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Johnston was born in Warrington, Cheshire. After working as a tax inspector, she attended the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London. From 1982 to 1990 she appeared as Sheila Grant in the soap opera Brookside. Since then she has appeared in many drama series and films, including Inspector Morse, Hetty Wainthropp Investigates, Brassed Off, and My Uncle Silas. Johnston currently stars in the television series Waking The Dead, in which she plays the role of psychological profiler Grace Foley, alongside Trevor Eve. Johnston is also well-known for her role as Barbara Royle in the comedy series The Royle Family, appearing alongside her former on-screen husband in Brookside, Ricky Tomlinson. Warrington is the largest town and borough in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. ... The Cheshire Plain - photo taken adjacent to Beeston Castle The Cheshire Plain - photo taken towards Merseyside The Cheshire Plain panorama - photo taken from Mid-Cheshire Ridge Cattle farming in the county Black-and-white timbered buildings on Nantwich High Street Cheshire (or, archaically, the County of Chester)[1] is a... The Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London was a drama school in the UK which offers comprehensive training for those intending to pursue a professional career. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Sheila Corkhill (previously Grant) was a fictional character in the defunct Channel 4 soap opera Brookside. ... For other uses, see Brookside (disambiguation). ... Detective Chief Inspector Morse is a fictional character, who features in a series of thirteen detective novels by British author Colin Dexter, though he is better known for the 33 episode TV series produced by Central Independent Television from 1987–2000, in which he was portrayed by John Thaw. ... Hetty Wainthropp Investigates is a semi-humourous English crime drama television series which ran from 1996 to 1998 on the BBC. A feature-length pilot episode had much earlier been screened in 1990, based on a 1986 novel. ... Brassed Off (1996) is a British film written and directed by Mark Herman. ... Waking The Dead is a British television crime drama series produced by the BBC. There have been a total of five series (the latest of which began airing in September 2005). ... Trevor Eve (b. ... The Royle Family is a popular BBC television situation comedy (sitcom) that ran for three series between 1998 and 2000. ... Ricky Tomlinson (born September 26, 1939) is an English actor. ...

In 2004, she appeared in the series, Who Do You Think You Are?, in which she traced back her family tree. Also, Sue starred in the 2006 situation comedy, Jam & Jerusalem on BBC One, along with Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French, and Joanna Lumley. Who Do You Think You Are? was a ten part television series shown on the UKs BBC2, in 2004, in which various celebrities go on a journey, in order to try and trace their family tree. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Jam & Jerusalem is a British sitcom starring Sue Johnston and co-starring Jennifer Saunders, who also writes it, and Dawn French. ... BBC One (or BBC1 as it was formerly styled) is the primary channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation. ... Jennifer Saunders Jennifer Jane Saunders (born July 6, 1958 in Sleaford, Lincolnshire) is an English comedian, actress, and comedy writer. ... Dawn French (born 11 October 1957) is a British comedian and actress best known as one half of the comic duo French & Saunders, the other half being Jennifer Saunders, and for the playing the title lead in The Vicar of Dibley. ... Joanna Lumley and David McCallum as Sapphire & Steel. ...

Johnston has campaigned on behalf of the Labour Party and has been a long term gay rights campaigner.^[1] The Labour Party has been, since its founding in the early 20th century, the principal political party of the left in the United Kingdom. ... The gay rights movement is a collection of loosely aligned civil rights groups, human rights groups, support groups and political activists seeking acceptance, tolerance and equality for non-heterosexual, (homosexual, bisexual), and transgender people - despite the fact that it is typically referred to as the gay rights movement, members also...

She is a fan of Liverpool Football Club.^[2] Liverpool Football Club is a football club based in Liverpool, in the north west of England. ...

Selected television and film roles

• Coronation Street (1960)
• Brookside (1982–1990)
• Luv (1993)
• Brassed Off (1996)
• Face (1997)
• Crime Traveller (1997)
• The Royle Family (1998)
• Waking the Dead (2000–2007)
• New Year's Day (2001)
• Jam & Jerusalem (2006)

Coronation Street is Britains longest-running television soap opera, and its consistently highest-rating programme, first broadcast on Friday December 9, 1960, in the Granada region of ITV. It was created by Tony Warren and is produced by Granada Television (now branded ITV Productions), holder of the ITV franchise... For other uses, see Brookside (disambiguation). ... Luv was an 18 episode British television sitcom made by the BBC in 1993. ... Brassed Off (1996) is a British film written and directed by Mark Herman. ... Face (1997). ... Crime Traveller is a 1997 science fiction detective television series produced by Carnival Films for the BBC based around the premise of using time travel for the purpose of solving crimes. ... The Royle Family is a popular BBC television situation comedy (sitcom) that ran for three series between 1998 and 2000. ... Waking The Dead is a British television crime drama series produced by the BBC. There have been a total of five series (the latest of which began airing in September 2005). ... New Years Day is a 2001 dramedy starring Andrew Lee Potts, Bobby Barry, Jacqueline Bisset, Anastasia Hille, and Marianne Jean-Baptiste. ... Jam & Jerusalem is a British sitcom starring Sue Johnston and co-starring Jennifer Saunders, who also writes it, and Dawn French. ...

References

1. ^ (August 1989) ""Never larger than life: Ruth Rolands meets the Brookside star and gay rights campaigner". 'Gay Times' (131). ISSN 0950-6101. Retrieved on 2006-12-28.  Quote:"The dangers of that Clause [28] really hit me and I felt angry. I've got to come in on this, I thought — so I did. That's when I 'came out' as an ally of gays."
2. ^ interview from BBC Website (retrieved 9 February 2007)

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External links

• Sue Johnston at the Internet Movie Database