Susan Cookson
Susan Cookson | |
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 Cookson on the set of Casualty | |
| Born | 20 April 1965 Manchester, England |
| Occupation(s) | Television and radio actress |
| Spouse | Malcolm Scates (m. 1993–2016; his death) |
| Children | 2 |
Susan Cookson (born 20 April 1965) is an English television actress.
Career
She was a cast member of BBC One's BAFTA-winning medical drama Casualty, playing Dr Maggie Coldwell. This was Cookson's second role on the programme after appearing in series 13–14 as an occasional character, anaesthetist Julie Day. She returned for one episode at the end of March 2009 on the day that co-stars Janine Mellor and Ivana Bašić left the series and returned once again in March 2015 for one episode.
Susan also appeared in the BBC Birmingham drama Doctors as Kath Wylie for three episodes in 2009.
On BBC Radio 4, she played Jodie in Spread A Little Happiness, a comedy by John Godber and Jane Thornton, set in a Yorkshire sandwich bar. The series first aired on 1 July 2009 with a repeat opening on 10 February 2011.
She lives in Sheffield with her two children, Ruari and Dan.
In 2015 she was reunited with her Early Doors colleague Craig Cash in the Sky 1 comedy drama After Hours.
Since 2019, Cookson has portrayed the regular role of Wendy Posner In the ITV Soap Opera, Emmerdale
Selected roles
- Casualty - Julie Day (1998–2000); Maggie Coldwell (2005–2008, 2009, 2015)[1]
- Early Doors - Tanya (2003–2004)
- Emmerdale - D.C. Fallon (1997); DI Judy Dove (2003); Wendy Posner (2019–)
- Shipman - DC Marie Snitynski (2002)
- Fat Friends - Lynette Pickering (2000)
- Clocking Off - Janice Piper
- Queer as Folk - Marcie Finch
- Land Girls - Esther Reeves (2009)
- Moving On - Barbara (2009)
- Waterloo Road - Maria Lucas (2010)
- Last Tango in Halifax - Yvonne (2013)
- Miracle Babies (TV documentary) - narrator (2014)
- Coronation Street - Marion Logan (2015–2016)
Awards
Cookson won "Fave Female" of Series 21 of Casualty in the 2007 Holby TV awards.[2]
Her character Maggie Coldwell won "Favourites" in four categories for Series 22 (Female, All-Time Female, Character Most Want to Return, and Best Couple) at the 2008 Holby TV Awards.[3]
References
- ^ "Susan Cookson Plays Maggie Coldwell". holby.tv. Retrieved 2009-05-25.
- ^ "holby.tv awards 2007". holby.tv. Retrieved 2009-05-25.
- ^ "holby.tv awards 2008". holby.tv. Retrieved 2009-05-25.
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