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Sue Cleaver - Wikipedia

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Sue Cleaver
Born	(1963-09-02) 2 September 1963 (age 61) Barnet, Hertfordshire, England
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)
Spouses	James Quinn (m. 1993; div. 2003) Brian Owen
Children	1
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.^[1]^[2]^[3]

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

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
	Reckless: The Movie	Waitress	Television film
	The Cops	Duty Sgt. Standish	Series regular
1999	Casualty	Sue	Episode: "Mother's Day"
	Children's Ward	Mrs. Gartside	Episodes 11.4-8
	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
2010, 2015, 2023, 2024–present	Loose Women	Herself	Guest panellist (2010, 2015, 2023) Regular panellist (2024–)

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Result	Ref.
2006	The British Soap Awards	Best Actress	Nominated	^[17]
2006	12th National Television Awards	Most Popular Actress	Nominated	^[18]
2007	TV Now Awards	Favourite Female Soap Star	Won	^[19]
	TVQuick & TVChoice Awards	Best Soap Actress	Won	^[20]
	The British Soap Awards	Best Actress	Nominated	^[21]
	The British Soap Awards	Best On-Screen Partnership (shared with Ryan Thomas)	Nominated	^[21]
	13th National Television Awards	Most Popular Actress	Nominated	^[22]
2008	Digital Spy Soap Awards	Most Popular Actress	Nominated	^[23]