What role did the actress, who starred in the British miniseries Goodbye Cruel World, play in the BBC drama "Waking the Dead"?
Sue Johnston Sue Johnston OBE (born Susan Wright; born 7 December 1943) is an English actress known for playing Sheila Grant in the Channel 4 soap opera "Brookside" (1982–1990), Barbara Royle in the BBC comedy "The Royle Family" (1998–2012), Grace Foley in the BBC drama "Waking the Dead" (2000–2011), Gloria Price in the ITV soap opera "Coronation Street" (2012–2014) and Miss Denker in the ITV drama "Downton Abbey" (2014–2015). She won the 2000 British Comedy Award for Best TV Comedy Actress and was nominated for the 2000 BAFTA TV Award for Best Comedy Performance for "The Royle Family".
Maev Alexander Maev Alexander, also Maeve Alexander (born Maev Alexandra Reid McConnell on 3 February 1948) is a Scottish television and stage actress. Aside from her numerous stage appearances including Cleopatra and in "The Mousetrap" at the St Martin's Theatre in London, she is perhaps best known for playing the assistant Christine Russell in the early 1970s Scottish TV series "Sutherland's Law", as Janet Campbell in the 18th century set "The New Road", and as WPC Sandra Williams in the British police drama "The Gentle Touch" (1981-2). She is married to Simon Dunmore, a notable theatre director and author on acting.