Sue Johnston
Acting
Born December 7, 1943 · Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
Biography
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 · 40 titles
Brookside
Loose Women
Downton Abbey
Strictly Come Dancing
Hollyoaks
The Paul O'Grady Show
A Touch of Frost
Today
Waking the Dead
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
Would I Lie to You?
Who Do You Think You Are?
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Parkinson
Inspector Morse
ScreenPlay
Celebrity Gogglebox
Timeshift
Performance
Ann Droid
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
Time
Cutting It
Jam and Jerusalem
My Uncle Silas
The Responder
In Suspicious Circumstances
Little Dorrit
The Street
The Royle Family
DNA Journey
Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Truelove
Medics
The Cockfields
Fackham Hall
Imagine Me & You
Generation Z
Duck Patrol