Sue Holderness

Best known for her role as Marlene Boyce on both Only Fools and Horses and the spin-off The Green Green Grass Sue Holderness is a well-known actress. A star on both TV and stage Sue will be instantly recognisable to any audience and with both wit and humour makes for a great speaker discussing her career as well as an events host who will leave any audience wanting more.

Sue trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama before she joined the Manchester Theatre Company and starred on stage in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Peer Gynt and Catch My Soul. She also appears regularly in The Vagina Monologues, Seven Deadly Sins Four Deadly Sinners and How the Other Half Loves. The actress has also been a regular on The West End in plays including Our Kid, The Male of the Species, The Female Odd Couple and Why Not Stay for Breakfast.

On the screen, she started out in Lollipop before appearing on Tightrope and Fly Into danger. She also played Shirley in That’ll Be The Day in 1973. Her acting career went from strength to strength, and she appeared in End of Part One, It Could Happen To You, The Brief and The Sandbaggers. In 1985 she was cast as Marlene Boyce in Only Fools and Horses, which made her a favourite of the British public over the next 18 years. She continued to work in other roles alongside Only Fools and Horses including appearances on Heartbeat and Dear John. Two years after Only Fools and Horses ended, she played Marlene in The Green Green Grass, a spin-off top the original show. More recently Sue has appeared on Doctors, Casualty and Holby City. The actress also played Estelle Jones on East Enders and Mrs Rossi on Still Open All Hours.

Available to hire as a speaker Sue discusses her career as an actress in some of the UK’s biggest shows. As an events host, Sue Holderness has a unique style and approach which will have the audience engaged and entertained throughout any event.