Sue Cleaver (born 2 September 1963 in Watford, Hertfordshire) is a
British actress. She is best known for playing Eileen Grimshaw on the
long-running ITV soap opera Coronation Street. She also played Glenda,
delivering baked goods in Victoria Wood's BBC comedy Dinnerladies,
which ran for two series from 1998 to 2000. She was covering for
Denise Robertson as the agony aunt on ITV daytime programme This
Morning until Robertson's death in 2016.She studied at the Manchester
Metropolitan School of Theatre and her first television appearance was
a small part in an episode of A Touch of Frost. She went on to star in
the acclaimed drama series Band of Gold before landing a role in the
film Girls' Night alongside Julie Walters and Brenda Blethyn.In the
late 1990s she had recurring roles as Standish in The Cops, and as
Glenda in the Victoria Wood penned sitcom Dinnerladies. She appeared
as PC Sylvia Holland in This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire
Ripper miniseries in 2000. She also had a small part in the Johnny
Depp and Cate Blanchett film The Man Who Cried. It was after filming
that role in 2000 that she was cast as Eileen Grimshaw on Coronation
Street. Cleaver won praise for her portrayal of Eileen, the mother of
a son, Todd, who struggles with his sexuality and announces he is
gay.Aside from her acting Cleaver became a trainee psychotherapist
after co-stars informed her she was good at listening. She is
currently[when?] in her third and final year of training.
British actress. She is best known for playing Eileen Grimshaw on the
long-running ITV soap opera Coronation Street. She also played Glenda,
delivering baked goods in Victoria Wood's BBC comedy Dinnerladies,
which ran for two series from 1998 to 2000. She was covering for
Denise Robertson as the agony aunt on ITV daytime programme This
Morning until Robertson's death in 2016.She studied at the Manchester
Metropolitan School of Theatre and her first television appearance was
a small part in an episode of A Touch of Frost. She went on to star in
the acclaimed drama series Band of Gold before landing a role in the
film Girls' Night alongside Julie Walters and Brenda Blethyn.In the
late 1990s she had recurring roles as Standish in The Cops, and as
Glenda in the Victoria Wood penned sitcom Dinnerladies. She appeared
as PC Sylvia Holland in This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire
Ripper miniseries in 2000. She also had a small part in the Johnny
Depp and Cate Blanchett film The Man Who Cried. It was after filming
that role in 2000 that she was cast as Eileen Grimshaw on Coronation
Street. Cleaver won praise for her portrayal of Eileen, the mother of
a son, Todd, who struggles with his sexuality and announces he is
gay.Aside from her acting Cleaver became a trainee psychotherapist
after co-stars informed her she was good at listening. She is
currently[when?] in her third and final year of training.
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