“I love the idea of seeing a character - I mean, there's nothing like seeing a character and having the huge detail and roundness that a character in a book can give you. It's so much more full than a character in a script can give you, isn't it?”

English actress, stage and television

Helen Victoria Baxendale is an English stage and television actress. She is best known for playing Rachel Bradley in the British comedy drama Cold Feet and Emily Waltham in the American sitcom Friends. Her television work also includes Cardiac Arrest, An Unsuitable Job for a Woman, Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years, Cuckoo and Noughts + Crosses. Across these roles, she is associated with British comedy drama and television comedy, as well as later drama work.