Susan Twist

Susan Twist (born 6 June 1956 ) is a British actress best known as Rosie Banks in Brookside (1994–1996) and as Susan Triad and other characters throughout series 14 of Doctor Who (2023–2024).

Early life
Twist was born in Liverpool, England. She attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art from 1975 to 1978.

Career
Twist has appeared in various episodes of Doctors, In the Flesh, Coronation Street and The Archers.

On stage, she has appeared in productions of The Three Musketeers, Prize Night, Jack Flash and The Taming of the Shrew.

In 2023, she appeared in the second 60th anniversary episode of Doctor Who, "Wild Blue Yonder", playing Mrs Merridew, Isaac Newton's maid. She then appeared in the 2023 Christmas special, "The Church on Ruby Road", where she played a different character, now a woman in the crowd of a concert. She subsequently re-appeared in the first six episodes of the fourteenth series as different characters, before being revealed as the character Susan Triad in the seventh and penultimate episode, "The Legend of Ruby Sunday". Her final regular appearance was in the series finale "Empire of Death".