caption children birth_place birth_date spouse image article_title name occupation
cookson on the set of '' casualty '' 2 manchester , england 20 april 1965 malcolm scates casualty.susan.cookson.closeup.arp.jpg susan cookson
 susan cookson television and radio actress
susan cookson

susan cookson -lrb- born 20 april 1965 in manchester -rrb- is an english television actress .
she was a cast member of bbc one 's bafta winning medical drama `` casualty '' , playing dr maggie coldwell .
this was cookson 's second role on the programme after appearing in series 13-14 as an occasional character , anaesthetist julie day .
she returned for one episode at the end of march 2009 on the day that co-stars janine mellor and ivana bašić left the series and returned once again in march 2015 for one episode .
susan also appeared in the bbc birmingham drama `` doctors '' as kath wylie for three episodes in 2009 .
on bbc radio 4 , she played jodie in `` spread a little happiness '' , a comedy by john godber and jane thornton , set in a yorkshire sandwich bar .
the series first aired on 1 july 2009 with a repeat opening on 10 february 2011 .
she lives in sheffield with her husband , actor malcolm scates , and two children , ruari and dan .
