Cherylee Houston (born 20 August 1974) is a British actress. She grew
up in Morecambe, Lancashire, in the United Kingdom. She is currently
playing Izzy Armstrong in Coronation Street, a role she has portrayed
since April 2010. She also plays Maz in the ongoing radio 4 series
Tinsel Girl.Houston's parents, Bill and Coral, ran their own
photography business. She has two older brothers Lee and Vincent. Her
love for entertainment began at the age of seven after she watched the
film Annie. As a teenager she began appearing in school plays and
later trained at the Arden School of Theatre in Manchester. It was
only after she graduated at 23 that she was diagnosed with the rare
connective tissue disorder, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Type III
hypermobility type. She has used a wheelchair ever since.In 2001 she
landed a part in the daytime TV soap Doctors, playing a girl with
multiple sclerosis. More TV work followed, including appearances in
The Bill, Holby City, Emmerdale and the cult comedy series Little
Britain, where she played the girlfriend of wheelchair-user Andy
Pipkin, played by Matt Lucas. In 2006 she was one of the main
characters in the BBC3 comedy I'm with Stupid playing Dorothy. In 2010
she landed the part of Izzy Armstrong in Coronation Street. From 2015
she has played Maz in the radio 4 drama series Tinsel Girl. There have
been three week-long series: TG and the Tropical Island, where she has
to fund raise to get to a friend's wedding in the Seychelles; TG and
the Reunion, where she falls out with a long-time friend after
discovering that she was asked to be-friend her at uni because she was
disabled; TG and the Support Worker where Maz comes to terms with
needing and hiring a support worker/ carer whilst keeping her
part-time job at a theatre box office. There has also been a one-off
45 minute drama featuring Maz at a chronic pain clinic, first
broadcast 30 August 2019. All of these were written by Lou Ramsden and
produced by Charlotte Riches. They are partially based on incidents in
Cherylee's life. Maz shares her diagnosis of EDS, dislocations and
chronic pain.
up in Morecambe, Lancashire, in the United Kingdom. She is currently
playing Izzy Armstrong in Coronation Street, a role she has portrayed
since April 2010. She also plays Maz in the ongoing radio 4 series
Tinsel Girl.Houston's parents, Bill and Coral, ran their own
photography business. She has two older brothers Lee and Vincent. Her
love for entertainment began at the age of seven after she watched the
film Annie. As a teenager she began appearing in school plays and
later trained at the Arden School of Theatre in Manchester. It was
only after she graduated at 23 that she was diagnosed with the rare
connective tissue disorder, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Type III
hypermobility type. She has used a wheelchair ever since.In 2001 she
landed a part in the daytime TV soap Doctors, playing a girl with
multiple sclerosis. More TV work followed, including appearances in
The Bill, Holby City, Emmerdale and the cult comedy series Little
Britain, where she played the girlfriend of wheelchair-user Andy
Pipkin, played by Matt Lucas. In 2006 she was one of the main
characters in the BBC3 comedy I'm with Stupid playing Dorothy. In 2010
she landed the part of Izzy Armstrong in Coronation Street. From 2015
she has played Maz in the radio 4 drama series Tinsel Girl. There have
been three week-long series: TG and the Tropical Island, where she has
to fund raise to get to a friend's wedding in the Seychelles; TG and
the Reunion, where she falls out with a long-time friend after
discovering that she was asked to be-friend her at uni because she was
disabled; TG and the Support Worker where Maz comes to terms with
needing and hiring a support worker/ carer whilst keeping her
part-time job at a theatre box office. There has also been a one-off
45 minute drama featuring Maz at a chronic pain clinic, first
broadcast 30 August 2019. All of these were written by Lou Ramsden and
produced by Charlotte Riches. They are partially based on incidents in
Cherylee's life. Maz shares her diagnosis of EDS, dislocations and
chronic pain.
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