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'''Esther Jane Hall''' (born 28 August 1970) is an English actress who has appeared in a number of television dramas. She is most notable for her performance in ''Black Mirror'' “Hated in the Nation”.

Hall's first high-profile role was as Romey Sullivan in the television drama ''[[Queer as Folk (UKBritish TV series)|Queer as Folk]]'' (1999–2000), in which she played one half of a lesbian couple who conceive a baby with the help of their gay best friend. In 2001 she appeared in the award-winning TV drama ''Men Only'' as Katie, the wife of Mac ([[Marc Warren]]). Roles in ''[[Always and Everyone]]'' (2000–01), ''Serious and Organised'' (2003) and an adaptation of [[D.H. Lawrence]]'s ''Sons and Lovers'' (2003) followed. Hall played Ellie Simm, the girlfriend of main character [[Tom Quinn (Spooks)|Tom Quinn]] in ''[[Spooks (TV series)|Spooks]]'' from 2002 to 2003. In 2004 Hall starred in the second episode of the seventh series of ''[[Midsomer Murders]]'' ("Bad Tidings") as Cassie Woods, a school friend of [[List_of_Midsomer_Murders_charactersList of Midsomer Murders characters#Cully_BarnabyCully Barnaby|Cully Barnaby]]. In 2005 Hall joined the main cast of ''[[Waking the Dead (TV series)|Waking the Dead]]'' as Felix Gibson, replacing [[Holly Aird]] in the cast as the resident team pathologist, but the character lasted only one series. Subsequent roles included [[BBC]] dramas ''[[Rome (TV series)|Rome]]'' (2005–2007) and ''[[True Dare Kiss]]'' (2007).<ref name="PFDCV" /><ref name="BBCTDK" /> She also spoke to [[Nelson Mandela]] about [[Iraq]].<ref name="PFDCV" />

Hall is also known for co-starring in the high-profile [[BT Group|BT]] advertisements opposite [[Kris Marshall]] from 2005 to 2011, in which she played a single mother with two children who started a relationship with Marshall's character and later moved in with and married him.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.btlife.bt.com/entertainment/meet-the-new-flat-6-flatmates/ |title=Meet the new Flat 6 flatmates |author=Tim Guest |date=16 January 2012 |publisher=BT |accessdate=28 January 2013 |archive-date=27 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527172531/http://www.btlife.bt.com/entertainment/meet-the-new-flat-6-flatmates |url-status=dead }}</ref> In the summer of 2014, Hall joinedappeared the cast ofin the BBC daytime soap ''[[Doctors (2000 TV series)|Doctors]]'' playingas the[[Toni partMacpherson]].<ref>{{cite ofnews Toni|last1=O'Sullivan Macpherson|first1=Kyle |title=EastEnders fans spot familiar face in doctors' surgery - and she's been in Corrie |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/eastenders-fans-spot-familiar-face-13992684 |access-date=26 May 2023 |work=[[Daily Mirror]] |publisher=([[Reach plc]]) |date=13 February 2019}}</ref>

In 2014 she appeared as Lady Macbeth in ''[[Macbeth]]'' at The Mercury Theatre, Colchester.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/reviews/macbeth-colchester_36066.html|title=Macbeth (Colchester) &#124; WhatsOnStage|website=www.whatsonstage.com|date=10 October 2014 }}</ref>

In 2016, she appeared in the ''[[Black Mirror]]'' episode "[[Hated in the Nation]]" and as DI Nina Ryman in “Flight: Parts 1 and 2” S19:E3&4 of ''[[Silent Witness]]''. In 2017 she played Cindy Watson (editor of ''The Weatherfield Gazette'') in ''[[Coronation Street]]'' (a role she later reprised in February 2020), and also appeared in rival soap ''[[EastEnders]]'' in 2019 playing the role of Dr Elinor Waters.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/tv/bbc-eastenders-fans-spot-familiar-15816072|title=EastEnders fans spot familiar face who has also been in Coronation Street|first=Rebecca|last=Koncienzcy|date=February 11, 2019|website=Liverpool Echo}}</ref> Her most recent roles have been as Cat Barling in BBC drama ''[[Casualty (series)|Casualty]],''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bffy0j|title = BBC One - Casualty, Series 32, Episode 44}}</ref> and a brief cameo appearance in an episode of ''[[Killing Eve]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2020/04/28/bbc-who-plays-valerie-in-killing-eve-tv-show-fans-will-recognise/|title=BBC: Who plays Valerie in Killing Eve? Queer as Folk fans will recognise Esther Hall in brief cameo!|first=Paul|last=Fogarty|date=April 28, 2020|website=HITC}}</ref>