Actress Sue Cleaver is best known for playing Eileen Grimshaw in Coronation Street12:01, 08 Jul 2026Updated 12:02, 08 Jul 2026Actress Sue Cleaver delighted Coronation Street viewers as Eileen Grimshaw for 25 years.‌Eileen, who first appeared in Weatherfield in 2000, was a longstanding Street Cars switch operator, and was involved in several memorable storylines.‌They included her relationships with Dennis Stringer (Charles Dale), Ed Jackson (Chris Walker), Pat Stanaway (Sean Hughes), Jerry Morton (Michael Starke), Jesse Chadwick (John Thomson), Paul Kershaw (Tony Hirst), Adrian Mortimer (Mark Moraghan) and Michael Rodwell (Les Dennis), as well as her marriage to serial criminal mastermind Pat Phelan (Connor McIntyre).‌Soap fans also loved Eileen's long-running feud with neighbour Gail Platt (Helen Worth), with the pair often coming to blows in the Rovers and on the street.Eileen bid farewell to the cobbles last year, after the beloved character decided to move to Thailand to start a new life with her son, Jason (Ryan Thomas).‌As Eileen continues to enjoy her time in sun-soaked Asia, some fans may be surprised to learn that actress Sue comes from a famous family.Sue has two half-sisters who also work in the entertainment industry. Emma Harbour is known for appearing in Corrie in two roles: firstly in 2001 as Toyah Battersby's (Georgia Taylor) rape counsellor, and in 2017 and 2020 as a Weatherfield General-based doctor. She also played the prosecution barrister in Mark Bails' (Rocky Marshall) trial in Emmerdale.Meanwhile, Kate Harbour is a voice actress who is best known for providing many voices for the TV series Bob the Builder.‌Sue was adopted at 10 days old and discovered her birth mother in her early twenties, and soon learned about her sisters.Speaking about her childhood on I'm a Celebrity, the star previously said: "I'm adopted. I had a lot of attachment disorders that started in my teens. Trying on personalities like coats. I wasn't my authentic self.‌"It was when I was at drama school, about 23, 24, and the Royal Exchange were looking for tiny little parts to be in Oedipus, that David Threlfall was doing and there was an actor in the show called Michael N. Harbour."When we walked in on the first day, he turned to Dave Threlfall and went, 'Oh my God, she's the absolute double of my wife when I met her.'"Sue went on: "It's uncanny and I've got two half sisters who are all in the business - Kate is huge in animation and Emma was an actress.Article continues below"It's lovely because my mum and my birth mother, we've all met, been out for dinner, we've all kept in touch. So, we've all had lovely relationships ever since - so it's a nice ending. I'm very lucky."Some soap fans have been left speechless after learning about Sue's famous sisters, with one X (formerly Twitter) user writing: "I learned a few years ago that Sue Cleaver (Eileen Grimshaw in Coronation Street)'s half-sister is Kate Harbour, who voiced Wendy in Bob the Builder."Coronation Street airs weekday nights at 8.30pm on ITV1 and ITVX