Sue Johnston
Acting
Born 1943-12-07 · 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
Fackham Hall
2025 · Movie
Downton Abbey: A New Era
2022 · Movie
Imagine Me & You
2006 · Movie
The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One
2015 · Movie
Brassed Off
1996 · Movie
Help
2021 · Movie
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
2010 · Movie
The Things You Do for Love: Against the Odds
1998 · Movie
Walk Like a Panther
2018 · Movie
Face
1997 · Movie
The Golden Egg Cup
2009 · Movie
Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy
2023 · Movie
The Royle Family: Joe's Crackers
2010 · Movie
The Royle Family: The New Sofa
2008 · Movie
Golden Years
2016 · Movie
Brookside: The Lost Weekend
1997 · Movie
Preaching to the Perverted
1997 · Movie
The Cure
2019 · Movie
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2016 · Movie
Stuffed
2025 · Movie
The Royle Family: Barbara's Old Ring
2012 · Movie
Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story
2021 · Movie
World Cup 1966: Alfie's Boys
2016 · Movie
Death on the Tyne
2018 · Movie
Tourettes: I Swear I Can't Help It
2009 · Movie
The Turn of the Screw
2009 · Movie
New Year's Day
2001 · Movie
Measure for Measure
1994 · Movie
Lapland
2011 · Movie
Big Winners
2025 · Movie
The Royle Family - Down the Back of the Sofa
2023 · Movie
Bitter Harvest
1992 · Movie
The Big Snow of '47
2024 · Movie
Diana and the Paparazzi
2017 · Movie
Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family
2023 · Movie
Liverpool FC: One Night in May
2005 · Movie
Shannon Matthews: What Happened Next
2017 · Movie
Shannon Matthews: The Mother's Story
2017 · Movie
The Virgin Mary
2002 · Movie