Carolyn Backhouse (born in Grimsby) appeared on Coronation Street intermittently between August 2010 and September 2011 as Rachel, who along with her husband Frank, were short-term foster parents of Max Turner.
Her other television credits include Jupiter Moon, Casualty, Rosemary & Thyme, Doctors, The Bill, Blue Murder and Midsomer Murders. She also appeared in the short film A Short Film About John Bolton and the feature length films Robin Hood, Scoop, Orla's Song and Us and Them.
Some of her many stage credits include productions of Pride and Prejudice, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Romeo and Juliet, The Breadwinner, Venus and Adonis, The Crucible, Hobson's Choice, Mrs Warren's Profession, Larkin With Women, Pleasure and Repentance, An Ideal Husband, Entertaining Angels, The Handyman, Storm in a Flower Vase, Fallen Angels and Windows.