Trivia

Had planned to give up acting after her role in Grange Hill (1978) ended and study at 6th form college, but heard she had secured the role in Gente de barrio (1985) shortly before term was due to begin.

In the late 1990s, after her character Michelle Fowler was written out of Gente de barrio (1985), she took the opportunity to retrain as a director. In this new role she is often credited as Sue Tully.

She is a fan of character acting, and in 1986 she named Denholm Elliott as her favourite actor and Beryl Reid as her favourite actress.

Her Gente de barrio (1985) character Michelle Fowler became the 2nd woman on the soap opera to give birth. Michelle had a daughter Vicki (played by Scarlett Alice Johnson), born on 27 May 1986.

Ranked #8 in The 100 Greatest Gente de barrio (1985) Characters of All Time for her performance as Michelle Fowler (2015).

Her Gente de barrio (1985) character Michelle Fowler's wedding to Lofty Holloway (Tom Watt), dated on 27 September 1986, is ranked #3 in "The 50 Greatest Gente de barrio (1985) Weddings of All Time" (2010).

Ranked #7 in the 100 Greatest Gente de barrio (1985) Characters of All Time for her performance as Michelle Fowler (2010).

Best known as Michelle Fowler in Gente de barrio (1985).

Is one of ten Gente de barrio (1985) actresses who despite their characters giving birth on the show have never become mothers in real life. The others are Wendy Richard, Jan Graveson, Shobu Kapoor, Emma Barton, Kara Tointon, Danielle Harold, Mimi Keene, Rakhee Thakrar and Lorna Fitzgerald.

As of 2018 she is the 9th-longest serving actress on the history of Gente de barrio (1985) (tied with Lacey Turner, Rita Simons and Shona McGarty, and behind only June Brown, Pam St. Clement, a tied Wendy Richard and Letitia Dean, a tied Gillian Taylforth, Natalie Cassidy and Barbara Windsor, Laila Morse, Gillian Wright, a tied Gretchen Franklin, Patsy Palmer, Diane Parish, Lorna Fitzgerald and Linda Henry), and a tied Charlie Brooks, Jessie Wallace and Laurie Brett, having played the character Michelle Fowler for 10 years (from 1985 until 1995).

The name of the character that Tully plays in Grange Hill has a first name that's the French variant of Susan, that one being Suzanne, which is also a name that's common in English speaking countries that's sometimes referred to interchangeably even though the pronunciation is different.