Julia Margaret Deakin (born 15 May 1952) is an English actress. She is known for her roles in the sitcoms So Haunt Me (1992–1994), Oh, Doctor Beeching! (1996–1997) and Spaced (1999–2001). Her film appearances include Hot Fuzz (2007) and High-Rise (2015).
Early life
Deakin was born in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire,
She attended Gainsborough High School for Girls (became part of Queen Elizabeth's High School in 1983), a girls' grammar school.
Filmography
Television roles
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! Year !! Title !! Role
!Notes
|-
|1979
|Follow the Star
|Angel / Villager
|TV film
|-
| rowspan="2" |1983
|Birth of a Nation
|Deputy Headmistress Grunsell
|TV film
|-
| The Kenny Everett Television Show
|House keeper
|Episode: #2.4
|-
| rowspan="2" |1986
|God's Chosen Car Park
|Nancy Dean
|TV film
|-
|Unnatural Causes
|Pamela
|Episode: "Evensong"
|-
| rowspan="2" |1987
|Worlds Beyond
|Ellie
|Episode: "The Eye of Yemanja"
|-
|Vanity Fair
|Madame de Saint Amour
|Episode: "Our Friend the Major"
|-
| rowspan="2" |1988
|Clarence
|Angela
|Episode: #1.1
|-
|Casualty
|Jill
|Episode: "Welcome to Casualty"
|-
| rowspan="2" |1989 || Coronation Street|| Secretary
|
|-
|4 Play
|Judy
|Episode: "Family"
|-
|1989–2004
|Coronation Street
|Brenda Fearns / DP's Secretary
|22 episodes
|-
|1991–2007
|The Bill
|Annie Thomas / Mrs. Brigazzi /
Manageress
|3 episodes
|-
| rowspan="4" |1992 || So Haunt Me|| Carole Dawlish ("Carole with an E")
|
|-
|Side by Side
|Stella Tulley
|
|-
|Haggard
|Agnes
|Episode: "Mad Jack"
|-
|Boon
|Frank
|Episode: "Deadline"
|-
|1992–1994
|So Haunt Me
|Carole Dawlish
|8 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2" |1994 || Mother's Ruin|| Brucella Pashley
|5 episodes
|-
|Wycliffe
|Stephanie Vinter
|Episode: "The Last Rites"
|-
|1996–1997 || Oh, Doctor Beeching! || May Skinner
|19 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2" |1997 || Spark || Ursula Craig
|3 episodes
|-
| I'm Alan Partridge || Jill
|Episode: "Alan Attraction"
|-
| rowspan="2" |1998
|Big Train
|
|Episode: #1.3
|-
|The Canterbury Tales
|The Prioress (voice)
|
|-
|1999
|Hope and Glory
|Jude Jakes
|Episode: #1.4
|-
|1999–2001 || Spaced || Marsha Klein
|14 episodes
|-
|2001–2021
|Holby City
|Carole Copeland / Molly Mackie /
Lynn Joseph / Annabelle Garston
|26 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2" |2000
|Heartburn Hotel
|Jules
|Episode: "Hero"
|-
|The Sleeper
|Valerie
|
|-
|2002
|Dalziel and Pascoe
|Chloe Miles
|Episode: "Mens Sana"
|-
| rowspan="2" |2004
|If...
