Editing Julia Deakin

{{Short description|English actress}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{More footnotes needed|date=March 2013}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Julia Deakin
| image              = 
| caption            = 
| birth_name         = Julia Margaret Deakin
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1952|05|20}}
| birth_place        = [[Gainsborough, Lincolnshire|Gainsborough]], [[Lincolnshire]], England
| occupation         = Actress
| spouse             = Michael Simkins
}}
'''Julia Margaret Deakin''' (born 20 May 1952)<ref name="Heritage">Clarke, Gemma (5 September 2016). [https://www.gainsboroughheritage.co.uk/news/grand-re-opening-of-gainsborough-heritage-centre/ "Grand Re-Opening of Gainsborough Heritage Centre"]. ''Gainsborough Heritage Association''. Retrieved 10 August 2021.</ref> 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 (film)|High-Rise]]'' (2015).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20171107021348/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba7ae266a "Julia Deakin"]. ''BFI''. Retrieved 10 August 2021.</ref>

==Early life==
Deakin was born in [[Gainsborough, Lincolnshire|Gainsborough]], [[Lincolnshire]],<ref name="Heritage"/> where her parents Wyn and Bill were shopkeepers.<ref>[https://www.lincolnshireworld.com/news/gainsborough-heritage-centre-re-opened-by-actress-julia-deakin-after-aps45k-revamp-2134271 "Gainsborough Heritage Centre re-opened by actress Julia Deakin after £45k revamp"]. ''Lincolnshire World'' (5 September 2016). Retrieved 10 August 2021.</ref>

She attended Gainsborough High School for Girls (became part of [[Queen Elizabeth's High School]] in 1983), a girls' [[grammar school]].<ref name="Heritage"/> She started French and Drama teacher training near Manchester, then attended [[Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts|Mountview Theatre School]].<ref name="Heritage" />

==Career==
In theatre, she played Mrs. Sowerberry in [[Cameron Mackintosh]]’s large-scale West End revival of ''[[Oliver!]]'' at the [[London Palladium]] in 1994, and can be heard singing the song "That's Your Funeral" (with David Delve) on the cast recording.

On television, Deakin played Stella Tulley in ''[[Side by Side (TV series)|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|Ben Wheatley's]] [[Cinema of the United Kingdom|British]] [[crime film]] ''[[Down Terrace]]''. She later appeared in [[Ben Wheatley]]'s 2015 cinema adaptation of ''[[High-Rise (film)|High-Rise]]'' as Jean, the assistant to protagonist Dr. Laing.

==Personal life==
She is married to actor and author Michael Simkins.<ref>{{cite web |title=Michael Simkins |url=https://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/client/michael-simkins |publisher=[[Curtis Brown (agency)|Curtis Brown]] |access-date=19 December 2020}}</ref>

