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{{short description|British actress and television presenter (born 1976)}}
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|name = Angela Griffin
|birth_name = Angela Mellissa Griffin
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1976|07|19}}
|birth_place = [[Leeds, West Yorkshire]], England
|death_date =
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|years_active = 1992–present
|spouse = {{marriage|Jason Milligan|2006}}
|children = 2
|known_for = ''[[Coronation Street]]'' ''[[Holby City]]'' ''[[Cutting It]]'' ''[[Down to Earth (2000 TV series)|Down to Earth]]'' ''[[Waterloo Road (TV series)|Waterloo Road]]'' ''[[Angela and Friends]]'' ''[[Emergency with Angela Griffin]]'' ''[[Mount Pleasant (TV series)|Mount Pleasant]]''
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'''Angela Mellissa Griffin''' (born 19 July 1976)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishnews.com/lifestyle/2016/06/30/news/actress-angela-griffin-i-d-go-back-to-being-21-tomorrow-581288/|date=30 June 2016|work=[[Irish Times]]|accessdate=8 April 2021|title=Actress Angela Griffin: I'd go back to being 21 tomorrow}}</ref> is a [[British actress]] and [[television presenter]] who has been active on British television since the early 1990s.

==Early life==
Griffin attended [[Intake High School]] in Leeds.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2006/03_march/06/waterloo_angelagriffin.shtml|title=BBC - Press Office - Waterloo Road: Angela Griffin|website=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> She grew up on Cottingley Estate, near [[Beeston, Leeds|Beeston]]. She was born to an English mother and Caribbean father from [[Saint Kitts and Nevis|St Kitts and Nevis]].

==Career==
Between December 1992 and September 1998, Griffin appeared in the popular long-running [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] [[soap opera]] ''[[Coronation Street]]'' as hairdresser [[Fiona Middleton]]. She made a guest appearance in 2019.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.ok.co.uk/tv/soaps/coronation-street-angela-griffin-fiona-16671284|work=[[OK! Magazine]]|date=21 June 2019|first=Samuel|last=McManus|accessdate=8 April 2021|title=Coronation Street star Angela Griffin RETURNING to cobbles after over 20 years}}</ref> Griffin appeared in the ITV soap opera ''[[Emmerdale]]'' in 1993, playing a minor character called Tina. Subsequently, she joined the original cast of the [[BBC One]] [[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 (2000 TV series)|Down to Earth]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a831513/cutting-it-cast-where-are-they-now/|work=[[Digital Spy]]|accessdate=8 April 2021|date=23 June 2017|title=Cutting It ended 12 years ago – where are the cast now?|first=Tom|last=Eames}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2003/12_december/05/down_to_earth_angela.shtml|title=Press Office - Down To Earth Angela Griffin - BBC}}</ref>

In October 2001, Griffin presented ''Brown Britain'' 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]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Interview%3A+Angela+Griffin+-+I%27m+never+getting+married.+I+will+have+a...-a079100407|title=Interview: Angela Griffin - I'm never getting married. I will have a ceremony, but it won't be legally binding; Angela Griffin claims to be a true romantic, but she doesn't believe in finding Mr Right or traditional weddings|work=[[Daily Mirror]]|first=Rebecca|last=Fletcher|date=13 October 2001|publisher=[[Trinity Mirror]]}}</ref>

From 2006 to 2010, she appeared as art teacher and head of [[pastoral care]] [[Kim Campbell (Waterloo Road)|Kim Campbell]] opposite former ''Cutting It'' co-star [[Jason Merrells]] and former ''Coronation Street'' co-star [[Denise Welch]] in the BBC One school-based drama series ''[[Waterloo Road (TV 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]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/a206912/waterloo-road-star-confirms-low-key-exit/|accessdate=8 April 2021|date=5 March 2010|first=Daniel|last=Kilkelly|work=[[Digital Spy]]|title='Waterloo Road' star confirms low-key exit}}</ref>

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]].<ref>[http://sky1.sky.com/angela-and-friends ''Angela and Friends''], Sky website</ref> 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 [[Fritter|banana fritters]] and [[lobster]] [[noodles]].{{citation needed|date=September 2017}}

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 former ''Coronation Street'' co-star [[Sherrie Hewson]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/3671546/Murder-Most-Famous.html|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|access-date=16 May 2009|date=7 March 2008|title=Murder Most Famous|first=Michael|last=Deacon}}</ref>

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 (TV series)|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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2012/jan/13/great-sport-relief-bake-off|title=Great Sport Relief Bake Off: celebrities tremble before Hollywood and Berry|last=Boermans|first=Mary-Anne|date=2012-01-13|work=The Guardian|access-date=2020-02-06|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-previews/great-sport-relief-bake-bbc2-157870|work=[[Daily Mirror]]|title=The Great Sport Relief Bake Off - BBC2, 8pm|publisher=[[Trinity Mirror]]|first=Jane|last=Simon|date=10 January 2012|access-date=10 September 2020}}</ref>

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 (TV series)|Lewis]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itv.com/presscentre/ep1week41/lewis-1|title=Lewis Episode 1}}</ref> From 5–9 January 2015, Griffin and [[Kian Egan]] co-hosted ''Fat Pets: Slimmer of the Year'' for ITV.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itv.com/presscentre/ep1week2/fat-pets-slimmer-year|title=Fat Pets: Slimmer of the Year Episode 1|publisher=itv.com|access-date=6 December 2017}}</ref>

Griffin had a recurring role as Elizabeth Harvey in the third series of ''[[Harlots (TV series)|Harlots]]''. On 17 September 2018, Griffin co-presented ''[[The One Show]]'' on BBC One alongside [[Matt Baker (presenter)|Matt Baker]].

