foster parents to many Street faves including Becky Granger, Fiz. Also in 2014, Hesmondhalgh was nominated for the "Best Actress" award at The British Soap Awards. This causes an argument and Hayley moves in with Fiz and Tyrone. "[11] Hayley's exit storyline saw her diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer. After the "wedding" was screened, the Labour Government announced that a Parliamentary Working Group was being created to assess how the UK could grant trans people the legal rights for which they had fought for decades. They seemed to be back on the road to normality when Tracy dropped a bombshell she was pregnant, and Roy was the father. Hesmondhalgh is best known for playing Hayley Cropper in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street. After the initial surprise, most were supportive of Hayley, but some, such as Les Battersby, picked on her, while at work Linda Sykes tried to make her use the gents toilets, resulting in Mike stepping and forcing Linda to back down (although his intentions were only to get everyone back to work, rather than anything noble). Proving their doubters wrong, they got married in 1999, and again in 2010, by which time changes in UK law meant that their union could be acknowledged legally as a result of the Gender Recognition Act 2004. When an unimpressed Curly told Hayley to stop being so wet, he reduced her to tears in front of another colleague, Alma Baldwin. This would make an amazing storyline, in which she has had enough of being a woman and wants to revert to being a man again Despite the fact she's shown no interest in being a man. 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. Having missed each other, they toured the sights of Amsterdam together, while surreptitiously trying to find out where they stood in each other's affections. Thankfully some good news came not long after - on August 30, 2010, Roy and Hayley finally walked up the aisle and became man and wife. Roy goes with Hayley but Christian sends her a text, saying that he cannot go through with it. The news quickly spread throughout Coronation Street, stunning the residents. A non-confrontational but resilient woman, Hayley made many friends through her kind and honest nature. The character is played actress, Julie Hesmondhalgh, who is assuredly not transsexual herself. Mike eventually caved in and re-hired Hayley. At the end of the year, Hayley bought Gail Platt's share of the cafe but went on working at the factory. You need a couple of people who just love each other and stay together through thick and thin.". Hayley gave Becky her job back at the cafe and from then on there was more trust in their relationship. Hayley was the first transgender character in a British soap opera On their return, Hayley found out that Jane had been taken to a hospice for round-the-clock care. 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. With nobody else in the mood for talking, Roy bored the rest of the table with his dry stories, but he had a captive audience in Hayley, and took her out for a drink afterwards. 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 She was appearing in Much Ado About Nothing at the Royal Exchange Theatre when she was spotted by a member of the casting team and subsequently asked to audition for Coronation Street. Hayley Anne Cropper (ne Patterson) was the late wife of Roy Cropper. However, having got wind of the relationship, Les Battersby told Stuart that Hayley used to be a man. New to the Street, Fiz found Roy and Hayley old-fashioned and caused trouble by reporting Roy for hitting her when they tried to crack down on her skiving off school. Faithful, loyal and kind, Hayley didn't mind putting herself out to help others in a jam. Given the level of fame Hayley has achieved, anonymity in everyday life has been a blessing for the actress. As Hayley had yet to update her passport, they took their honeymoon in York. Julie Hesmondhalgh was pleased to be working alongside David Neilson again, believing that he helped her performance: "It's in the costume and the wig and acting with David, who's so brilliant as Roy. Roy didn't believe it until he saw himself sleepwalking on the cafe CCTV footage (which he'd had installed to catch the prankster). Hayley and Roy Cropper were married officially on August 30 th 2010. Roy agrees but he is more concerned with inheritance law, upsetting Hayley, so she moves in with friend Anna Windass (Debbie Rush). Hayley had respect for her father but he didn't understand her problems. However, reaction to the character was mainly positive. In March 2000, Hayley attracted the attentions of Stuart Leigh, a builder working on the Medical Centre development. Hayley's prognosis was devastating for the Croppers and their close friends, with Roy constantly fussing over her and trying to keep her from tiring herself. This drew the attention of Tracy Barlow, who let the cat out of the bag that Hayley was a transsexual. Hayley later breaks down in Roy's arms, saying that she does not want to die and does not want to leave him. When Carla returns home, she breaks