Jill, who was born in Gateshead, lost her partner Matt Janes. He died unexpectedly at the age of 43 in 2017 after suffering a heart attack at the gym.

The actress talked about channeling her sentiments of grief into her part in an interview ahead of the new season.

Jill told Love Sunday magazine, "I haven't suffered the same loss, but the loss is loss, and I believe people can grieve just as deeply over the loss of a relationship as they can over the death of a person."

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Unfortunately, there are not many details to explore about Matt Janes's Wikipedia. 

On the other hand, Jill Halfpenny is an actress from the United Kingdom. Rebecca Hopkins in ITV's Coronation Street (1999–2000), Kate Mitchell in BBC One's EastEnders (2002–2005), Izzie Redpath in Waterloo Road (2006–2007), and Diane Manning in In The Club (2014–2016) are some of her prominent performances. In 2004, she won the second season of the television dancing competition Strictly Come Dancing.

She made her acting debut at the age of 14 in the BBC television children's drama series Byker Grove, which was filmed in Newcastle's Benwell neighborhood. Her other early credits include television roles in Dalziel and Pascoe, Barbara, and Coronation Street, as well as stage work with the famed Hull Truck Theatre Company.

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Jill Halfpenny has a Twitter account. To elaborate, her handle name is @halfpennyjill.

Until now, she has been able to amass over 40.7 thousand followers along with 2500 tweets.

Moreover, she is a verified user of Twitter and is quite common on social media.