Sue Johnston

Explore Sue Johnston's movie filmography on ReelBot, including film credits, roles, release dates, ratings, and movie details.

Acting

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.

Filmography

• The Broken Arrow (2026)
• Welcome to Borovia (2026)
• Stuffed (2025)
• Fackham Hall (2025)
• Big Winners (2025)
• The Big Snow of '47 (2024)
• Caroline Aherne: Queen of Comedy (2023)
• Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family (2023)
• The Royle Family - Down the Back of the Sofa (2023)
• Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022)
• Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story (2021)
• Help (2021)
• David Jason: Britain's Favourite TV Star (2020)
• The Cure (2019)
• Death on the Tyne (2018)
• Walk Like a Panther (2018)
• Diana and the Paparazzi (2017)
• Shannon Matthews: The Mother's Story (2017)
• Shannon Matthews: What Happened Next (2017)
• British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves (2016)
• World Cup 1966: Alfie's Boys (2016)
• Golden Years (2016)
• The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One (2015)
• Caring for the Recently Deceased (2014)
• The Royle Family: Barbara's Old Ring (2012)
• Lapland (2011)
• The Royle Family: Joe's Crackers (2010)
• The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa (2010)
• The Turn of the Screw (2009)
• The Golden Egg Cup (2009)
• Tourettes: I Swear I Can't Help It (2009)
• The Royle Family: The New Sofa (2008)
• Imagine Me & You (2006)
• Liverpool FC: One Night in May (2005)
• The Virgin Mary (2002)
• There's Only One Paul McCartney (2002)
• New Year's Day (2001)
• Score (2001)
• Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll (1999)
• Brookside: Friday the 13th (1998)
• The Things You Do for Love: Against the Odds (1998)
• Brookside: The Lost Weekend (1997)
• Face (1997)
• Preaching to the Perverted (1997)
• Brassed Off (1996)
• Measure for Measure (1994)
• Bitter Harvest (1992)
• Bilby