Early Life
Whalley was born in Salford, Lancashire but brought up in Stockport, Cheshire where she studied at the Braeside School of Speech and Drama, Marple.
Whalley first appeared as a child in How We Used To Live and bit parts in soap operas, especially Coronation Street and Emmerdale. Her early film roles include a non-speaking part as a groupie in Pink Floyd's The Wall; and as a young Beatles fan in Birth of the Beatles.
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