Susan Elizabeth Jenkins (born 31 July 1958) is an English actress. She
is most widely known for her roles as Gloria Todd in the ITV soap
opera Coronation Street (1985â€"1988) and as Jackie Corkhill in the
Channel 4 soap opera Brookside (1991â€"2001).Jenkins became an actress
at the age of eighteen having studied at drama college. She worked in
repertory theatres across the UK for the first 11 years of her career,
performing in many productions, playing everything from Alan Ayckbourn
to Shakespeare. Alan Bleasdale wrote the lead female role in Having a
Ball for Jenkins.She then started to work more on television including
How We Used To Live and the cult TV programme, The Beiderbecke Affair.
She first came to prominence in 1985 when she joined the cast of
top-rated British soap opera, Coronation Street, playing barmaid
Gloria Todd in 238 episodes. She left the show in 1988 after becoming
pregnant with her second child, Richard, who played Craig Harris in
the soap from 2002 until 2006. She returned to television in the
series Coasting with Peter Howitt and from 1991 until 2001 playing the
part of Jackie Corkhill in the Liverpool based, and often
controversial, Channel 4 soap opera Brookside. She also appeared on
Lily Savage's Blankety Blank in 2001.
is most widely known for her roles as Gloria Todd in the ITV soap
opera Coronation Street (1985â€"1988) and as Jackie Corkhill in the
Channel 4 soap opera Brookside (1991â€"2001).Jenkins became an actress
at the age of eighteen having studied at drama college. She worked in
repertory theatres across the UK for the first 11 years of her career,
performing in many productions, playing everything from Alan Ayckbourn
to Shakespeare. Alan Bleasdale wrote the lead female role in Having a
Ball for Jenkins.She then started to work more on television including
How We Used To Live and the cult TV programme, The Beiderbecke Affair.
She first came to prominence in 1985 when she joined the cast of
top-rated British soap opera, Coronation Street, playing barmaid
Gloria Todd in 238 episodes. She left the show in 1988 after becoming
pregnant with her second child, Richard, who played Craig Harris in
the soap from 2002 until 2006. She returned to television in the
series Coasting with Peter Howitt and from 1991 until 2001 playing the
part of Jackie Corkhill in the Liverpool based, and often
controversial, Channel 4 soap opera Brookside. She also appeared on
Lily Savage's Blankety Blank in 2001.
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