Sue Cleaver

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Sue Cleaver
Born (1963-09-02) 2 September 1963 (age 61)
Barnet, Hertfordshire, England
OccupationActress
Years active1993–present
Known for Coronation Street (1994, 2000–present)
dinnerladies (1998–2000)
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (2022)
Spouses
  • James Quinn
    ​
    ​
    (m. 1993;div. 2003)​
  • Brian Owen
Children1
Relatives Kate Harbour (half-sister)

Susan 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. In 2024 Cleaver became a panellist on Loose Women . [1] [2] [3]

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Early and personal life

Cleaver was born on 2 September 1963 in Barnet, Hertfordshire. [4] She 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. [5]

Cleaver was married to James Quinn between 1993 and 2003 and they have a son together, Elliot, born in 1998. [4] She later married Brian Owen, lighting technician, after meeting him on the set of Coronation Street.

In March 2010, Cleaver was arrested for drink-driving and as a result was banned from driving for seventeen months and ordered to pay a £1,000 fine. [6]

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. [7]

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. [8] [9] 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. [10]

Cleaver covered for Denise Robertson as the agony aunt on the ITV daytime programme This Morning until Robertson's death in 2016. Cleaver also completed three years of training to become a psychotherapist. [11] [12]

In 2022, Cleaver was a contestant on the twenty-second series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!. She placed 9th after sixteen days in the jungle. [13]

In 2023, Cleaver made a guest panel appearance on the ITV show Loose Women. [14] and then became a regular panelist.

In 2024, Cleaver wrote and published her first book, A Work In Progress [15] from Bloomsbury.

Charity

Cleaver is patron of the charities Prevent Breast Cancer and When You Wish Upon a Star. [16]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1994 A Touch of Frost Patten's ReceptionistEpisode: "Nothing to Hide"
Coronation Street Sister Treece1 episode
1995 Band of Gold Jan2 episodes
1996King GirlSam MillerTelevision film
1998 Girls' Night RitaFilm role
Reckless: The Movie WaitressTelevision film
The Cops Duty Sgt. StandishSeries regular
1999 Casualty SueEpisode: "Mother's Day"
Children's Ward Mrs. GartsideEpisodes 11.4-8
Peak Practice Julie WatkinsEpisode: "The First Stone"
1999–2000 dinnerladies GlendaRecurring; 4 episodes
2000 This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper Sylvia Holland2 episodes
2000–present Coronation Street Eileen Grimshaw Series regular
2000 City Central ValEpisode: "Nutcase"
The Man Who Cried Red Cross WomanFilm role
2022 I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! HerselfEliminated (9th place) on 21 November
2010, 2015, 2023, 2024–present Loose Women Guest panellist (2010, 2015, 2023)
Regular panellist (2024–)

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryResultRef.
2006 The British Soap Awards Best Actress Nominated [17]
12th National Television Awards Most Popular ActressNominated [18]
2007 TV Now Awards Favourite Female Soap StarWon [19]
TVQuick & TVChoice Awards Best Soap ActressWon [20]
The British Soap AwardsBest ActressNominated [21]
Best On-Screen Partnership (shared with Ryan Thomas)Nominated [21]
13th National Television Awards Most Popular ActressNominated [22]
2008 Digital Spy Soap Awards Nominated [23]

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References

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  2. ↑ Fitzpatrick, Katie (27 July 2019). "How Corrie legend Sue Cleaver has changed in 19 years on the soap". men. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
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