Annette Badland

Annette Badland (born 26th August 1950 in Edgbaston, Birmingham) appeared on Coronation Street in January 2005 as Thelma Clegg, a customer of Kirk Sutherland's dog-walking service.

Having trained at the East 15 Acting School in London, her other television credits include roles in Crossroads, The Gentle Touch, Minder, Bergerac, A Little Princess, All Creatures Great and Small, Happy Families, Making Out, Inside Victor Lewis-Smith, Black Hearts in Battersea, The Bill, Holby City, The Worst Witch, Doctor Who, Cutting It, All the Small Things, Little Crackers, Casualty, The Sparticle Mystery, Outlander and EastEnders. On the big screen she has appeared in Jabberwocky, Sacred Hearts, Knights & Emeralds, Out of Order, Anchoress, Beyond Bedlam, Captives, Hollow Reed, Little Voice, Secret Society, Redemption Road, Club Le Monde, Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War, A Village Tale, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The Kovak Box.

Stage work includes productions of Romeo and Juliet, As You Like It, The Taming of the Shrew, Summerfolk, The Marquis of Keith, Antonio, Electra, The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Blithe Spirit and Far Away.

She was a presenter on pre-school children's programme You and Me from 1986 to 1991, and also appeared as a storyteller on Jackanory.