Hayley Evenett

Hayley was born in Rochford, Essex. She grew up Leigh-on-sea, attending St. Michael's School and then Westcliff High School for Girls. She studied at the University of Kent and completed her 4 year masters (MDrama), specializing in classical, physical and contemporary performance. Hayley went on to be involved with small scale theatre productions in Kent, before moving back to her home town where she was cast in Shakespeare (Ophelia, Ariel) and Classical productions (Hilde Wangle in The Master Builder) at The Palace Theatre, Westcliff. She was scouted by a local professional theatre company and then went on to be cast as Ariel in a national tour of in 'The Tempest'. She moved to Birmingham for 6 months, before she went off to tour the UK and Ireland with Children's Theatre and Pantomime. After years on the road, Hayley decided to move to Norfolk in 2015 where she continued to work in theatre and moved into screen. In 2016 she was nominated by the public for the EDP's People's choice