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Sue Cleaver
Born
Susan Cleaver

(1963-09-02) 2 September 1963 (age 60)
Occupation Actress
Years active 1993–present
Known for Coronation Street (1994, 2000–present)
dinnerladies (1998–2000)
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (2022)
Spouse(s)
  • James Quinn
    (m. 1993; div. 2003)
  • Brian Owen
Children 1
Relatives Kate Harbour (half-sister)

Susan Owen (née Cleaver; born 2 September 1963) is an English actress. She is best known for portraying the role of Eileen Grimshaw on the ITV soap opera, Coronation Street, which she has played since 2000.

Early and personal life

Cleaver was born on 2 September 1963 in Barnet, Hertfordshire. Cleaver is adopted, however later reconnected with her birth mother when she was in her twenties, and discovered her two half-sisters, actresses Emma and Kate Harbour.

Cleaver was married to James Quinn between 1993 and 2003 and they have a son together.

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Career

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 1998, she played Duty Sgt. Standish in the first series of The Cops, and also played Glenda, a woman delivering baked goods in Victoria Wood's BBC comedy series, dinnerladies on a recurring basis between 1999 and 2000. 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 covered for Denise Robertson as the agony aunt on the ITV daytime programme This Morning until Robertson's death in 2016. Cleaver completed three years of training to become a psychotherapist after co-stars told her she was good at listening.

In 2022, Cleaver was a contestant on the twenty-second series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!, and came 9th.

In 2023, Cleaver made a guest panel appearance on the ITV show Loose Women.

Charity

Cleaver is patron of the charity When You Wish Upon a Star.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1994 A Touch of Frost Patten's Receptionist Episode: "Nothing to Hide"
1994 Coronation Street Sister Treece 1 episode
1995 Band of Gold Jan 2 episodes
1996 King Girl Sam Miller Television film
1998 Girls' Night Rita Film role
1998 Reckless: The Movie Waitress Television film
1998 The Cops Duty Sgt. Standish Series regular
1999 Casualty Sue Episode: "Mother's Day"
1999 Children's Ward Mrs. Gartside Episodes 11.4-8
1999 Peak Practice Julie Watkins Episode: "The First Stone"
1999–2000 dinnerladies Glenda Recurring; 4 episodes
2000 This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper Sylvia Holland 2 episodes
2000–present Coronation Street Eileen Grimshaw Series regular
2000 City Central Val Episode: "Nutcase"
2000 The Man Who Cried Red Cross Woman Film role
2022 I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! Herself Eliminated (9th place) on 21 November
2023 Loose Women Herself Guest Panellist

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Result Ref.
2006 The British Soap Awards Best Actress Nominated
2006 12th National Television Awards Most Popular Actress Nominated
2007 TV Now Awards Favourite Female Soap Star Won
2007 TVQuick & TVChoice Awards Best Soap Actress Won
2007 The British Soap Awards Best Actress Nominated
2007 The British Soap Awards Best On-Screen Partnership (shared with Ryan Thomas) Nominated
2007 13th National Television Awards Most Popular Actress Nominated
2008 Digital Spy Soap Awards Most Popular Actress Nominated

See also

  • List of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (British TV series) contestants
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