Caroline Milmoe

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Caroline Milmoe
Born (1963-01-11) 11 January 1963 (age 61)
Manchester, England
OccupationActress
Years active1986–2005

Caroline Milmoe (born 11 January 1963) is an English stage, film and television actress best known for playing Julie in the first two series of Carla Lane's Liverpool-based BBC sit-com Bread and Lisa Duckworth in ITV's long-running soap opera Coronation Street .

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Career

Milmoe attended Manchester's Contact Youth Theatre in her teens, [1] before going on to make frequent stage and screen appearances in the mid-1980s and early '90s. She played reporter Maggie Troon in the second series of LWT's situation comedy Hot Metal . Written by David Renwick and Andrew Marshall, it satirised the 1980s tabloid press in Britain. Additionally, Milmoe appeared in The Magic Toyshop , The Bill and Agatha Christie's Poirot , On 18 December 2005, she appeared in Coronation Street: The Duckworth Family Album.

Filmography

Film

YearFilmRoleDirectorNotes
1987The Magic ToyshopMelanie David Wheatley
1988 The Fruit Machine Lillie Philip Saville
1988 Without a Clue Constance Thom Eberhardt

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1986–1987 Bread Julie Jefferson12 episodes
1986 The Practice Sandra King2.01 "Episode One"
2.03 "Episode Three"
2.06 "Episode Six"
1986 ScreenPlay Maureen1.03 "Brick Is Beautiful"
1987Valentine ParkCindy1.04 "Episode Four"
1.06 "Episode Six"
1988 Hot Metal Maggie Troon6 episodes
1989 The Bill Laura5.84 "Found Offending"
1990 Agatha Christie's Poirot Mary Durrant2.06 "Double Sin"
1991 Chernobyl: The Final Warning SonyaTelevision film
1991The BillBobby7.91 "The Taste"
1992–1993 Coronation Street Lisa Horton (later Duckworth) Regular, 75 episodes
1993ITV Comedy PlayhouseHazel1.04 "Stuck on You"
1995 Barbara Linda Benson1.0 "Job"
1998The BillNadia Collins14.105 "Dog Eat Dog"

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