down after seeing Hayley in such a state. Stuart kept popping into the cafe to see Hayley and they developed an innocent flirtation, with the understanding that nothing would happen due to Hayley being married. On getting home, Hayley is stunned to see Christian and tells him that she is too tired but will see him another time. Well, I was gobsmacked, of course, but I thought it was a fantastic idea. Their first child is teenager Fiz Brown (Jennie McAlpine), who returns to care after falsely claiming that Roy hit her. Christian repeatedly makes inappropriate remarks unintentionally so Roy shouts at him, before taking Hayley home. Though she asked only for his friendship, Roy took the news badly and asked her to leave him alone. By law they were still unwed, but with Hayley changing her surname to "Cropper" by deed poll, they considered themselves a married couple. Christian brings Sam and Maisie to the caf and Maisie is intrigued by Roy's train collection, while Hayley and Christian talk upstairs. 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. 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. In October, Hayley and Roy joined a cancer support group, where they met a couple, Jane and Jeff Rayner. Maisie, however, tells her that she hopes she gets better soon and that she would love to come again. When her father had an accident, Hayley became her dad's home carer and what life she had outside the house was reduced to nothing. I think the whole thing has been incredibly positive." (Final line, to husband Roy). Becky had fled the area earlier that year, after framing Kelly Crabtree for robbing her friends at the factory. Hesmondhalgh won numerous awards for her portrayal of Hayley, but announced her departure from the show on 11 January 2013. As a boy, Roy had found his mother cold and unsympathetic, and as an adult she still instilled fear in him. Also, his presents to her was usually more suited to him, for example an authentic but rustic meal from the Civil War period (2002), a holiday in Burnham Thorpe for the two hundredth anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar (2005), and Scrabble in a foreign language (2003). Roy plays "The Lark Ascending" by Vaughan Williams, and sits on the bed with Hayley. In 2013, Hayley battled pancreatic cancer. Hayley returns later that year and supports Roy when they discover that his father died in May 2013. It has been said that the character of Hayley Cropper deserves partial credit for bringing the issues faced by trans people to public attention in a sympathetic manner, rather than the sensationalist coverage that had previously existed. 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. He persuaded her that they should work on their relationship, and as a result, she returned to Weatherfield where she became a machinist in Mike Baldwin's (Johnny Briggs) lingerie factory, Underworld. They saw through his scheme but even their regular attentive method of parenting were beyond what Chesney was used to at home. 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." Coronation Street's Hayley Cropper has changed soaps for ever Corrie stumbled ahead of its time introducing transgender character Hayley Cropper in 1997 as Roy's disastrous date, but when. Fiz Brown was the second of the Croppers' foster children in 2001. Alma took the news better, and urged Roy to make amends. In 2010, following a discussion of the ramifications of their not being legally married, Roy and Hayley decided to make it official. 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. Eventually, they found a female vicar who would help them, and they were united in a blessing ceremony held in Roy's Rolls on 23 April 1999. Why then should this fictional character have a place in any list of famous or influential trans people? Hayley was, for many viewers, the first transgender woman whose story they had seen unfold on TV. In some ways this was a disadvantage; her easygoing nature made her a poor stand-in factory manager after Paul Connor's death, with Carla having to take over to get things back on track. Hayley then went to visit her family, and when she returned she was stunned when Roy told her he'd had sex with Tracy. A few days later, Roy and Hayley attend Jane's funeral and meet her young sons, Zac and Henry. At the hospital, the consultant explains that Hayley has an infection and needs to stay overnight. The joke was that Roy Cropper (David Neilson) was going to go on a series . Hayley had a difficult time in prison, as the women in her block knew she was a transsexual and picked on her, but after a few weeks Sheila reported Alex to the police for beating her and Hayley was released, the charges against her and Roy dropped and Alex arrested. (50 Years), News that Coronation Street was set to introduce British soap's first transsexual character broke in the papers two weeks before Hayley's on-screen debut in Episode 4341 on 26th January 1998. On the reaction from the LGBT community: "There's no way either me or Granada see this as a funny subject. 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