English actor, presenter, broadcaster, television personality and novelist. She is known for her roles on the ITV soap operas Coronation Street (1993–1997, 2006), Crossroads (2001–2003), and Emmerdale (2004–2006). In 2006, she briefly reprised her role of Maureen Webster in Coronation Street. Other television roles include playing Joyce Temple-Savage in the ITV sitcom Benidorm (2012–present). Since 2003, she has also been a regular panellist on lunchtime chat show Loose Women. In 2015, she came 6th in the final of Celebrity Big Brother.
In 1975, she joined the Carry On team for the film Carry On Behind and was subsequently cast in several episodes of the Carry On Laughing television series.
In 2007, after over thirty years in show business, Hewson declared bankruptcy.
In March 2008, Hewson won BBC reality show Murder Most Famous winning the opportunity to write her own crime fiction novel, The Tannery, which was published on 5 March 2009 by Pan Macmillan as one of their ‘quick reads’, released annually as part of the World Book Day celebrations. In 2011, she released another book, Behind The Laughter. On 13 February 2014, Hewson published a cookbook, Nana’s Kitchen.
In May 1983, Hewson married Ken Boyd, whom she met in 1976, and had a daughter in 1984. The couple later separated after he admitted to having an affair. On 19 October 2011, Hewson announced on Loose Women that she and Boyd are now divorced.
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