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
Brookside
1982 · TV
Waking the Dead
2001 · TV
Medics
1990 · TV
The Royle Family
1998 · TV
Jam and Jerusalem
2006 · TV
Little Dorrit
2008 · TV
My Uncle Silas
2001 · TV
Downton Abbey
2010 · TV
The Cockfields
2019 · TV
Crime Traveller
1997 · TV
Duck Patrol
1998 · TV
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
1999 · TV
Rovers
2016 · TV
Truelove
2024 · TV
Generation Z
2024 · TV
Gates
2012 · TV
Age Before Beauty
2018 · TV
Being Eileen
2013 · TV
Finest Hour
1999 · TV
Time
2021 · TV
Sugartown
2011 · TV
Goodbye Cruel World
1992 · TV
Celebrity Gogglebox
2019 · TV
Ricky, Sue & a Trip or Two
2024 · TV
A Passionate Woman
2010 · TV
Loose Women
1999 · TV
Inspector Morse
1987 · TV
A Touch of Frost
1992 · TV
Would I Lie to You?
2007 · TV
Kensington Palace: Behind Closed Doors
2021 · TV
Who Do You Think You Are?
2004 · TV
Performance
1991 · TV
The Street
2006 · TV
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
1996 · TV
Hollyoaks
1995 · TV
The Responder
2022 · TV
Cutting It
2002 · TV
Timeshift
2002 · TV
In Suspicious Circumstances
1991 · TV
DNA Journey
2019 · TV
Taskmaster’s New Year Treat
2021 · TV
Dexter Procter
2025 · TV
Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule
2017 · TV
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011 · TV
Strictly Come Dancing
2004 · TV
Today
1952 · TV
The Paul O'Grady Show
2004 · TV
Parkinson
1998 · TV