Angela Griffin

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Angela Griffin
Born
Angela Mellissa Griffin

(1976-07-19) 19 July 1976 (age 45)
Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
Years active1992–present
Known forCoronation Street
Holby City
Cutting It
Down to Earth
Waterloo Road
Angela and Friends
Emergency with Angela Griffin
Mount Pleasant
Dun Breedin
Spouse(s)
Jason Milligan
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(m. 2006)​
Children2

Angela Mellissa Griffin (born 19 July 1976)[1] is a British actress and television presenter who has been active on British television since the early 1990s.

Early life[]

Griffin attended Intake High School in Leeds.[2] She grew up on Cottingley Estate, near Beeston. She was born to an English mother and Caribbean father from St Kitts and Nevis.

Career[]

Griffin appeared in the popular long-running ITV soap opera Emmerdale in 1993, playing a minor character called Tina. Between 1992 and 1998, she appeared in Coronation Street as hairdresser Fiona Middleton. She made a guest appearance in 2019.[3] Subsequently, she joined the original cast of the BBC medical drama series Holby City as staff nurse Jasmine Hopkins, but left at the end of the third series in 2001 as the next series would be longer. Griffin has also appeared in the BBC dramas Cutting It and Down to Earth.[4][5]

In October 2001, Griffin presented Brown Britain a programme on the UK's Channel 4 about mixed race people in British society. The show included interviews with a large number of well-known British mixed-race people such as Bruce Oldfield and Hanif Kureishi, as well as political figures such as Tony Benn.[6]

From 2006 to 2010, she appeared as art teacher and head of pastoral care, Kim Campbell opposite former Cutting It co-star Jason Merrells and former Coronation Street co-star Denise Welch in the BBC One school-based drama series, Waterloo Road. She took a break during the third series in late 2007/early 2008, but returned to the role for the fourth series in 2009. However, she left once again at the end of the fifth series to concentrate on her new daytime show on Sky1.[7]

From November 2009 to July 2010, Griffin hosted her own live daytime show on Sky1 called Angela and Friends, a mix of health topics and celebrity gossip. She was joined by her best friends Lisa Faulkner and Nicola Stephenson.[8] In 1999, she presented The Midweek National Lottery and also took part in the BBC's millennium programme on New Year's Eve. She filmed a pilot for the show Dishes on Channel 4, but decided against presenting it once it had been commissioned and was replaced by Kate Thornton.

Griffin also provides the voice of Amy, the vet in children's television show Postman Pat. On 27 March 2007, Griffin appeared on the daytime cooking show Daily Cooks Challenge, in which she revealed that some of her favourite dishes were banana fritters and lobster noodles.[citation needed]

In March 2008, Griffin appeared on the daytime reality show Murder Most Famous, where, with five other celebrities, she wrote a crime novel, coached by crime writer Minette Walters, the end prize being, having the winning celebrities' novel published. It was won by former Coronation Street co-star Sherrie Hewson.[9]

In January 2010, Griffin and Gethin Jones co-presented Sky 1's coverage of the Golden Globes. Griffin appeared in the first two series of Sky TV comedy drama Mount Pleasant and presented Emergency with Angela Griffin on Sky1. In January 2012, she appeared in the BBC Two show The Great Sport Relief Bake Off and was one of three finalists.[10][11]

In 2013, Griffin played Dolly in One Man, Two Guvnors. In 2014 and 2015, Griffin starred as DS Lizzie Maddox in the ITV series Lewis.[12] From 5–9 January 2015, Griffin and Kian Egan co-hosted Fat Pets: Slimmer of the Year for ITV.[13]

Griffin had a recurring role as Elizabeth Harvey in the third series of Harlots. On 17 September 2018, Griffin co-presented The One Show on BBC One alongside Matt Baker.

In October 2018, Griffin moved to Canada to play detective Stevie Hall in the Canadian drama, The Detail.[14]

Griffin hosted BBC Radio 2's Unwinds, starting in August 2021.

