Sue Johnston

Known for ActingBorn 1943-12-07 (age 82)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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One

The Things You Do for Love: Against the Odds

Gates

Sugartown

My Uncle Silas

The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa

Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy

Downton Abbey

Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule

The Golden Egg Cup

Full Stretch

Little Dorrit

Would I Lie to You?

Time

The Royle Family: The New Sofa

Inspector Morse

The Royle Family

The Cure

The Street

Imagine Me & You

Luv

Brookside: The Lost Weekend

A Touch of Frost

Goodbye Cruel World

Downton Abbey: A New Era

Help

The Royle Family: Joe's Crackers

Crime Traveller

Waking the Dead

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

The Responder

World Cup 1966: Alfie's Boys

The Royle Family: Barbara's Old Ring

Jam and Jerusalem

Tourettes: I Swear I Can't Help It

Cutting It

Timeshift

Score

Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll

Finest Hour

The Jump

Brassed Off

Rovers

Fackham Hall

Who Do You Think You Are?

Celebrity Gogglebox

Truelove

Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story