Denise Welch: podcast appearances and interviews

Jacqueline Denise Welch is an English actress, television personality, writer, and broadcaster born on 22 May 1958. She is known for her roles in several television series including Natalie Barnes in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street from 1997 to 2000, Steph Haydock in Waterloo Road from 2006 to 2010 and again in 2026, and Trish Minniver in Hollyoaks from 2021 to 2022. Welch has also appeared as a regular panellist on the ITV chat show Loose Women, a role she has held intermittently since 2005, with a break between 2013 and 2018. Her acting career includes roles in television dramas such as Spender, Soldier Soldier, and Down to Earth. In addition to her television work, Welch participated in entertainment competitions, competing on the sixth series of Dancing on Ice in 2011, partnered with professional skater Matt Evers, and winning the ninth series of Celebrity Big Brother in 2012.