==Filmography==

=== Television roles ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Title !! Role
!Notes
|-
|1979
|''Follow the Star''
|Angel / Villager
|TV film
|-
| rowspan="2" |1983
|''[[Birth of a Nation (1983 film)|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 (TV series)|Unnatural Causes]]''
|Pamela
|Episode: "Evensong"
|-
| rowspan="2" |1987
|''[[Worlds Beyond (TV series)|Worlds Beyond]]''
|Ellie
|Episode: "The Eye of Yemanja"
|-
|''[[Vanity Fair (1987 TV serial)|Vanity Fair]]''
|Madame de Saint Amour
|Episode: "Our Friend the Major"
|-
| rowspan="2" |1988
|''[[Clarence (British TV series)|Clarence]]''
|Angela
|Episode: #1.1
|-
|''[[Casualty (TV series)|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 (TV series)|Haggard]]'' 
|Agnes
|Episode: "Mad Jack"
|-
|''[[Boon (TV series)|Boon]]''
|Frank
|Episode: "Deadline"
|-
|1992–1994
|''[[So Haunt Me]]''
|Carole Dawlish
|8 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2" |1994 || ''Mother's Ruin''|| Brucella Pashley
|5 episodes
|-
|''[[Wycliffe (TV series)|Wycliffe]]''
|Stephanie Vinter
|Episode: "The Last Rites"
|-
|1996–1997 || ''[[Oh, Doctor Beeching!]]'' || May Skinner
|19 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2" |1997 || ''[[Spark (TV series)|Spark]]'' || Ursula Craig
|3 episodes
|-
| ''[[I'm Alan Partridge#Episodes|I'm Alan Partridge]]'' || Jill
|Episode: "Alan Attraction"
|-
| rowspan="2" |1998
|''[[Big Train]]''
|
|Episode: #1.3
|-
|''[[Canterbury Tales (TV series)|The Canterbury Tales]]''
|The Prioress (voice)
|
|-
|1999
|''[[Hope and Glory (TV series)|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 Sleepers (TV series)|The Sleeper]]''
|Valerie
|
|-
|2002
|''[[Dalziel and Pascoe (TV series)|Dalziel and Pascoe]]''
|Chloe Miles
|Episode: "Mens Sana"
|-
| rowspan="2" |2004
|''[[If... (TV series)|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 (2004 TV series)|The Brief]]''
|Faith Gilespie
|Episode: "The Architect's Wife"
|-
|2006–2013 || ''[[Doctors (2000 TV series)|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 and Joan|Hancock & Joan]]''
|Landlady
|TV film
|-
|''[[The Wrong Door]]''
|
|Episode: "The Smutty Aliens"
|-
|''Clive Hole''
|Clever Hooker
|TV short
|-
| rowspan="2" |2009
|''[[Plus One (TV series)|Plus One]]''
|Juney Pearce
|Episode: "I Do a Lot of Work for Charity"
|-
|''[[No Heroics]]''
|Lynda
|Episode: "Origin, Tonic"
|-
| rowspan="3" |2010
|''[[Hounded (TV series)|Hounded]]''
|Queen Gertrude
|Episode: "Queen Mu"
|-
|''[[Whites (TV series)|Whites]]''
|Heather Critch
|Episode: #1.4
|-
|''[[The First Men in the Moon (2010 film)|The First Men in the Moon]]''
|Mrs. Fitt
|TV film
|-
| rowspan="3" |2011
|''[[Coming of Age (2008 TV series)|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 (TV series)|Starlings]]''
|Lizzie
|Episode: #1.5
|-
|''[[Bad Sugar]]''
|Dilys
|TV film
|-
| rowspan="3" |2013 || ''[[Big Bad World (TV series)|Big Bad World]]'' || Shirley
|6 episodes
|-
|''[[Badults]]''
|Carol
|Episode: "Girls"
|-
|''[[Breathless (British TV series)|Breathless]]''
|Kathleen
|Episode: #1.3
|-
| rowspan="3" |2014 || ''[[The Midnight Beast (TV series)|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 (TV series)|Boomers]]''
|Sally
|Episode: "Naming Ceremony"
|-
|''BBC Comedy Feeds'' 
|Helen
|Episode: "Fail"
|-
| rowspan="3" |2017 || ''[[Back (TV series)|Back]]''|| Ellen
|Episode: "Pilot"
|-
|''[[Loaded (British TV series)|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<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt16117940/|title=Inside Beverly Hills: Land of Rich and Famous|website=imdb.com|access-date=24 November 2021}}</ref>
|}

===Film roles===
{| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Title !! Role
!Notes
|-
|1986 || ''[[Mr. Love]]'' || Melanie
|
|-
|1990 || ''[[Dancin' Thru the Dark]]'' || Bernadette King 
|
|-
|1994 || ''[[Staggered (film)|Staggered]]'' || Brenda
|
|-
|2000 || ''[[Liam (2000 film)|Liam]]'' || Auntie Aggie
|
|-
|2002 || ''[[Pure (2002 film)|Pure]]'' || Mrs. Rawlings
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |2004 || ''[[Shaun of the Dead]]'' || Yvonne's Mum 
|
|-
|''[[Between Two Women (2000 film)|Between Two Women]]'' || Alice 
|
|-
|''The Tale of Tarquin Slant''
|Mrs. Slant
|Short film
|-
|2006
|''[[Scoop (2006 film)|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 (film)|The World's End]]'' || B&B Landlady
|
|-
|''[[Having You]]''
|Mrs. Haughton
|
|-
|2015 || ''[[High-Rise (film)|High-Rise]]'' || Jean
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |2018
|''Lifeline''
|The Supervisor
|Short film
|-
|''The Snarling''
|Yvonne Mayor - Reporter
|
|-
|''Mausoleum''
|Julia
|Short film
|-
| rowspan="2" |2020
|''[[Rebecca (2020 film)|Rebecca]]''
|Lady Crowan
|
|-
|''Talk Radio''
|Pauline
|Short film
|-
|2022
|''[[Mind-set (2022 film)|Mind-set]]''
|Charity Pat
|
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|id=0212626}}
* [http://www.spaced-out.org.uk/about-spaced/biogs/cast/marsha.shtml More about her character in ''Spaced'']

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