Overview
- Claire Peacock left Weatherfield for France in January 2011, marking the end of Julia Haworth’s eight-year run after debuting in 2003.
- In 2010 producer Phil Collinson chose not to renew contracts for Haworth and co-star Steven Arnold, framing the Peacocks’ departure as a mutually agreed narrative decision.
- Since leaving the soap, Haworth has worked steadily on screen with credits including Doctors (2018–2019), The Bay (series 2), The Royals, Call the Midwife (2021) and A Kind of Spark.
- In 2018 she pursued a teaching qualification at Bolton College and taught performing arts, citing her ongoing industry work as keeping tuition current and practical.
- Coverage also recaps her family life, noting her 2006 marriage to accountant Jon Wormald and their two daughters born in 2008 and 2013.