Filmography[]

Year Title Role Notes
1992–1998, 2019 Coronation Street Fiona Middleton Series regular, 493 episodes
1993 Emmerdale Tina 2 episodes
1997 Coronation Street: Viva Las Vegas! Fiona Middleton Direct-to-video; Coronation Street spin off film
1999–2001 Holby City Jasmine Hopkins Series 1–3; series regular, 52 episodes
2001 Waking the Dead Marina Coleman Episodes: "Burn Out: Parts 1 & 2"
2001–2002 Babyfather Chantelle Series 1–2; 12 episodes
2003 Spoilt Caitlin Pilot
2002–2005 Cutting It Darcey Henshall Series 1–4; 25 episodes
2003–2004 Down to Earth Frankie Brewer Series 3–4; 16 episodes
2005 Open Wide Sally Tonkin TV film
2005–2013 Postman Pat Amy Wrigglesworth / Lizzie Taylor Regular voice role; 35 episodes
2006–2007, 2009–2010 Waterloo Road Kim Campbell Series 1–2, 4–5; series regular, 50 episodes
2008 Last Chance Harvey Melissa Film
2009 Boy Meets Girl Fiona TV mini-series; all 4 episodes
2011 Hustle Georgina Althorp Episode: "Old Sparks Come New"
2011–2012 Emergency with Angela Griffin Herself 2 series; 22 episodes
Mount Pleasant Shelley Series 1–2; 18 episodes
2014 The Dumping Ground Sasha Episode: "The Dumping Ground Experience"
2014–2015 Lewis DS Lizzie Maddox Series 8–9; 12 episodes
2016 Ordinary Lies Jenna Moss Series 2; 6 episodes
Brief Encounters Nita Dempsey 6 episodes
2018 The Detail Detective Stevie Hall 10 episodes
Midsomer Murders Jenny Moss Episode: "The Ghost of Causton Abbey"
2019 Turn Up Charlie Astrid 8 episodes
2019 Harlots Elizabeth Harvey 8 episodes
2020 White Lines Anna 9 episodes
2020–present Dun Breedin Susie Daniels Online series; main cast member

References[]

  1. ^ "Actress Angela Griffin: I'd go back to being 21 tomorrow". Irish Times. 30 June 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  2. ^ "BBC - Press Office - Waterloo Road: Angela Griffin". www.bbc.co.uk.
  3. ^ McManus, Samuel (21 June 2019). "Coronation Street star Angela Griffin RETURNING to cobbles after over 20 years". OK! Magazine. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  4. ^ Eames, Tom (23 June 2017). "Cutting It ended 12 years ago – where are the cast now?". Digital Spy. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Press Office - Down To Earth Angela Griffin - BBC".
  6. ^ Fletcher, Rebecca (13 October 2001). "Interview: Angela Griffin - I'm never getting married. I will have a ceremony, but it won't be legally binding; Angela Griffin claims to be a true romantic, but she doesn't believe in finding Mr Right or traditional weddings". Daily Mirror. Trinity Mirror.
  7. ^ Kilkelly, Daniel (5 March 2010). "'Waterloo Road' star confirms low-key exit". Digital Spy. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  8. ^ Angela and Friends, Sky website
  9. ^ Deacon, Michael (7 March 2008). "Murder Most Famous". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 16 May 2009.
  10. ^ Boermans, Mary-Anne (13 January 2012). "Great Sport Relief Bake Off: celebrities tremble before Hollywood and Berry". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  11. ^ Simon, Jane (10 January 2012). "The Great Sport Relief Bake Off - BBC2, 8pm". Daily Mirror. Trinity Mirror. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  12. ^ "Lewis Episode 1".
  13. ^ "Fat Pets: Slimmer of the Year Episode 1". itv.com. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  14. ^ Lamacraft, Tess (31 October 2018). "'I like being scared!' Angela Griffin on her new role and why she loves a challenge". What's on TV. Retrieved 11 September 2020.

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