Michelle Holmes

Early life Holmes was born in Rochdale, Lancashire.

Career Holmes' first acting role was in the ITV soap The Practice as Susan Turner, the receptionist. Originally, she was given a part as an extra, but after pestering the producers at Granada with multiple phone calls, she was given an audition for Susan, which was successful. From July 2006 to August 2006, Holmes played Claudie Williams in The Chase, a BBC One drama. Holmes also stars as Genevieve in the ITV drama Life Begins.

In March 2017, Holmes played Jude, a neonatal nurse, in the BBC One hospital drama series Casualty and, in April, she played Maggie Kinsella in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks. More recently, she has played café owner Mary in seasons 8 and 9 of Cold Feet. In October 2022, she portrayed Dora Booth in the BBC soap opera Doctors.

Selected credits

Rita, Sue and Bob Too as Sue (1987) Coronation Street as Tina Fowler (1989–1990) Goodnight Sweetheart as Yvonne Sparrow (1993–1996) Emmerdale as Britt Woods (1995) Merseybeat as Connie Harper (2001) The Chase as Claudie Williams (2006) Waterloo Road as Lyndsay Woodham (2007) Shameless as Theresa (2008) Above Suspicion as DC Barbara Maddox (2009–2012), TV series, 8 episodes The Road to Coronation Street as Brenda (2010) Midsomer Murders as Trina Nevins (2016), "Harvest of Souls" Hollyoaks as Maggie Kinsella/Greta (2017–2018), TV series, 28 episodes Cold Feet as Mary (2019) Doctors as Dora Booth (2022)