The sharp-witted cab controller is queen of the putdown lines, but her humour is part of her emotional armour. Eileen has two sons by different fathers and has never been lucky in love – she always seems to lose her blokes to other women.
All men are scumbags, but at least there's plenty of 'em.
2000 Bags herself a job at cab company Streetcars after getting a ride in one of the then bosses, Vikram Desai’s, cab.
2001 Dates Dennis Stringer and falls in love with him. Dennis leaves a devastated Eileen for factory worker Janice Battersby.
2003 Is shocked when Jason’s runaway dad Tony gets back in touch with him. Agrees to put up Tony but soon regrets it when he steals money from Streetcars and lets her take the rap.
2004 Son Todd admits he’s gay, despite being engaged to girlfriend Sarah Platt, but Eileen stands by him. Has a huge scrap with Sarah’s mum Gail, the start of a long-running feud.
2005 Takes a fancy to foot fiddler Phil Nail and engineers a date. But Gail’s after him as well and Eileen loses out - again.
2006 Unexpectedly falls for pious ex-con Ed Jackson but discovers that he was put away for killing Emily Bishop’s husband. Forgives him but he leaves for the sake of Emily’s feelings.
Born in London, Sue moved to Yorkshire when she was a 14 and later studied drama at Manchester Polytechnic. Sue first appeared in Coronation Street playing a nurse in 1995 and went on to star in top TV shows, including Kay Mellor’s Band of Gold and Victoria Woods’ Dinnerladies, before being asked to audition for the part of Eileen in Corrie. Sue has one son, Elliot, born in 1998.
