 In addition to her role in "Emmerdale", Hardwick starred in the 2000 comedy film "Purely Belter", "Billy Elliot" and won the best actress award at the Monte Carlo International Television Festival in 1998 for her role in Amber Films' "The Scar", about a County Durham pit community in crisis.She also starred as Sian in "Byker Grove", the youth leader.In 2003, Hardwick played Maggie Thomas in an episode of "The Royal".