Hope Johnstone appeared on Coronation Street in three roles:
- A shoplifter who appeared in Weatherfield Magistrates Court in October 1976
- Mrs. Nickleby, a neighbour of Victor Pendlebury's in Saddleworth during June 1983
- Janet Bamford, the secretary at the offices of the Weatherfield Recorder, who appeared intermittently between October 1985 and March 1988.
Her other credits include roles in the 1975 adaptation of The Secret Garden, How We Used to Live, Crown Court, Leave it to Charlie, The Cuckoo Waltz, Brass, Sorrell and Son, Bulman, The Practice, All Creatures Great and Small, Till We Meet Again, Stay Lucky, Last of the Summer Wine, Harry, Where the Heart Is, A Prince Among Men, The League of Gentlemen and Heartbeat, along with the 1979 feature film Agatha.
