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Denise Black(I)

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Denise is probably best known as siren hairdresser Denise Osbourne in Coronation Street, a role she played from '92 to '96, with a comeback in '07. Also as Denny's mum in Bad Girls and as Hazel, the mum all gay men wanted in Russell T Davies' Queer as Folk.

Denise was born in Portsmouth. She got her equity card with the Actor's Touring Company in the early '80s performing plays around the globe, including the South American continent, Israel, Greece, Yugoslavia, and the Orkney Isles. Later in England, she landed her first acting break in the title role of a Pam Gems' premiere of La Pasionaria at the Newcastle Playhouse. There she met Josie Lawrence and Kate McKenzie which led to the formation of Denise Black and the Kray Sisters, a 3 girl harmony trio of the late '80s.

Denise has a passionate interest in stage and music. She recently toured around GB playing the Mother Superior in Sister Act the musical. Also in Calendar Girls and Grumpy Old Women with Britt Eckland and Dillie Keane. She also won the Manchester Evening News Best Supporting Actress Award for her portrayal of Mrs Bryant in Roots (Wesker) at the Manchester Royal Exchange.

Denise's theatre credits include: Sisters (a verbatim play about muslim women) at the Sheffield Crucible; Bedroom Farce (Ackbourn) at the West Yorkshire Playhouse; The Long Road (Stephenson) at the Soho Theatre; Aristo (Sherman) at Chichester Festival Theatre; The Seagull (Chekhov) at the Royal Court; Martha in Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf (Albee) at the Liverpool Playhouse; The Retirement of Tom Stevens (Ivory) at the Lakeside; title roles in Yerma (Lorca) and Mrs Warren's Profession (Shaw) at the Manchester Royal Exchange; The Mistress (Wesker) at the Sherman in Cardiff; The Woman Who Cooked Her Husband at the Nottingham Playhouse and Plymouth Theatre Royal and Goneril in King Lear at the Ludlow Festival.

Denise writes songs with guitarist Graeme Taylor and gigs with her band The Loose Screw. Their album 'Kiss The Joy' is available on iTunes and at the Dress Circle, Covent Garden.
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Denise Black and Andy Devine in Queer as Folk (1999)

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The Lady of Heaven (2021)
The Lady of Heaven
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  • Bibi
  • 2021
Queer as Folk (1999)
Queer as Folk
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TV Series
  • Hazel Tyler
Michael Caine, Helen Mirren, Bob Hoskins, Tom Courtenay, David Hemmings, and Ray Winstone in Last Orders (2001)
Last Orders
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  • Carol
  • 2001
Peter Adamson, Jean Alexander, Johnny Briggs, Margot Bryant, and Doris Speed in Coronation Street (1960)
Coronation Street
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TV Series
  • Denise Osbourne

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Actress

  • Bryony Hannah, Helen George, and Jessica Raine in Call the Midwife (2012)
    Call the Midwife
  • Father Brown (2013)
    Father Brown
  • The Lady of Heaven (2021)
    The Lady of Heaven
  • The Man at the Bottom of the Garden (2021)
    The Man at the Bottom of the Garden
  • McKell David, Thaddea Graham, Harrison Osterfield, Jojo Macari, and Darci Shaw in The Irregulars (2021)
    The Irregulars
  • Unforgotten (2015)
    Unforgotten
  • Shandyland (Pint Size) (2021)
    Shandyland (Pint Size)
  • The Last Tree (2019)
    The Last Tree
  • Angela Lonsdale, Eva Alexander, and Tom Frederic in Doctors (2000)
    Doctors
    • ...
  • Peter Adamson, Jean Alexander, Johnny Briggs, Margot Bryant, and Doris Speed in Coronation Street (1960)
    Coronation Street
  • Emmerdale Farm (1972)
    Emmerdale Farm
  • Cucumber (2015)
    Cucumber
  • Paul Bazely, Janine Duvitski, Kate Fitzgerald, Julie Graham, Selina Griffiths, Tim Healy, Sherrie Hewson, Elsie Kelly, Bobby Knutt, Tony Maudsley, Johnny Vegas, Steve Edge, Jake Canuso, Shelley Longworth, Adam Gillen, Josh Bolt, Nathan Bryon, and Danny Walters in Benidorm (2007)
    Benidorm
  • Guy Henry in Holby City (1999)
    Holby City
  • Neil Dudgeon and John Nettles in Midsomer Murders (1997)
    Midsomer Murders

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  • Josie

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    • Emsworth, Hampshire, England, UK
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    (Monday, 2nd October, 2006) Radio play on BBC Radio 4: "The Inextinguishable Fire", written by Zosia Wand and directed by Nadia Molinari.Co-starred Henry Goodman, Adam Paulden and Ashley Margolis

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    She was awarded the 1982 London Critics' Circle Theatre Award (Drama Theatre Award) for Best Supporting Actress of 1981 for her performance in Street Wise.

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