Connie Hyde

{{short description|British actress (born 1969)}}

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| name = Connie Hyde

| birth_name = Constance Skov Hyde

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1969|11|15}}

| birth_place = Macclesfield, Cheshire, England

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| spouse = Finlo Corrin (m. 1997)

| nationality = British

| occupation = Actress

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| children = 2

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| television = The Bill (2002–2004)
Coronation Street (2017–2019)

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Connie Skov Hyde (born 15 November 1969) is an English actress.

Hyde was born to an English father and Danish mother. She grew up in Haslingden in Rossendale, Lancashire.

She is best known for playing PC Cathy Bradford in The Bill from 2002 to 2004,{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2003/jul/29/healthandwellbeing.health1|title='I felt like a freak'|last=Ward|first=Lucy|date=2003-07-29|work=The Guardian|access-date=2017-05-01|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}} DC Janet Miller in City Central,{{Cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/CONNIE+COPS+HER+MAN;+The+Bill+star+Connie+Hyde+reveals+how+she+found...-a099656368|title=CONNIE COPS HER MAN; The Bill star Connie Hyde reveals how she found her Mr Right. By Emma Britton. - Free Online Library|website=www.thefreelibrary.com|access-date=2017-05-01}} and Catherine Heywood in Wing and a Prayer. She has also been in Casualty, Doctors, Holby City, Dalziel and Pascoe, The Vicar of Dibley, Sharpe, Waterloo Road and the 1999 TV film The Dark Room from the novel by Minette Walters. She also appeared in a BBC Wales series, Lifeboat.{{Cite web|url=http://www.diomedia.com/stock-photo-connie-hyde-british-actress-stars-as-sydnie-hully-in-the-new-bbc-1-tv-series-the-lifeboat-compulsory-credit-uppaphotoshot-photo-urk-007549c-23a-08041994-image17549191.html|title=STOCK IMAGE - CONNIE HYDE British Actress Stars as Sydnie Hully in the new BBC 1 TV series "The Lifeboat" COMPULSORY CREDIT: UPPA/Photoshot Photo URK 007549/C-23a 08.04.1994 by www.DIOMEDIA.com|website=Diomedia|access-date=2017-05-01}}

On 15 March 2017, it was announced that she had joined the cast of Coronation Street as Sally Webster's (Sally Dynevor) sister Gina Seddon, taking over the role from Julie Foy.{{Cite news|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/coronation-street/news/a823533/coronation-street-cast-changes-sally-webster-sister-gina-returns/|title=Corrie brings back Sally's sister after 28 years|date=2017-03-15|work=Digital Spy|access-date=2017-05-01|language=en}} It was announced in March 2019 that Hyde would leave Coronation Street. She made her final appearance on 1 April 2019.

In 2020, Hyde shared her memories of The Bill, Coronation Street, her life and career in a special interview for The Bill Podcast.

Hyde is a long-term close friend of her former The Bill co-star Moya Brady, who played PC Cathy Bradford's nemesis Roberta Cryer.