Sue Johnston
1943-12-07 (1943)Warrington, Cheshire, England, UKActing
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
Downton Abbey
TV • 2010
Waking the Dead
TV • 2001
Parkinson
TV • 1998
A Touch of Frost
TV • 1992
Would I Lie to You?
TV • 2007
Strictly Come Dancing
TV • 2004
Hollyoaks
TV • 1995
Today
TV • 1952
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
TV • 2011
Performance
TV • 1991
Brookside
TV • 1982
Inspector Morse
TV • 1987
Loose Women
TV • 1999
The Paul O'Grady Show
TV • 2004
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
TV • 1996
Who Do You Think You Are?
TV • 2004
Timeshift
TV • 2002
Time
TV • 2021