Sue studied English and Drama at Birmingham University where she met
Victoria Wood who she has appeared with many times over the years in
Happy Since I Met You (1981) Housewife, 49 (2005),
Dinnerladies (1998),
Pat and Margaret (1994) and
Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV (1985) (in different roles).
She was initially a teacher but has had a long career on television and the stage since the early 1980s in, among others, Juliet Bravo, Bergerac, Making Out, The Bill, Common as Muck, Heartbeat and Doctors.
Sue appeared in two roles in
Coronation Street (1960) with a twenty-five year gap between them: in August 1980 she played neglectful mother Mrs Fletcher and in March 2005 she returned as Jean Harris, the mourning mother of the recently murdered Tommy Harris.
What It Feels Like for a Girl(2025)as Pat
We Live in Time(2024)as Carlotta (Diner Waitress)
National Theatre Live: Allelujah!(2018)as Hazel
Tear Jerker(2016)as Margaret
DCI Banks(2010)as Sandra
Blue Money(1984)
An Audience with Victoria Wood(1988)as Self - Audience Member
Victoria Wood: The Secret List(2020)as Pam
Dinnerladies Diaries(2018)as Nicola Bodeux, First Café Assistant, Self
Our Friend Victoria(2017)as First Café Assistant, Nicola Bodeux, Pam, Self - Audience Member, Self