Personal Info
Birthday
December 7, 1943
Place of Birth
Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
Known For
Acting
Sue Johnston
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.
Acting Filmography (92)
4.9
Ann Droid
TV Series2026
5.0
Welcome to Borovia
Movie2026
6.0
Stuffed
Movie2025
6.7
Fackham Hall
Movie2025
0.0
Dexter Procter
TV Series2025
0.0
Big Winners
Movie2025
0.0
Play for Today
TV Series2025
5.5
Generation Z
TV Series2024
0.0
Ricky, Sue & a Trip or Two
TV Series2024
6.4
Truelove
TV Series2024
0.0
The Big Snow of '47
Movie2024
8.0
Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy
Movie2023
0.0
Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family
Movie2023
0.0
The Royle Family - Down the Back of the Sofa
Movie2023
7.2
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Movie2022
7.0
The Responder
TV Series2022
6.4
Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story
Movie2021
7.0
Help
Movie2021
0.0
Kensington Palace: Behind Closed Doors
TV Series2021
7.6
Time
TV Series2021
0.0
Taskmaster’s New Year Treat
TV Series2021
No Backdrop
7.5
The Cure
Movie2019
6.4
The Cockfields
TV Series2019
6.0
DNA Journey
TV Series2019
6.6
Celebrity Gogglebox
TV Series2019
5.8
Death on the Tyne
Movie2018
2.8
Age Before Beauty
TV Series2018
6.2
Walk Like a Panther
Movie2018
No Backdrop
0.0
Diana and the Paparazzi
Movie2017
No Backdrop
0.0
Shannon Matthews: The Mother's Story
Movie2017
8.0
Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule
TV Series2017
No Backdrop
0.0
Shannon Matthews: What Happened Next
Movie2017
5.7
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
Movie2016
6.8
Rovers
TV Series2016
No Backdrop
7.0
World Cup 1966: Alfie's Boys
Movie2016
6.3
Golden Years
Movie2016
No Backdrop
9.3
The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One
Movie2015
No Backdrop
0.0
Being Eileen
TV Series2013
No Backdrop
7.0
The Royle Family: Barbara's Old Ring
Movie2012
No Backdrop
8.5
Gates
TV Series2012
No Backdrop
0.0
Lapland
Movie2011
6.0
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
TV Series2011
8.5
Sugartown
TV Series2011
No Backdrop
7.2
The Royle Family: Joe's Crackers
Movie2010
No Backdrop
8.4
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
Movie2010
8.1
Downton Abbey
TV Series2010
5.9
A Passionate Woman
TV Series2010
4.7
The Turn of the Screw
Movie2009
No Backdrop
8.0
The Golden Egg Cup
Movie2009
No Backdrop
7.0
Tourettes: I Swear I Can't Help It
Movie2009
7.7
The Royle Family: The New Sofa
Movie2008
7.8
Little Dorrit
TV Series2008
7.8
Would I Lie to You?
TV Series2007
7.1
Jam and Jerusalem
TV Series2006
7.6
The Street
TV Series2006
7.6
Imagine Me & You
Movie2006
No Backdrop
0.0
Liverpool FC: One Night in May
Movie2005
7.0
Who Do You Think You Are?
TV Series2004
No Backdrop
5.1
The Paul O'Grady Show
TV Series2004
6.0
Strictly Come Dancing
TV Series2004
No Backdrop
0.0
The Virgin Mary
Movie2002
7.0
Timeshift
TV Series2002
No Backdrop
8.0
There's Only One Paul McCartney
Movie2002
7.0
Cutting It
TV Series2002
No Backdrop
5.3
New Year's Day
Movie2001
8.5
My Uncle Silas
TV Series2001
7.2
Waking the Dead
TV Series2001
7.0
Finest Hour
TV Series1999
3.4
Loose Women
TV Series1999
7.0
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
TV Series1999
7.6
The Royle Family
TV Series1998
9.0
The Things You Do for Love: Against the Odds
Movie1998
6.0
Duck Patrol
TV Series1998
No Backdrop
0.0
Parkinson
TV Series1998
No Backdrop
7.6
Brookside: The Lost Weekend
Movie1997
6.3
Face
Movie1997
6.1
Preaching to the Perverted
Movie1997
7.3
Crime Traveller
TV Series1997
7.0
Brassed Off
Movie1996
7.3
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
TV Series1996
5.2
Hollyoaks
TV Series1995
No Backdrop
3.3
Measure for Measure
Movie1994
7.5
A Touch of Frost
TV Series1992
No Backdrop
0.0
Bitter Harvest
Movie1992
7.5
Goodbye Cruel World
TV Series1992
No Backdrop
6.3
Performance
TV Series1991
No Backdrop
6.5
In Suspicious Circumstances
TV Series1991
6.0
Medics
TV Series1990
7.9
Inspector Morse
TV Series1987
No Backdrop
6.0
ScreenPlay
TV Series1986
6.2
Brookside
TV Series1982
5.6
Today
TV Series1952