Sue Johnston
Known for ActingBorn 1943-12-07Warrington, 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.
Known for
Fackham Hall
2025 · as Great Aunt Bonaparte
Downton Abbey: A New Era
2022 · as Gladys Denker
Imagine Me & You
2006 · as Ella
Stuffed
2025 · as Lily
Lapland
2011 · as Eileen Lewis
Brassed Off
1996 · as Vera
Bitter Harvest
1992 · as Miriam Johnson
Big Winners
2025 · as Edith Thistle
Golden Years
2016 · as Nancy
There's Only One Paul McCartney
2002 · as Self
The Turn of the Screw
2009 · as Sarah Grose
Help
2021 · as Gloria
Bilby
as Nancy
Death on the Tyne
2018 · as Colleen
Score
2001 · as Maggie
Walk Like a Panther
2018 · as Gladys
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2016 · as Barbara Royle (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Royle Family: The New Sofa
2008 · as Barbara Royle