“I originally wanted to be a ballet dancer and trained for years, but when I was around 18, I realized I wasn't going to be as good a ballet dancer as I'd hoped I'd be and decided to become an actress instead.”

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.