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5 unusual facts about Katy Carmichael


Katy Carmichael

Since then her TV credits include playing DC Jo McMullen in Liverpool 1 and roles in And The Beat Goes On, the Galton and Simpson series with Paul Merton, Wing and a Prayer, Karaoke, and Bread.

2009 saw a rise in Carmichael's acting status, with her starring in series 4 of the hit school drama Waterloo Road as headteacher Rachel Mason's (Eva Pope) sister, Melissa Ryan, and a role in Mistresses as the mysterious Elaine Thompson.

After leaving university, Carmichael's first venture into professional entertainment was Judy's Punch, a puppet show "with a twist." Carmichael appeared in a television commercial for Bounce fabric softener in spring 1996 with Mark Moraghan.

She has been on stage many times in Liverpool, but is most notably recognised for her role of Lucy Richards/Barlow in the ITV soap Coronation Street, Twist Morgan in the Channel 4 sitcom Spaced and Melissa Ryan in Waterloo Road.

In 2001, Carmichael starred in her first film, Dead Babies, based on the novel written by Martin Amis, and was seen in One Foot in the Grave, in the second series of Liverpool 1 and as the female lead in the period fantasy drama The Infinite Worlds of H. G. Wells.



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