Lesley Dunlop is the wife of Chris Chittell.
Lesley Dunlop and Chris Chittell married in 2016.
However, Lesley Dunlop is an English actress. She is known for her roles as Norna in the Doctor Who serial “Frontios”, Anna Kirkwall in Where the Heart Is, and Zoë Angell in May to December. Her current role is Brenda Walker in the ITV Yorkshire-based soap opera Emmerdale.
She began as a child actress in the 1970s featuring in a BBC version of the classic A Little Princess and as Lydia Holly in the ITV adaptation of South Riding. She studied at the Arts Educational Schools.
Her transition to adult roles began by playing Lizzie Hexam in a BBC version of Charles Dickens’ Our Mutual Friend in 1976 and featuring in the very first series of the long-running hospital drama Angels.
Dunlop was cast alongside Diana Rigg and Elizabeth Taylor in the film version of Stephen Sondheim’s A Little Night Music (1977) and appeared in Roman Polanski’s Tess (1979). The following year she played Nora, the nurse who is at first terrified by The Elephant Man and then befriends John Hurt’s character in David Lynch’s 1980 Oscar-nominated film.
She also appeared in the horror anthology film The Monster Club (1981) as Luna, the human ghoul who befriends Stuart Whitman.
In 2000, Dunlop joined the cast of the ITV series Where the Heart Is playing Anna Kirkwall. Since 2008, she has played the role of Brenda Walker in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale. In 2013, after Brenda was diagnosed with a brain tumour, Dunlop shaved her head, especially for the part.