Julia Deakin

English actress

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Julia Deakin

Born|  (1952-05-20) 20 May 1952 (age 70)

Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England

Occupation| Actress
Spouse| Michael Simkins

Julia Margaret Deakin (born 20 May 1952)[1] 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 Shaun of the Dead (2004), Hot Fuzz (2007) and High-Rise (2015).[2]

## Contents

* 1 Early life
* 2 Career
* 3 Film
* 4 Personal life
* 5 Filmography
* 5.1 Television roles
* 5.2 Film roles
* 6 References
* 7 External links

## Early life[edit]

Deakin was born in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire,[1] where her parents Wyn and Bill were shopkeepers.[3]

She attended Gainsborough High School for Girls (became part of Queen Elizabeth's High School in 1983), a girls' grammar school.[1] She started French and Drama teacher training near Manchester, then attended Mountview Theatre School.[4]

## Career[edit]

In theatre, she has played Mrs. Sowerberry in the West End cast of Oliver!, singing the song "That's Your Funeral" with David Delve on a recording.

On television, Deakin played Stella Tulley in Side by Side and Marsha, the ageing divorcée landlady, in the sitcom Spaced (1999).

Deakin earlier appeared in the television sitcom Oh, Doctor Beeching! (1996–1997), where she played the role of May Skinner, replacing Sherrie Hewson from the original pilot. She has also made many single television appearances, including playing Jill, the receptionist from Pear Tree Productions, in one episode of the first series of I'm Alan Partridge, a rural dominatrix in Doc Martin as well as roles in Midsomer Murders and Coronation Street. She appeared in the sketch comedy series Big Train alongside fellow Spaced cast members Simon Pegg and Mark Heap. She plays Dr. Jean in the Alan segments on Modern Toss. She played Luella's mother, Genevieve Shakespeare in "The Envious Court", Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators S2:E9 (2019).

She has appeared on radio, as Eva Tattle in The Maltby Collection. She also guest starred in the Doctor Who audio drama Terror Firma for Big Finish Productions. And appeared in an episode of Agatha Raisin with Penelope Keith.

She portrayed Daphne Andrews in House of Anubis. Her character left in series two.

## Film[edit]

Deakin had a cameo in the feature film Shaun of the Dead (2004) and played the pub landlady Mary Porter in the film Hot Fuzz (2007) by Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright. In 2009 she was cast as Maggie, a Brighton mother in Ben Wheatley's British crime film Down Terrace. She later appeared in Ben Wheatley's 2015 cinema adaptation of High-Rise as Jean, the assistant to protagonist Dr. Laing.

## Personal life[edit]

She is married to actor and author Michael Simkins.[5]

## Filmography[edit]

### Television roles[edit]

Year | Title | Role  | Notes

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1979  | Follow the Star | Angel / Villager  | TV film
1983  | Birth of a Nation | Deputy Headmistress Grunsell  | TV film
1986  | God's Chosen Car Park | Nancy Dean  | TV film
Unnatural Causes | Pamela  | Episode: "Evensong"
1987  | Worlds Beyond | Ellie  | Episode: "The Eye of Yemanja"
Vanity Fair | Madame de Saint Amour  | Episode: "Our Friend the Major"
1988  | Clarence | Angela  | Episode: #1.1
Casualty | Jill  | Episode: "Welcome to Casualty"
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
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
1994 | Mother's Ruin | Brucella Pashley  | 5 episodes
Wycliffe | Stephanie Vinter  | Episode: "The Last Rites"
1996–1997 | Oh Doctor Beeching | May Skinner  | 19 episodes
1997 | Spark | Ursula Craig  | 3 episodes
I'm Alan Partridge | Jill  | Episode: "Alan Attraction"
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
2000  | Heartburn Hotel | Jules  | Episode: "Hero"
The Sleeper | Valerie  |
2002  | Dalziel and Pascoe | Chloe Miles  | Episode: "Mens Sana"
2004  | If... | Justice Snowdon  |
Animated Tales of the World | Wang Bao's Mother (voice)  | Episode: "The Magic Gourd"
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
2008  | Hancock & Joan | Landlady  | TV film
The Wrong Door |  | Episode: "The Smutty Aliens"
Clive Hole | Clever Hooker  | TV short
2009  | Plus One | Juney Pearce  | Episode: "I Do a Lot of Work for Charity"
No Heroics | Lynda  | Episode: "Origin, Tonic"
2010  | Hounded | Queen Gertrude  | Episode: "Queen Mu"
Whites | Heather Critch  | Episode: #1.4
The First Men in the Moon | Mrs. Fitt  | TV film
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  | 54 episodes
2012  | Scott & Bailey | Scary Mary Jackson  | Episode: #2.6
Starlings | Lizzie  | Episode: #1.5
Bad Sugar | Dilys  | TV film
2013 | Big Bad World | Shirley  | 6 episodes
Badults | Carol  | Episode: "Girls"
Breathless | Kathleen  | Episode: #1.3
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"
2016  | Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge | Caller  | 4 episodes
Boomers | Sally  | Episode: "Naming Ceremony"
BBC Comedy Feeds | Helen  | Episode: "Fail"
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[6]

### Film roles[edit]

Year | Title | Role  | Notes

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1985 | Mr. Love | Melanie  |
1990 | Dancin' Thru the Dark | Bernadette King  |
1994 | Staggered | Brenda  |
2000 | Liam | Auntie Aggie  |
2002 | Pure | Mrs. Rawlings  |
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  |
2013 | The World's End | B&B Landlady  |
Having You | Mrs. Haughton  |
2015 | High-Rise | Jean  |
2018  | Lifeline | The Supervisor  | Short film
The Snarling | Yvonne Mayor - Reporter  |
Mausoleum | Julia  | Short film
2020  | Rebecca | Lady Crowan  |
Talk Radio | Pauline  | Short film
2022  | Mind-set | Charity Pat  | Post production

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c Clarke, Gemma (5 September 2016). "GRAND RE-OPENING OF GAINSBOROUGH HERITAGE CENTRE". Gainsborough Heritage Association. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
2. ^ "Julia Deakin". BFI. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
3. ^ "Gainsborough Heritage Centre re-opened by actress Julia Deakin after £45k revamp". Lincolnshire World (5 September 2016). Retrieved 10 August 2021.
4. ^ Gainsborough Heritage
5. ^ "Michael Simkins". Curtis Brown. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
6. ^ "Inside Beverly Hills: Land of Rich and Famous". imdb.com. Retrieved 24 November 2021.

## External links[edit]

* Julia Deakin at IMDb
* More about her character in Spaced

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