|Justice Snowdon
|
|-
|Animated Tales of the World
|Wang Bao's Mother (voice)
|Episode: "The Magic Gourd"
|-
| rowspan="3" |2005 || Doc Martin || Gloria Rix
|Episode: "Old Dogs"
|-
|Midsomer Murders
|Valerie Smeeton
|Episode: "Midsomer Rhapsody"
|-
|The Brief
|Faith Gilespie
|Episode: "The Architect's Wife"
|-
|2006–2013 || Doctors || Janette Treadwell / Laura Maidment /
Sandra Millard / Lynne Spice / Margaret Wheeler
|5 episodes
|-
|2007
|The Peter Serafinowicz Show
|Various
|Episode: #1.2
|-
| rowspan="3" |2008
|Hancock & Joan
|Landlady
|TV film
|-
|The Wrong Door
|
|Episode: "The Smutty Aliens"
|-
|Clive Hole
|Clever Hooker
|TV short
|-
| rowspan="2" |2009
|Plus One
|Juney Pearce
|Episode: "I Do a Lot of Work for Charity"
|-
|No Heroics
|Lynda
|Episode: "Origin, Tonic"
|-
| rowspan="3" |2010
|Hounded
|Queen Gertrude
|Episode: "Queen Mu"
|-
|Whites
|Heather Critch
|Episode: #1.4
|-
|The First Men in the Moon
|Mrs. Fitt
|TV film
|-
| rowspan="3" |2011
|Coming of Age
|Aunty Olwen
|Episode: "Penguin"
|-
|Comedy Showcase
|Mrs. Kay
|Episode: "Coma Girl"
|-
|Little Crackers
|Sister Aquinas
|Episode: "Sally Lindsay's Little Cracker: My First Christmas Number One"
|-
|2011–2012 || House of Anubis || Daphne Andrews
|54 episodes
|-
| rowspan="3" |2012
|Scott & Bailey
|Scary Mary Jackson
|Episode: #2.6
|-
|Starlings
|Lizzie
|Episode: #1.5
|-
|Bad Sugar
|Dilys
|TV film
|-
| rowspan="3" |2013 || Big Bad World || Shirley
|6 episodes
|-
|Badults
|Carol
|Episode: "Girls"
|-
|Breathless
|Kathleen
|Episode: #1.3
|-
| rowspan="3" |2014 || The Midnight Beast || Sylvia
|3 episodes
|-
|Alt
|Liz
|TV film
|-
|The Life of Rock with Brian Pern
|WPC Karen Bovis
|Episode: "Jukebox Musical"
|-
|2015
|I Live with Models
|Susan Markovitz
|Episode: "Trip"
|-
| rowspan="3" |2016
|Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge
|Caller
|4 episodes
|-
|Boomers
|Sally
|Episode: "Naming Ceremony"
|-
|BBC Comedy Feeds
|Helen
|Episode: "Fail"
|-
| rowspan="3" |2017 || Back|| Ellen
|Episode: "Pilot"
|-
|Loaded
|Pauline
|Episode: "Watto's Mum"
|-
|Comedy Playhouse
|Thanet Janet
|Episode: "Static"
|-
|2018–2019 || Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators || Genevieve Shakespeare
|2 episodes
|-
|2019
|Dad's Army: The Lost Episodes
|Lady Chairman
|Episode: "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Walker"
|-
|2020 || The Windsors || Carole Middleton
|
|-
|2021
|Inside Beverly Hills: Land of Rich and Famous
|Narrator
|Voice role
|}
Film roles
{| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Title !! Role
!Notes
|-
|1986 || Mr. Love || Melanie
|
|-
|1990 || Dancin' Thru the Dark || Bernadette King
|
|-
|1994 || Staggered || Brenda
|
|-
|2000 || Liam || Auntie Aggie
|
|-
|2002 || Pure || Mrs. Rawlings
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |2004 || Shaun of the Dead || Yvonne's Mum
|
|-
|Between Two Women || Alice
|
|-
|The Tale of Tarquin Slant
|Mrs. Slant
|Short film
|-
|2006
|Scoop
|Sid's Co-Passengers
|
|-
|2007 || Hot Fuzz|| Mary Porter
|
|-
|2009 || Down Terrace|| Maggie
|
|-
|2012 || The Sweeney|| Older Woman
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |2013 || The World's End || B&B Landlady
|
|-
|Having You
|Mrs. Haughton
|
|-
|2015 || High-Rise || Jean
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |2018
|Lifeline
|The Supervisor
|Short film
|-
|The Snarling
|Yvonne Mayor - Reporter
|
|-
|Mausoleum
|Julia
|Short film
|-
| rowspan="2" |2020
|Rebecca
|Lady Crowan
|
|-
|Talk Radio
|Pauline
|Short film
|-
|2022
|Mind-set
|Charity Pat
|
|}
References
External links
- More about her character in Spaced