Sue Johnston

Sue Johnston

b. 1943 (age 83) Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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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 Royle Family
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★ 8.2
The Royle Family
1998
Waking the Dead
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★ 7.9
Waking the Dead
2000
Imagine Me & You
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★ 6.8
Imagine Me & You
2005
Downton Abbey
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★ 8.7
Downton Abbey
2010

Filmography

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Welcome to Borovia
2026 Actress
Riot Women
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★ 8.5
Riot Women
2025 Actress
Stuffed
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★ 4.4
Stuffed
2025 Actress
Play for Today
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★ 6.6
Play for Today
2025 Actress
Dexter Procter: The 10-Year-Old Doctor
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★ 7.2
Dexter Procter: The 10-Year-Old Doctor
2025 Actress
Truelove
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★ 7.3
Truelove
2024 Actress
Generation Z
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★ 4.8
Generation Z
2024 Actress
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★ 7.4
Ricky, Sue and a Trip or Two
2024 Self
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Bilby
2024 Actress
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The Big Snow of 47
2024 Self
Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy
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★ 8.8
Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy
2023 Self
Witness Number 3
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★ 6.3
Witness Number 3
2022 Actress
Help
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★ 7.6
Help
2021 Actress
Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story
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★ 7.4
Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story
2021 Self
Extraordinary Escapes
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★ 7.1
Extraordinary Escapes
2021 Self
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Incredible Reunions: Pets and their Owners
2021 Self
Unprecedented: Real Time Theatre from a State of Isolation
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★ 6.3
Unprecedented: Real Time Theatre from a State of Isolation
2020 Actress
The Cockfields
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★ 7.4
The Cockfields
2019 Actress
The Cure
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★ 7.3
The Cure
2019 Actress
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★ 6.0
Coronation Street at Christmas
2019 Self
Death on the Tyne
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★ 6.0
Death on the Tyne
2018 Actress
Hold the Sunset
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★ 5.9
Hold the Sunset
2018 Actress
Walk Like a Panther
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★ 5.0
Walk Like a Panther
2018 Actress
Age Before Beauty
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★ 5.8
Age Before Beauty
2018 Actress
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★ 6.9
£1 Houses: Britain's Cheapest Street
2018 Self
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The Foreign Doctors Are Coming
2018 Self
Diana and the Paparazzi
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★ 6.3
Diana and the Paparazzi
2017 Actress
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★ 6.1
Shannon Matthews: What Happened Next
2017 Self
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Shannon Matthews: The Mother's Story
2017 Self
Golden Years
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★ 6.2
Golden Years
2016 Actress
Rovers
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★ 6.5
Rovers
2016 Actress
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★ 7.8
The Extraordinary Collector
2016 Self
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Motherland
2016 Actress
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★ 8.3
500 Miles North
2014 Actress
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★ 8.4
Coronation Street: A Moving Story
2014 Self
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Secrets from the Asylum
2014 Self
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Liverpool's Gaint War
2014 Self
Botched Up Bodies
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★ 6.5
Botched Up Bodies
2013 Self
Gates
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★ 6.2
Gates
2012 Actress
Lapland
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★ 5.7
Lapland
2011 Actress
Sugartown
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★ 7.0
Sugartown
2011 Actress
Being Eileen
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★ 6.7
Being Eileen
2011 Actress
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Pete Postlethwaite: A Tribute
2011 Self
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Someone's Daughter, Someone's Son
2011 Self
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The Big Flutter: The Grand National on Film
2011 Self
A Passionate Woman
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★ 6.6
A Passionate Woman
2010 Actress
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
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★ 8.4
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
2010 Self
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★ 8.7
The Royle Family Portraits
2010 Self
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Sue Johnston's Shangri La
2010 Self
The Turn of the Screw
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★ 5.5
The Turn of the Screw
2009 Actress
Tourettes: I Swear I Can't Help It
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★ 7.6
Tourettes: I Swear I Can't Help It
2009 Self
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Watching the Dead
2009 Self
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★ 2.8
Richard & Judy's New Position
2008 Self
Clatterford
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★ 7.8
Clatterford
2006 Actress
Imagine Me & You
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★ 6.8
Imagine Me & You
2005 Actress
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Sport Matters
2005 Self
Higglytown Heroes
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★ 5.0
Higglytown Heroes
2004 Actress
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Match of the Day at 40
2004 Self
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The Virgin Mary
2002 Self
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Thalidomide: Life at 40
2002 Actress
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Happy Together
2002 Actress
My Uncle Silas
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★ 7.3
My Uncle Silas
2001 Actress
Score
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★ 7.0
Score
2001 Actress
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★ 6.8
Harold Shipman: Measuring Evil
2001 Self
Waking the Dead
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★ 7.9
Waking the Dead
2000 Actress
New Year's Day
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★ 6.3
New Year's Day
2000 Actress
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
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★ 8.4
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
1999 Actress
Finest Hour
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★ 8.5
Finest Hour
1999 Actress
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The Unseen Royals
1999 Actress
The Royle Family
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★ 8.2
The Royle Family
1998 Actress
Duck Patrol
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★ 6.9
Duck Patrol
1998 Actress
The Jump
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★ 6.2
The Jump
1998 Actress
The Things You Do for Love: Against the Odds
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★ 6.6
The Things You Do for Love: Against the Odds
1998 Actress
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★ 6.4
Verdict
1998 Actress
Preaching to the Perverted
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★ 5.8
Preaching to the Perverted
1997 Actress
Crime Traveller
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★ 7.2
Crime Traveller
1997 Actress
Brassed Off
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★ 7.2
Brassed Off
1996 Actress
Into the Fire
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★ 7.1
Into the Fire
1996 Actress
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Village
1996 Actress
Full Stretch
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★ 6.8
Full Stretch
1993 Actress
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★ 7.5
Luv
1993 Actress
Goodbye Cruel World
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★ 7.3
Goodbye Cruel World
1992 Actress
In Suspicious Circumstances
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★ 7.8
In Suspicious Circumstances
1991 Actress
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The Grove Family
1991 Actress
Medics
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★ 6.5
Medics
1990 Actress
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Ann Droid
Actress
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Fetch
Actress
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