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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]

Julia Deakin
Born (1952-05-20) 20 May 1952 (age 70)
OccupationActress
SpouseMichael Simkins

Early life


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


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


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


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


Filmography



Television roles


YearTitleRole Notes
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"
1989Coronation StreetSecretary
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
1992So Haunt MeCarole 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
1994Mother's RuinBrucella Pashley 5 episodes
Wycliffe Stephanie Vinter Episode: "The Last Rites"
1996–1997Oh Doctor BeechingMay Skinner 19 episodes
1997SparkUrsula Craig 3 episodes
I'm Alan PartridgeJill Episode: "Alan Attraction"
1998 Big Train Episode: #1.3
The Canterbury Tales The Prioress (voice)
1999 Hope and Glory Jude Jakes Episode: #1.4
1999–2001SpacedMarsha 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"
2005Doc MartinGloria Rix Episode: "Old Dogs"
Midsomer Murders Valerie Smeeton Episode: "Midsomer Rhapsody"
The Brief Faith Gilespie Episode: "The Architect's Wife"
2006–2013DoctorsJanette 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"
2011–2012House of AnubisDaphne 54 episodes
2012 Scott & Bailey Scary Mary Jackson Episode: #2.6
Starlings Lizzie Episode: #1.5
Bad Sugar Dilys TV film
2013Big Bad WorldShirley 6 episodes
Badults Carol Episode: "Girls"
Breathless Kathleen Episode: #1.3
2014The Midnight BeastSylvia 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"
2017BackEllen Episode: "Pilot"
Loaded Pauline Episode: "Watto's Mum"
Comedy Playhouse Thanet Janet Episode: "Static"
2018–2019Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private InvestigatorsGenevieve Shakespeare 2 episodes
2019 Dad's Army: The Lost Episodes Lady Chairman Episode: "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Walker"
2020The WindsorsCarole Middleton
2021 Inside Beverly Hills: Land of Rich and Famous Narrator Voice role[6]

Film roles


YearTitleRole Notes
1985Mr. LoveMelanie
1990Dancin' Thru the DarkBernadette King
1994StaggeredBrenda
2000LiamAuntie Aggie
2002PureMrs. Rawlings
2004Shaun of the DeadYvonne's Mum
Between Two WomenAlice
The Tale of Tarquin Slant Mrs. Slant Short film
2006 Scoop Sid's Co-Passengers
2007Hot FuzzMary Porter
2009Down TerraceMaggie
2012The SweeneyOlder Woman
2013The World's EndB&B Landlady
Having You Mrs. Haughton
2015High-RiseJean
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

References


  1. 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.





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