Angela Griffin

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.

Angela Griffin
Born	Angela Mellissa Griffin (1976-07-19) 19 July 1976 Leeds, England
Years active	1992–present
Television	Coronation Street (1992–1998, 2019) Cutting It (2002–2005) Waterloo Road (2006–2007, 2009–2010) Angela and Friends (2009–2010) Emergency with Angela Griffin (2011–2012) Dun Breedin (2020–present)
Spouse(s)	Jason Milligan (2006–present)
Children	2

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 1992, 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. 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.

In October 2001, Griffin presented 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.

From 2006 to 2010, she appeared as Art teacher Kim Campbell opposite former Cutting It co-star Jason Merrells 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.

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.[3] 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.

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 actress Sherrie Hewson.[4]

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.[5]

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.[6] From 5–9 January 2015, Griffin and Kian Egan co-hosted Fat Pets: Slimmer of the Year for ITV.[7] 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[8]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992–1998, 2019	Coronation Street	Fiona Middleton	Regular role; 493 episodes
1993	Emmerdale	Tina	2 episodes
1999–2001	Holby City	Jasmine Hopkins	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 Movie
2005–2013	Postman Pat	Amy Wrigglesworth / Lizzie Taylor	35 episodes
2006–2007, 2009–2010	Waterloo Road	Kim Campbell	Regular role; 51 episodes
2008	Last Chance Harvey	Melissa
2009	Boy Meets Girl	Fiona	4 episodes
2011	Hustle	Georgina Althorp	Episode: "Old Sparks Come New"
2011–2012	Emergency with Angela Griffin	Herself	Series 1—2
	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
2020	White Lines	Anna
2020–present	Dun Breedin	Susie Daniels	Main role

References

1. "findmypast.co.uk". search.findmypast.co.uk.
2. "BBC - Press Office - Waterloo Road: Angela Griffin". www.bbc.co.uk.
3. Angela and Friends, Sky website
4. Deacon, Michael (7 March 2008). "Murder Most Famous". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 16 May 2009.
5. 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.
6. "Lewis Episode 1".
7. "Fat Pets: Slimmer of the Year Episode 1". itv.com. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
8. https://www.whatsontv.co.uk/news/angela-griffin-the-detail-detective-canada-554801/

External links

• Angela Griffin on IMDb