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Sue Johnston
Actor · Crew· Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
Susan Johnston, OBE (née Wright; born 7 December 1943) is an English actress known for playing Sheila Grant in the Channel 4 soap opera Brookside (1982–1990), Barbara Royle in the BBC comedy The Royle Family (1998–2000, 2006, 2008–2010, 2012), Grace Foley in the BBC drama Waking the Dead (2000–2011), Gloria Price in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street (2012–2014) and Miss Denker in the ITV drama Downton Abbey (2014–2015). She won the 2000 British Comedy Award for Best TV Comedy Actress and was nominated for the 2000 BAFTA TV Award for Best Comedy Performance for The Royle Family.
Known For
The roles that explain the career.
Filmography
25 credits across 2 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Welcome to Borovia | Matrashka | Film |
| 2026 | Ann Droid | Sue | TV |
| 2025 | Fackham Hall | Great Aunt Bonaparte | Film |
| 2025 | Dexter Procter | Granny Bet | TV |
| 2024 | Truelove | Marion | TV |
| 2023 | Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family | Barbara Royle (archive footage) | Film |
| 2019 | The Cure | Bella Bailey | Film |
| 2011 | Lapland | Eileen Lewis | Film |
| 2010 | A Passionate Woman | Betty (1980s) | TV |
| 2009 | The Turn of the Screw | Sarah Grose | Film |
| 2009 | Tourettes: I Swear I Can't Help It | Self - Narrator (voice) | Film |
| 2008 | Little Dorrit | Affery / Affery Flintwinch | TV |
| 2006 | Jam and Jerusalem | Sal Vine | TV |
| 2006 | Imagine Me & You | Ella | Film |
| 2005 | Liverpool FC: One Night in May | Self | Film |
| 2001 | Waking the Dead | Dr. Grace Foley | TV |
| 1999 | Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll | Irma | TV |
| 1999 | Finest Hour | Commentary | TV |
| 1998 | The Royle Family | Barbara Royle | TV |
| 1997 | Crime Traveller | Detective Chief Inspector Kate Grisham | TV |
| 1997 | Preaching to the Perverted | Esmeralda | Film |
| 1997 | Face | Alice | Film |
| 1996 | Brassed Off | Vera | Film |
| 1993 | Luv | TV | |
| 1990 | Medics | TV |
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