- Born
- Birth namePatricia Penrose
- Height5′ 4″ (1.63 m)
- Tricia Penrose was born on April 9, 1970 in Kirkby, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Heartbeat (1992), Heartbeat Chronicles (1999) and The Royal (2003). She has been married to Chris Hargreaves since May 2, 2026. She was previously married to Mark Simpkin.
- SpousesChris Hargreaves(May 2, 2026 - present)Mark Simpkin(April 12, 2003 - 2021) (divorced, 2 children)
- She has an older brother called Paul and a long-lost sister Julie, whom she only met for the first time in 2001.
- She gave birth to a son named Jake Simpkin on the 10th September 2003 with husband Mark Simpkin. She gave birth to her second son, Freddy Jay Simpkin, on August 8, 2008. He weighed 8 lbs.
- She became famous in her twenties as the sexy Liverpudlian barmaid Gina Ward in Heartbeat (1992). As well as an actress, she is also a singer and while she was in the series she released two minor chart hits (neither reached the UK Top 40). She was able to showcase her musical talent in A Talent for Deception (1993), where she performed Lulu's hit "Shout".
- In July 2026 she and two local businessmen bought the Goathland Hotel pub in Goathland which had been used as the exterior of the Aidensfield Arms pub in Heartbeat (1992), in which her character Gina Ward had worked as a barmaid.
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