In October 2018, Griffin began playing detective Stevie Hall in the Canadian drama ''[[The Detail]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.whatsontv.co.uk/news/angela-griffin-the-detail-detective-canada-554801/|first=Tess|last=Lamacraft|title='I like being scared!' Angela Griffin on her new role and why she loves a challenge|date=31 October 2018|work=[[What's on TV]]|access-date=11 September 2020}}</ref>

Griffin hosted [[BBC Radio 2]]'s ''Unwinds'', starting in August 2021. From September 2021, Griffin also started sitting in for [[Steve Wright (DJ)|Steve Wright]] on ''Sunday Love Songs'' on various occasions on the station.

In January 2022, it was announced that Griffin would once again reprise her role as [[Kim Campbell (Waterloo Road)|Kim Campbell]] for a new series of ''[[Waterloo Road (TV series)|Waterloo Road]]'', with her character now promoted to Head Teacher.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2022/waterloo-road-casting|title=Angela Griffin, Adam Thomas and Katie Griffiths to return to Waterloo Road|publisher=bbc.co.uk|access-date=10 February 2022}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable" style="border="2"
|- style="text-align:center;"
!Year
!Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1992–1998, 2019 || ''[[Coronation Street]]'' || [[Fiona Middleton]] || Series regular; 493 episodes
|-
| 1993 || ''[[Emmerdale]]'' || Tina || Guest role
|-
| 1997 || ''[[Coronation Street: Viva Las Vegas!]]'' || Fiona Middleton || [[Direct-to-video]]; ''Coronation Street'' spin-off film
|-
| 1999–2001 || ''[[Holby City]]'' || [[Jasmine Hopkins]] || Series regular; 52 episodes
|-
| 2001 || ''[[Waking the Dead (TV series)|Waking the Dead]]'' || Marina Coleman || Episodes: "Burn Out: Parts 1 & 2"
|-
| 2001–2002 || ''[[Babyfather]]'' || Chantelle || All 12 episodes
|-
| 2003 || ''Spoilt'' || Caitlin || Television film
|-
| 2002–2005 || ''[[Cutting It]]'' || Darcey Henshall || All 25 episodes
|-
| 2003–2004 || ''[[Down to Earth (2000 TV series)|Down to Earth]]'' || Frankie Brewer || Main role; 16 episodes
|-
| 2005 || ''Open Wide'' || Sally Tonkin || Television film
|-
| 2005–2017 || ''[[Postman Pat]]'' || Amy Wrigglesworth / Lizzie Taylor || Regular voice role; 35 episodes
|-
| 2006–2007, 2009–2010, 2022–present || ''[[Waterloo Road (TV series)|Waterloo Road]]'' || [[Kim Campbell (Waterloo Road)|Kim Campbell]] || Series regular; 50 episodes
|-
| 2008 || ''[[Last Chance Harvey]]'' || Melissa || Film
|-
| 2009 || ''[[Boy Meets Girl (2009 TV series)|Boy Meets Girl]]'' || Fiona || All 4 episodes
|-
| 2011 || ''[[Hustle (TV series)|Hustle]]'' || Georgina Althorp || Episode: "Old Sparks Come New"
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2011–2012 || ''[[Emergency with Angela Griffin]]'' || Herself || 2 series; 22 episodes
|-
| ''[[Mount Pleasant (TV series)|Mount Pleasant]]'' || Shelley || Main role; 18 episodes
|-
| 2014 || ''[[The Dumping Ground]]'' || Sasha || Episode: "The Dumping Ground Experience"
|-
| 2014–2015 || ''[[Lewis (TV series)|Lewis]]'' || DS Lizzie Maddox || Main role; 12 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2016 || ''[[Ordinary Lies]]'' || Jenna Moss || Main role; 6 episodes
|-
| ''[[Brief Encounters (TV series)|Brief Encounters]]'' || Nita Dempsey || All 6 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2018 || ''[[The Detail]]'' || Detective Stevie Hall || All 10 episodes
|-
| ''[[Midsomer Murders]]'' || Jenny Moss || Episode: "The Ghost of Causton Abbey"
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2019 || ''[[Turn Up Charlie]]'' || Astrid || Recurring role; 7 episodes
|-
| ''[[Harlots (TV series)|Harlots]]'' || Elizabeth Harvey || Recurring role; 8 episodes
|-
| rowspan="3"| 2020 || ''[[White Lines (TV series)|White Lines]]'' || Anna || Main role; 9 episodes
|-
| ''Dun Breedin'' || Susie Daniels || Web series; all 9 webisodes
|-
| ''[[Isolation Stories]]'' || Rochelle || Main role; one off [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] television film
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2021 || ''[[Help (2021 television film)|Help]]'' || Tori || Television film
|-
| ''Crime'' || Trudy Lowe || 3 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2022 || ''[[Choose or Die]]'' || TBA || Film; post production
|-
| ''The Suspect'' || Melinda ||
|}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|id=0341110}}
* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000ymcp ''Radio 2 Unwinds with Angela Griffin''] (BBC Radio 2)

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[[Category:1976 births]]
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[[Category:Actresses from Leeds]]
[[Category:Black British actresses]]
[[Category:English television actresses]]
[[Category:English soap opera actresses]]
[[Category:English television presenters]]
[[Category:English people of Saint Kitts and Nevis descent]]

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