Helen Longworth

Helen Longworth (born 11 December 1976 in Preston, Lancashire) is a British actress.

She has appeared in many radio plays including playing the character of Zofia in six series of On Mardle Fen, Susie Dean in The Good Companions and Marina in Pericles. Also in A Song For Edmond Shakespeare (2005) and The Pattern of Painful Adventures (2008), both fictional treatments of the life of William Shakespeare.

Her TV appearances include Hollyoaks, Heartbeat, Emmerdale, Coronation Street and Doctors.

Longworth has appeared as a lead vocalist with rock band Heroes of She.

She has played the recurring character of Hannah Riley in the radio show, The Archers, aired on BBC Radio 4 since mid 2018.

Radio

Date Title Role Director Station "Pilgrim" Binnie Beauregarde Marc Beeby BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play Boxing Clever Veronica Toby Swift BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play Claw Marks on the Curtain: Fur Eleanor Ned Chaillet BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour Drama French Sex at the Wilmslow Rex Helen Toby Swift BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play – David Copperfield Martha Jeremy Mortimer and Mary Peate BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour Drama – Captain Starlight's Apprentice Rose Lu Kemp BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour Drama Listen to the Words Dr Susan Jessica Dromgoole BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play Peter Lorre vs Peter Lorre Helen Hafner Toby Swift BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play The Pattern of Painful Adventures Susannah Shakespeare Jeremy Mortimer BBC Radio 3 Drama on 3 Déjà Vu Translator Lu Kemp and Christophe Rault BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play